Milco Van Klingeren
(K=15) - Comment Date 10/1/2005
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My guess is a 300 or 360 mm lens, i have a 360 Schneider Symmar in brandnew condition, from ebay for 1250 USD, very nice lens, but portraits is very difficult with a field camera..........focus, change groundglass with cassette, hoping subject has not moved out of focus ....
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Gary Auerbach
(K=3935) - Comment Date 9/4/2007
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I work in large format 8x10 and 11x14 film size. I use a 450mmM nikkor lens, f9.
It has a circle of confusion (?) that will cover the 8x10 circle with no problem and just covers 11x14.
This means...with 8x10 you have lots of swings and tilts you can use, and with 11x14 you have few, but still cover the format at infinity.
Gary Auerbach
www.garyauerbach.com
www.WeWalkinBeauty.com
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full head shot with bellows extended approximate two and a half feet. Exposure compensation of two stops.
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Maris Rusis
(K=30) - Comment Date 9/5/2007
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Standard 3/4, 1/2, and heads and shoulders portraits can all be done with a 300mm lens on a 8x10 field camera. I use a Fujinon-W 300/5.6 in Copal#3 shutter on a Tachihara 810HD and it answers all basic requirements. Actually any reasonable condition normal focal lenght lens (say 300mm)in a consistent shutter producted since 1900 will do the job.
But, and it is a big but, portraiture is a genre that offers challenges way beyond picking the right focal length lens. At minimum the vanity of the subject and the reputation of the photographer are at stake.
There are many specialist portrait lenses. Names like Petzval, Verito, Heliar come to mind. They all produce a different look. Portrait lighting is a sophisticated and highly evolved technique. Even the choice and processing of photographic materials can be optimised for portraits.
Photographic portraiture on 10x8 is a subject already 150 years deep and the last word is not yet written. Gerry Yaum, I wish you good luck.
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Gerry YAUM
(K=94) - Comment Date 9/6/2007
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Thanks everyone, I had sort of forgotten about this question. I ended up buying a 300 nikon F 5.6 and did a series with flash and white backgrounds in Thailand. I have a few photos online, check them out and thanks very much for all the replies(next time I have to check back more often!)
http://www.terminus1525.ca/studio/view/5953
Gerry
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