8x10 Lenses Most Used, Most Desired

[Vaughn]

I have nearly the whole set of 80-degree Fujinon-W that cover 8x10. The 300, 250, 210, and 180. I don't know the current market, but when I first got into 8x10 these lenses could be had at bargain prices. For super wide I use an inexpensive Fujinon SW 125 and just crop a little when printing.

I have an older Fuji W 180mm -- inside lettering. I bought it as a long 4x5 or a short 5x7 lens. Will there be any movements possible on an 8x10 at infinity? I did not even think to check it for 8x10 coverage.

[Steve Goldstein]

The inside-lettering 180 has an image circle of 305mm at f/22, so it offers no practical movements on 8x10 at infinity.

[Vaughn]

The inside-lettering 180 has an image circle of 305mm at f/22, so it offers no practical movements on 8x10 at infinity.

Thanks! Tight for 8x10, but it sounds like the 180mm would work nicely for some 4x10 exposures! Now I just have to remember where I put that lens!

[Drew Wiley]

Unlike the Germans, Fuji tends to be a bit overly optimistic about how they calculate usable image circles. So even head-on, without any movements, I'd expect
some degradation towards the corners. Probably no big deal on a contact print, but there. Even my 180 Fuji A has an illumination circle bigger than 8x10 film;
but the corners are conspicuously mushy.

[Alan Gales]

Thanks! Tight for 8x10, but it sounds like the 180mm would work nicely for some 4x10 exposures! Now I just have to remember where I put that lens!

Vaughn, I've got the same lens but I haven't tried it on 8x10. Someone on here told me to try it straight on but I haven't yet. Might be good for 4x10.

[Ari]

The 180 W covers dead-on, I've used it that way a couple of times. But that doesn't make it an 8x10 lens.
Same goes for the 210 W, which covers 8x10 amply; when using it on 8x10, I find the entire image suffers in quality, not just the edges.

[faberryman]

The inside-lettering 180 has an image circle of 305mm at f/22, so it offers no practical movements on 8x10 at infinity.

Unless my math is wonky (a distinct possibility) the image circle for 8x10 is 327mm, so not only will there be no practical movements, it won't even cover 8x10 at f22.

[angusparker]

The 180 W covers dead-on, I've used it that way a couple of times. But that doesn't make it an 8x10 lens.
Same goes for the 210 W, which covers 8x10 amply; when using it on 8x10, I find the entire image suffers in quality, not just the edges.

312.5mm is usually considered the IC for 8x10



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[Drew Wiley]

Most of us routinely shoot 8x10 at smaller stops than f/22 anyway, more like f/45 to f/64; so that has to be taken into account. But any 180 general-purpose plasmat is going to be dicey at best.

[Ari]

Unless my math is wonky (a distinct possibility) the image circle for 8x10 is 327mm, so not only will there be no practical movements, it won't even cover 8x10 at f22.

I've owned a few lenses that were not supposed to cover 8x10, but did.
Most of them had smaller ICs than the Fuji 180W; for example, the Schneider SA 121mm, or 120mm.
IC in the 290s, but it covers 8x10 straight-on.