[LargeFormat] Re: Field camera

[Les Newcomer]

Bob Younger wrote:

> 
> Regarding lens choice; on my 4x5 I have a 90, 150, and 270. Richard Garrod
> says you need six lenses for any format, adding a wider angle, a 210, and
> probably a 400 or so. 

Ansel Adams is credited with saying anything more than two lenses is
overkill, since the one lens you need will be back at the truck/ten/home
anyway. (Of course I didn't listen to his advice either, and his
prediction has come true on a number of occasions.

I believe there is some truth to the idea that you can catagorize LF
photographers in to two general groups, ones that tend to shoot wide,
and ones that tend to shoot long.  Here in the midwest I rarely use
anything over a 210 to shoot buildings, and have concentrated on the
wide end, with a 58,65,90,123,135,180.  On the other hand when heading
out west I will drop the two widest lenses and put some of my 8x10
lenses on 4x5-- a10"wf ektar, 14'comm Ektar and 19" artar.

Les
> 
> Bob Younger
> ryounger@home.com
> R.E. Younger, Photographer
> 
> > Today's Topics:
> >
> >    1. Planning Advice (Hornford, Dave)
> >    2. Re: Planning Advice (Pam Niedermayer)
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 1
> > From: "Hornford, Dave" <Dave.Hornford@Compaq.com>
> > To: largeformat@f32.net
> > Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 07:44:27 -0500
> > Subject: [LargeFormat] Planning Advice
> > Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
> >
> > I am looking for advice on a 'new' LF kit.
> >
> > To try LF I picked up a Calumet C400 & B&J Press Camera with some older
> lens
> > (I primarily use a Wollensak 162 & Kodak 127) & shutters. Well I love it
> and
> > have decided to upgrade my kit.
> >
> > I am interested primarily in landscape photography and I will be taking my
> > gear backpacking (I have three week-long trips planned in the Canadian
> > Rockies this summer). It is my expectation that I will end up with a
> normal
> > rail camera as well as a field camera, but the field is a priority.
> >
> > I am looking for:
> > - full range of movement
> > - durability
> > - light as a feather (my 7 & 9 year-old sons think of me as their
> > porter)
> >
> > I am also looking for advice on lens & shutters. In 35mm I normally use a
> > 24, 28, 100 & 300mm.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Dave Hornford
> >
> 
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