What lens did you get bored of?

[darinwc]

I'll admit it I got bored of a 240mm G-claron in a polaroid shutter that I shot a few 4x5's with. Something about it just didnt excite me even though it was hyped up. I'm not sure if it was the focal length or speed or speed or shutter it was in or what.

Sooo.. What lenses have you bought but for some subconcious reason gotten bored of and sold/stored away?

[Nick Zentena]

Hey my 240mm Claron got stored to. But on 8x10 it wouldn't be stored . That's one thing with LF lenses can be reused with bigger/smaller cameras.

[Tom Stanworth]

150mm lenses on 5x4 in general...or any std lens I would rather use a 135/180 or wider/longer. The hype about the 240 is more coverage on 10x8 for such a compact lens. I dont use 50mm too much in 35mm either

[Dan Henderson]

I find that I almost never use the 80mm lens on my medium format rig any more. My oldest lens is a 150, but the images from that lens always satisfy me more, and I use it whenever possible. I use a 250 if I need more reach, and a 50 if a wide angle effect is useful.

[TheFlyingCamera]

I didn't get bored with it, but I did sell it off because I just wasn't using it enough. I got rid of my 75mm for 4x5 - it's so wide that I almost never used it on landscapes, and I don't shoot interiors enough to make it worth keeping.

[colrehogan]

I had been storing away my Nikkor 120 mm SW (and had debated whether to sell it several times). I didn't get bored with it, but that focal length didn't seem to work for me on either 5x12 or 8x10. For whatever reason, I decided to try it on my whole plate camera a couple of weeks ago. I liked the image I saw on my ground glass. Maybe I will keep it after all.

[jp80874]

I can't say that a lens has bored me. As I have gone to larger formats I have added lenses when I ran out of image circle (IC). Example: I would vignette corners using a 305 G Claron with movements for architecture on 7x17. I added a 12in-300mm Dagor usually solving the problem.

A better photographer with an engineering backround, Michael Mutmansky, was able to use the 305 G Claron lens for architecture. As a novice in 7x17 I needed more movement. Learning to better use back movements balanced against distorting shapes and sizes has taught me better use of ic.

John Powers

[2F/2F]

Schneider 121mm on 8x10...I expected it to be a lot cooler than it was. I use it on 4x5 often and love it. The few times I rented an 8x10 I tried the lens. With the 5x7 reduction back it was nice, though. I realize now that I just don't like super wides all that much. Same with my Canon FD 17mm.

[Ian Grant]

Well not bored but grossly under used n - my Nikon M f9 300mm, apart from testing I've used it twice in the 20 years since I bought it new. I had thought if I ever moved up to 10x8 it would come in useful, but now I have I found my coated Dagor has better coverage and is just as sharp.

Ian

[wilsonneal]

Schneider 165/8 Super Angulon. It's sitting on the shelf now and I have no plans to use it. Keep thinking I will sell it, but just don't get around to it. Also don't use the 360 Caltar II-N that much. Also, own a 480mm Rodenstock, but have never mounted it in a board. I mostly use my 240 Caltar. If it folded up inside the Kodak Master, I don't think it would ever come off the camera.
Neal