Any good wide angle lens for 8X10?

[dreamallen]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for suggestion for a wide angle that covers 8X10 format, of course lower price is best for me, coz I am just a student. Thanks a lot!!

Allen

[Vaughn]

One of these (too late for these specific lenses, but they come up regularily)

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=76509

Usually not quite as clean-looking as those, but they come up.

[dreamallen]

One of these (too late for these specific lenses, but they come up regularily)

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=76509

Usually not quite as clean-looking as those, but they come up.

Thank you so much for the information, that lens look great!
Hopefully I can find a big aperture lens that easier to focuse.

[John Schneider]

Hopefully I can find a big aperture lens that easier to focus.

bigger aperture = more weight
bigger aperture = much more $$$ (3-4x)

[dreamallen]

bigger aperture = more weight
bigger aperture = much more $$$ (3-4x)

you are right, so I don't mind to use old lens.

[Brian Ellis]

Thank you so much for the information, that lens look great!
Hopefully I can find a big aperture lens that easier to focuse.

There was also an f/9.5 version of the Wollensak Extreme Wide Angle lens that might suit you better because of the wider aperture. I had two of them that I used with an 8x10 camera, both performed very well for contact printing, I don't recall whether I ever enlarged any of the negatives made with these lenses or not. I think I paid about $350 for each one. The f/9.5 version isn't significantly larger or heavier than the f12.5 version, it's a very small, light lens.

Another moderately priced wide angle lens for 8x10 that you might consider is the 210mm f/9 G Claron. I used a couple of those too and they did a very good job. The specs would make you think they don't cover 8x10 but they do once you stop down to about f/16 which you'd normally do anyhow. As you continue stopping down the coverage continues to increase. I don't remember ever running out of coverage.

[Kerry L. Thalmann]

How wide and how much are you looking to spend? It's tough to beat the f12.5 Wollensak Extreme Wide Angle in terms of price/coverage/performance/size/weight, but there are other options - especially if you're willing to live with less coverage and/or pay more.

Kerry

[dreamallen]

How wide and how much are you looking to spend? It's tough to beat the f12.5 Wollensak Extreme Wide Angle in terms of price/coverage/performance/size/weight, but there are other options - especially if you're willing to live with less coverage and/or pay more.

Kerry

Hey Kerry,
I love your tripod head~ Thank you! Do you still shoot 8X10?
I also checked your post about f12.5 Wollensak Extreme Wide Angle! That looks very nice and new! I think I only could pay under $500 for the wide angle. However, I don't really need it now, just looking for sometime maybe I can get a good deal~

Allen

[Ari]

The older 70s-era Super-Angulon 121mm f8 is a great lens.
It shouldn't cover 8x10, but it does.

[John Berry]

8x10 protar.