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<p>Does anyone of you own this lens? Does it allow any movements with 4x5? I think it has a image circle of 170mm.</p>

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<p>thanks, @ joe: does it allow any movements? It look tiny.<br>

Whatever, I think the slow speeds doesnt`t work properly on mine, 1sek seems very fast and at B and T it opens and closes when i push and hold the release.</p>

<p>Hello,<br>

I`ve got a Kodak Kodak Ektar 127mm 4.7 lens in a Rapax Synchromatic Shutter. I`m just wondering for what the M, F, X & OFF buttons are? Does anybody know?</p>

<p>Thanks, the caltar 90mm looks good!<br>

I just noticed that there are two recessed boards included with the cambo sc I bought. (I don`t have it yet)<br>

Also a P-Sandmar 90mm, but I think that it doesnt work well with 4x5...what do you think?<br>

I don`t really understand why you need a recessed board when using wide angle lenses. Whats the physical advantage? Doesn´t it just make the distance from film to lens shorter?</p>

 

<p>yes I think 90mm would be good, maybe too long for 6x7 but good for 4x5. I also have a bag bellows, so this wouldn`t be a problem.</p>

<p>It would be nice to also use it with a 6x7 back sometimes...</p>

<p>So I finally bought a Cambo SC. I will use it mainly for architecture and sometimes for landscape. What lens(es) can you recommend? Not too expensive, I would say not more than 600$.</p>

<p>Also found this one: http://www.walkercameras.com/XL_4x5.html<br>

I kinda like the camera, small and plenty movement for architectural I think.<br>

"The Walker Titan XL 4x5 Field camera is primarily a wide angled camera with a fixed back which addresses the inevitable problem that afflicts all view cameras when used with extreme wide angle lenses, namely parallelism of the front and rear standards; critical depth of focus declines as focal length diminishes as does the need for swings and tilts. "</p>

<p>thank you very much sean! We have got a sinar at the college, we also have an epson v750 and a b/w and color darkroom. So I would only need a camera and film. I think I will test the sinar during the xmas break. What do you guys think about 4x5 cameras without tilt? What about cameras like cambo wide, silvestri T30, alpa 12wa...? I heard that they should be even better than mono rail cameras because the film and lens are more parellel. They also look very handy and more easy to use...</p>

<p>thank you guys, I heard that the new nikon t/s lenses are a lot better than the canon t/s lenses?! There is a 24mm, 45mm and 85mm available. What about cambo wide cameras? (or in general LF cameras without a bellow). Tilt isn`t that important for architecture, am i wrong? @dan: I`m checking german ebay daily :-) and yes we have a epson v750 at college. On one hand I would love to use / learn to use a LF camera on the other hand I`m not sure if shooting 4x5 is worth the trouble. Also I could`nt afford shooting a lot- 4x5 film & processing is expensive here. And shooting roll film with a LF and scanning on an epson v700 is not much better than a good dslr?! I`m a bit confused...maybe I should try to rent a LF and a dslr + t/s lens before buying...</p>

<p>thanks alex,<br>

a) at the moment about 3000€<br>

b) It would be nice to use it professionally when I get out.<br>

I know that a 4x5 is more quality, I just liked the dslr+ts idea because of the digital work flow. The equipment should be at least good enough to make a good portfolio to get jobs after college...maybe little jobs during the college.</p>

<p>Hello,<br>

I study photography at an art collage and i want to specialize in architecture photography. I don`t have money to buy a 4x5 with lens, imacon scanner, 4x5 films + developing.... to do serious architecture photography. So I`m not sure what to do. I`m not even able to shoot good photos for a portfolio without an adjustable camera/lens. We have a 4x5 at the collage but we may not take it out of the studio!  Maybe I should get a d700 with 24mm shift lens, so I would not have to pay for film and developing. This is really expensive here in europe. Is the resolution, dynamic range etc..of a d700  good enough? At the moment I`m shooting with an 20 yrs. old Nikon FM2 and 35mm shift....<br>

What camera system would you recommend?</p>