155mm wide angle for 8X10

[dave_anton]

Has anyone ever shot landscape with a 155mm lense for 8X10? I am interested in shooting landscapes and I was wondering if 155 was too wide for the subjects lingering around infinity?

[sean_yates]

If you were shooting 35mm in the same circumstances, same subjects

etc., would you be pleased with the results from a 25 mm lens?

[bill_glickman]

The Scheider Super Symar XL 150mm is probably the sharpest LF

lens made and it easily covers 8x10. Its image circle is 386mm. I

highly recommend it. I use it more often on 8x10 then any of my

other lenses for the same format. However, you must buy the ND

center filter, preferably from Schneider. The darkening is very

severe, the filter takes another 1 1/3 stops away, oh well.... best

of luck...

[shambrick007]

Unless I was doing a "near-far" type of shot, I don't know I I would

shoot the typical landscape with the equivalent of a 21mm lens in 35mm

fromat.

[bob_salomon3]

The 155mm 6.8 Rodenstock Grandagon easily covers 8x10 and, at

infinity, has 50mm of shift and 42mm of rise (382mm circle).

 

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A center filter is available and is probably needed by most users but

you should determine that yourself.

 

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We have also had reports of users who use the 115mm 6.8 Grandagon on

810. While this lens only covers 291mm it still fills almost all of an

810 and easily does 10" wide panoramics on 810 film.

[chad_jarvis1]

In my usual budget-oriented way to respond:

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The Wollensak Velostigmat Series III 6.25" 8x10 W.A. provides ample

coverage for 8x10. It's available in two flavors: f/12.5 and f/9.5.

I have the latter, but I hear the former is a "better" lens. This

uncoated lens, usually mounted in a Betax #3 shutter, can often be

found in the $150-200 range.

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It is certainly not too wide.

[tito sobrinho]

Hi, David: I have the Nikkor-SW 150mm f8, Copal #1.It is a "big

mamma" with a image circle of 400mm at f22.Covering power of 106

degrees at f22. Filter size of 95mm (have to use my 8x10 dark slide a

la lens hood without vignetting -Technique learned in 1973 at A.

Adams workshop).I have beautiful 8x10 contact prints without using a

center filter. (Lucky?). CHAD, the 12.5 Wollensak version follows the

Metrogon & Topogon design.(2 menisci in 2 groups). My 9.5 like yours

was a modification from the former i.e the insertion of an buried

thin negative element into the central airspace. Which one is better?

I do not know. Best, Tito

[shigehiro_ishii2]

As Tito says, I didn't have to use a center filter with my Nikkor SW

150mm f/8. It was really sharp lens, however, this focal length was

too wide for me (8x10), so I sold it. Instead I bought 210mm Angulon.

[roger_urban5]

The Schneider 110 XL and 150 XL lenses both cover 8x10. The 110mm is a little smaller and lighter for field work. However, if you use the 110 you will probably want to get the graduated neutral density filter for it, so you minimize the vignetting on 8x10.

 

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I have both lenses and the 110 is sharper. Plus, you'll have greater depth of field at a more open f-stop if you use it. The downside is that unless you like the vignetting effect - and it does look good on certain types of compositions - you need the special filter.... more $$$$. Also, movements will be more limited than with the 150mm.