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4x5 LFers, what lens focal length do you favor for stil life photography?
Just taking a survey from those LFers who engage in still lifes, what focal length works best for you. I have a 210 f5.6 Rodenstock Sironar N and a 120 f8 Nikkor SW, any images would be cool. Thanks
Chuck
"I find it always necessary to stress that we cannot equate brilliance with contrast."
---AA (The Print)
".....in printing we are trying to breathe expressive life into the image,.....this raises intangible issues that do not yield to formulas or measurement."
---AA (The Print)
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It all depends on my mood, and the image I'm trying to portray. It also depends on the size of the subject. I favor a 105mm, 127mm, 10", and a lens thats only marked "5x7". I have several other lenses, but those are my favorites.
Rick A
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Not only for still life, but for almost everything I reach first for my trusty 210. I have a 150 when I need to go wider, a 305 when I need to reach out and touch something, and a 90 for extreme situations. But my first instinct is always the 210, which I find very interesting since my overwhelming favorite medium format lens was a 150, for all intents and purposes the corollary lens in MF. My unscientific hypothesis is that everyone "sees" most naturally at a certain perspective.
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I like 210mm myself, as it provides a reasonable working distance (5') which does not interfere as much with lighting the subject or set, yet lets me frame a 24" x 31" area. You'd need to be about 3.5' if you tried to do the same shot with 150mm.
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thanks all for your thoughts
"I find it always necessary to stress that we cannot equate brilliance with contrast."
---AA (The Print)
".....in printing we are trying to breathe expressive life into the image,.....this raises intangible issues that do not yield to formulas or measurement."
---AA (The Print)
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No escaping it!
I must step on fallen leaves
to take this path
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Depends on the desired field of view and magnification... anything from 90 to 360.
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Nikkor W 210 f5.6. I love that lens!
All my shooters: Zero Image 4x5, Crown Graphic 4x5, Linhof Technika 4x5, Cambo SC 4x5, Korona 4x5, Voigtlander Avus 9x12, Mamiya RB67 Pro S, Bronica ETRS, Kodak Tourist, Voigtlander Avus 6x9, Voigtlander Vitessa, Canon A1, Zeiss Ikon Contessa... and now my new Fuji GA645 point and shooter which receives most of my focus, ha ha!
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