How many LF lenses do you own?

[Loose Gravel]

A 121 SA for 8X10? Really? I have one for my 5X7 (now deceased) and was planning on selling it. I love the lens but the specs seemed to indicate an image circle below 8X10. Which aperture should I plan on using for coverage?

Cheers, James

Yes James, the 121mm covers 810 fine. Probably not much movement. Try f/22. The 110mm XL covers, too.

[Robert Hall]

Hmmm, I have a 90, 120, 150, 210, 300, 300, 355, 600, 610, 30", 1200. Crap! I have 11. I would die for a 42" or longer though. Most of the time I use the 355, it works so well for both cameras. I like the 90 for 4x10 and the 210 on the 12x20 is awsome. But for the moment my 24' (610mm) is my fav, but it's new. Next week it could be something else.

[Ole]

Let's see....

In use (9x12cm, 4x5", 5x7" and 18x24cm all bundled together)

90/6.8 Angulon, 90/8 Super-Angulon, 121/8 Super-Angulon, the 120/6.8 Angulon I've sold, 135/4.5 Skopar on a 9x12cm Avus, 135/3.5 Carl Zeiss Planar, 150/3.5 Xenar Typ D, 150/4.5 APO-Lanthar, 150/4.5 Heliar on the Bergheil, the 150/5.6 Symmar I've sold, 165/6.8 Angulon, 180/4.5 Xenar, the 210/4.5 APO-Lanthar I've sold, 210/4.5 Xenar, 240/5.6 Symmar (convertible to 420), the 300/4.5 Xenar I sold, 360/5.5 Tele-Xenar.

And in addition the triple convertible Rapid Rectilinear which needs new threads, the four (!) Dallmeyer Serrac 6"/4.5 I bought for the shutters, various old brass lenses and newer copy lenses...

That makes 13 lenses in active use, 4 that have been in use, and several that will be in use at some point in the future. And I'm looking for a nice little 300mm f:9 or so, and possibly a 480 which can be used on cameras with fairly small lensboards.

[Daniel Grenier]

So far, 165 Super Angulon, 240 Sironar, 360 APO Ronar, 14" Commercial Ektar, 480 Apo Ronar. Most used? All of them with the 240 and 360s most. Looking at getting a 250 WF Ektar and a 600mm soon.

[James Bleifus]

Yes James, the 121mm covers 810 fine. Probably not much movement. Try f/22. The 110mm XL covers, too.

Many thanks Loose Gravel. Apparently I need to stop reading specs on coverage and instead solicit opinions. Sure am glad I didn't sell that lens. If I want something really wide I'll remember the 110 (though I expect the 121 to be plenty wide).

Cheers, James

[fingel]

Lets see....
65mm Nikkor, 90mm SA, 90mm Angulon, 105mm Nikkor, 135mm Fuji CMW,
135mm Optar, 135mm Busch Raptar, 150mm symmar-s, 160mm Angulon, 180mm Heliar, 180mm Symmar-s, 203mm Ektar, 210mm Sironar-N, 300mm Fuji C, 450mm Nikkor M,

Unless you also count barrel lenses then add a 210mm Apo-Nikkor, 10.5" Wollensak Amaton, and a 135mm Hermagis anastigmat, 7" Aero Ektar.

So I guess that is 19 total.

Some stay with my Speed Graphic kit for light weight or handheld shooting (203mm 135 optar, 90mm angulon) or for use with the focal plane shutter like the Hermages, aero-ektar.

Some are with my main 4x5

and some are for my 8x10

I use most of them regularly with the 135mm CMW, 300mm, and 450 probably getting the most use.

Some just have specialized uses like the uncoated Helier is a great portrait lens that I don't use all that much but when I need to shoot a portrait that is the first lens I go to. The Aero-ektar is just a big ol honken piece of glass and looks really cool on the camera Seriously it is one super sharp lens and great for low light situations with it's f 2.5 maximum aperture (optimized to shoot wide open at infinity)

[jnanian]

- 19 -
65mm SA;
90mm SA;
127 Tominon;
135 Xenar;
14cm Protar
150 Symmetrigon:
150 G Claron;
203 ( dedicated to a rb series d )
210/370 Symmar;
10” Tele Optar;
Wollensak Veritar 14"
15” Tele Optar;
Wollensak Vitax 14";
Wollensak Verito 14”;
Wollensak Veritar 14";
Wollensak Velostigmat 13-20-25;
Dallymyer Leverstop;
Morrision 6x8 ... AND

2 meniscus lenses i harvested off of 19th century cameras

[cjarvis]

How bizarre that a thread from October 2002 suddenly become revived. I'll bet many of the original posts need updating. I sold one of the casket sets I posted originally.

I use a Goerz Pantar set, a Busch Vademecum set and a Wollensak f/4.5 14.5" variable focus Velostigmat...depends on the format. The big lens is best as portrait on 8x10 or landscape 11x14, so frequency varies wildly. The casket sets are always in my pack and are used every time I shoot for the most part.

[JG Motamedi]

After significant paring down over the past few months, I am left with 10 lenses which I use of a regular basis.

150/5.6 Sinar Sironar-W
150/2.8 Schneider Xenotar
240/3.5 Schnieder Xenar
240/9 Fujinon-A
9"/3.6 Holmes Booth & Haydens Petzval
11"/3 Dallmeyer Patent 3B Petzval
13.5"/3.5 Eastman Anastagmat
16"/3.8 Wollensak Vitax
450/9 Nikon Nikkor-M
22" f/4 Dallmeyer Patent 5A Petzval

This is list does not include the 10+ lenses (mostly junk) I have sitting on shelves or in drawers waiting to be repaired, mounted or sold.

[Jeremy]

update!

135mm B&L which is separated and beat to hell, haven't found the shot to take with this one yet
180mm f/5.6 Fuji
12"f/6.3 Ilex Paragon
12" f/4.8 Kodak Portrait Lens
17" f/10 Kodak Copying Ektanon