I keep my 110 XL mounted on my 5x7.
I keep my 110 XL mounted on my 5x7.
8 1/4" goldrim Dagor.....if there were only one lens this would be it.
We'll see if the newly mounted Galli (thanks Jim) 240 Heliar does at elbowing in...
210 Symmar cuz it seems to match how I see
Depending on what is required, usually:
#1, 8-1/2" Kodak Commercial Ektar in barrel. This one stays on the Sinar with the Sinar shutter..
*12" Commercial Ektar in barrel.
*110mm Symmar XL in Copal shutter.
*19" Red Dot Artar in barrel.
This is what lives in the camera case, if there is something specific I'm looking for there is a pile of others lenses to choose from.
Bernice
Looking back at my 5x7 shots, 150mm has been my most used focal length with 300mm second & 600mm third.
about 90% of my 5x7 LF photos were made with the the 210mm Sironar-N. At the time, I would also use the 150mm Fujinon-W
On the Speed Graphic movement isn't an issue, so the 203 Ektr gets the nod. On the Agfa, a 159mm WA yellow dot Wollensack or 14" Apo Artar see the most use.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
At the present there are two Bausch & Lomb Rapid Rectilinear elements screwed into the shutter. I believe they have a focal length near or about 177mm when used together, and 290mm when used separately, which also covers 8x10 nicely. Every time I "go to" open the camera, there they are.
In order of most used to least used:
240A Fuji, 450C Fuji, 180A Fuji, 300A Fuji, 90mm Nikkor
The 450C is only 3 shots "behind" the 240A though, so I'd call them an "even" tie because I sometimes forget to record exposures
A 125SW Fuji should be landing anytime now, for some reason that's been a missed FL in the kit(that I'd be reaching for almost first, all the time). But somehow I end up finding something else to frame up instead
When I had a 5x7, it was an 8-1/2 inch commercial ektar.
-Chris
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