Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quoth the Jim Nichols : > Hi Forrest, > > That is roughly the diagonal of a 5x7 negative, so it would be a > normal lens > for a 5x7 camera. I suspect there are a lot of 5x7 lenses out there > sitting unused which would provide a similar portrait solution when using > a > 4x5. I'd bet there are a lot more 210 lenses out in the world than ever there were 5x7 cameras. I seem to recall that someone, Adams or Picker, recommended it as THE all-around lens for 4x5 It's a really nice portrait / slight tele length for 4x5's; mine's a Symmar-S and the images are superb. Looking at this obscura, though, I think this one's asking for something on the order of a 65 or 90 mm, stopped down to effectively a hyperfocal setting. Basically it's a pinhole 4x5 with optics, so less distortion and a more even light distribution in the camera. Probably produces pretty decent images, but it's almost a 4x5 box brownie. Better suited to artists and artistes.-- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request