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He is a very good seller, lives in JAPANV
I know he sells VGC
Find KUMAR in FS
He is a very good seller, lives in JAPANV
I know he sells VGC
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As usual, Vaughn has very good information to offer you, Andy. Heed his advice and you'll do well.
That said, a 360mm and a 250mm lens are so minimally different from a standard 300mm/12" as to be barely meaningful. If you think you want a "wide angle" option for broad/vista style landscapes, then 240mm or wider is more appropriate. When I first got my 8x10, it came with the f4.5 Kodak Ektar 12" (NOT the Commercial Ektar, which is f6.3), and so I got a Schneider Symmar-S 240mm for wider views, and I found it's additional angle of view to be a bare minimum. Eventually I added a third lens to the package - a 190mm Kodak Wide Field Ektar - and it was much more suitable for what I wanted. The 240mm Symmar-S rarely gets used these days, as it just sits in the middle space between normal and wide.
Speaking of the Wide Field Ektar..... at 190mm, it works well on the Intrepid without the front standard getting in the way, and without any issues with the standard not being able to move far enough back. It's true that the 190mm Wide Field doesn't allow you any movements (the image circle just covers 8x10), but that hasn't deterred me. I find that movements are rarely needed with such a wide view. And unlike many other wide angle lenses for 8x10, the Wide Field Ektar is positively tiny and lightweight. It is also a superb performer. The Wide Field Ektar can be had for under $500, but don't buy the cheapest one you can find! (If you're even considering it) I see there are some as low as $400 on the you-know-what site, but that one has badly scarred glass. Scrutinize carefully any listings for sale that you encounter.
Yes. Good point.
Also it depend on what you what to taking images of. when I purchased my first 8x10, I purchased an old 12" Wollensak Velostigmat II lens - for portraits. Latter I purchased a 240mm Nikor W (as a moderate wide angle) for urban and landscape images, along with another 8x10 camera. As stated above a smaller lens is probably better for the camera that you are using. If you are considering the Intrepid camera be sure not to put too heavy a lens on it. I learned the hard way by putting the 12" Velostigmat in a #5 Betax shutter on a old tailboard camera and breaking the front standard of the camera. If you want to take images of architectural subjects you will want to have more lens coverage so you can use some camera movements. Typically I use front rise for taller buildings. But you may not need much camera movements - depending on what you want to make images of.
Last edited by Vaughan; 24-Jan-2024 at 16:16.
FWIW, I have a nice Wollensak yellow dot 159mm that rarely gets used. It takes fine images, I just don't find many 8x10 shots requiring such a wide angle, so a 250mm WF Ektar or 240mm G Claron see most of my WA shots and the Wollensak spends most of it's time on the 5x7.
To my eyes (which are old and tired) wide lens lend themselves to close ups and more intimate landscapes. Longer lens are more useful for capturing sweeping landscapes, the Grand View.
Just sayin'
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
This is for the writing-on-the-front single-coated lenses. The later writing-on-the-barrel multi-coated lenses are all in Copal shutters.
I have two writing-on-the-front single-coated 180mm lenses, one in a Seiko shutter and another in a Copal shutter. Testing has shown the image circle for the Copal shutter version is about 7mm larger than the Seiko shutter: significant when using it on 8x10.
It appears that all writing-on-the-front single-coated lenses 150mm or shorter are in Seiko 0 shutters (even the wide angles, which makes them impossible to fit into recessed Technika boards). Lenses 180mm and longer marked "W S" are usually in Seiko shutters while those marked "W" are usually in Copal shutters, but Fujinon's naming is not consistent. The later writing-on-the-barrel multi-coated lenses are all in Copal shutters.
Note that newer multi-coated plasmat lenses less than 300mm have image circles smaller than the older single-coated lenses, which is why the single-coated 180mm, 210mm and 250mm lenses are sought after for 8x10, and the 135mm and 150mm lenses are better for 5x7. The plasmat 300mm and 360mm specs for image circle are the same for both, I have a newer 300mm.
Last edited by Vaughan; 24-Jan-2024 at 16:18.
Big thanks to everyone particularly Vaughn for the help. I am trying to process what people are talking about. There is a bit of a learning curve here.
1) What is the plasmat 300mm f5.6? Is it this?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/32510087560...3ABFBMkNnYvKlj
2) Is this the Fuji Lenses you are all recommending? Note the writing on the front.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/33521453344...Bk9SR67-8rypYw
Also, here are some lenses that I saw recently. I would love to know what people think. The 12 inch Goertz is probably way too expensive. The other two are for about $500. I will try to upload the images if I can figure out how.
- 14 Inch F9 Goertz in Ilex shutter for about $500
- 12 F6.8 Inch Goetz (Gold Dot Dagor?)
- Rodenstock 240mm 5.6 Sironar -N for about $500
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