jan_brittenson

I got a used Imacon Flextight Precision II for just over $4000. Perhaps worth considering. You can also find them refurbed for around $6500.

The Nikkor T-ED 360/8 works nicely on my 45AII. I also use this lens with the 500/11 rear unit with the 100mm extension back. The extension back makes rear tilts more difficult, and makes the setup a lot more sensitive to wind.

I looked through the archives, but couldn't seem to find anything

that answered this. Nor are the Kodak/Fuji datasheets useful, they

simply use the term "daylight" as if it's a well-defined term. What

exactly do they mean by this? Is it 5000K, 5200K, or something

else? Is it a specific spectral curve?

 

Is there an ISO definition for "daylight", or can it be anything the

film mfg likes it to be? By that I mean, if I expose color reversal

film under "daylight", at the mfg specified ISO speed, putting an 18%

gray card squarely in the midtones, developing as specified, it will

be rendered a neutral gray at some reasonable midtone density? (I.e.

my ability to control the inputs will determine the accuracy of the

output.)

 

I'm asking this at the LF forum since I get the impression the folks

here are more likely to care, and hence to know the answer...

Granview makes a handholdable 4x5. No movements though...

http://www.granview.com

An application for a fast wide angles that hasn't been mentioned is when you want to lend perspective to a geometrically flat subject <b>and</b> separate it from the background with a shallow DOF. A lens like the 24/1.4 or 35/1.4 is indispensable for uses like this.