90mm lens on Tachihara 45G

I have been thinking about buying a 90mm lens for my Tachihara 45G field camera

and would like to know how this focal length works, as far as using camera

movements goes, on the camera. Thanks. Bill W.

I am new to LF too and recently had the exact same question you are asking now. From what I have learned, the response to your question is "Which 90mm lens?"

 

It all boils down to the size of the image circle the selected lens will provide. Like a fool, and without doing my homework as you are doing now, I picked up a 105mm Nikkor W f:5.6 As that lens has an image circle of only 155mm at f:22 while the diagonal of a 4 x 5 is almost 160mm, the 155mm image circle will not cut it even with all of the movements at neutral. With any movement at all - not a chance!

 

Diring my education at the School of Hard Knocks, I found a table that will help you avoid a dumb mistake like the one I made. Check it out.

 

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/lenses/LF4x5in.html

 

I hope this helps you. I'm sure some of those more experienced here might be able to lend more advice on lens selection then I can.

 

J V McLure

90mm is very wide, like a 28mm on a 35mm camera.

 

It's about 3-1/2 inches from the lensboard to the ground glass when focused at infinity.

 

You can check it out yourself with your camera and a ruler, see how it works out. Open up the camera and measure out 3-1/2 inches from front standard to the ground glass. Try some movements. If your bellows is flexible enough, it should work fine.

Hi, the bellows on the Tachihara are very flexible and a 90mm lens works fine.

 

Jon

I use a fujinon f9 90mm on my 4x5 tachihara and it works fine.

I use a Super Angulon 90mm f8 on a flat board with Tachihara. You can use the full movements the camera is capable of. Titling standards towards each other is most limited due to their proximity, but far more than enough movements are available for practical (landscape) purposes.

In addition to J.V. McClure's link above, check out the following. By the way, my 90mm is a Nikkor f8. Tremendous lens.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/lenseslist.html

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/testing.html

Thanks to everyone for the helpful answers. Bill