Macro is almost impossible due to extremely limited depth of field. If you stick to flat objects you might have some success, but with the bellows extended a great deal, you will have to calculate reprocity failure to get correct exposures.
Large format lends itself best to things like portraiture and landscape photography. Focusing on a ground glass screen isn’t horribly difficult if the scene is bright and you have a good black sheet with which you can cover your head and the focusing screen. Although with that wide angle lens it might be a little tough. I have a 127mm 3.5 lens on my 4x5 speed graphic and focusing can be somewhat difficult in all but the best circumstances. Paul > On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Bulent Celasun <[email protected]> wrote: > > I may be able to get a 4x5" camera with a 90mm f/8 lens. > Price aside (which is another big question mark), I have questions. > > First, the reasoning: > I like macro photography most. > I am getting increasingly more able to spend time on photography. > I like spending "hours" to get one single beautiful image. > I can develop and scan film. I can get a drum scan occasionally if needed. > I can make contact prints. (My enlarger supports up to 6x8 cm film). > > > Questions: > - How difficult is focusing using the 90 mm f/8 lens? > - How difficult is it to find proper film? > - Any idea about the cost of a single exposure (film only)? > - Further comments? > > Bulent > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://patoloji.gen.tr > http://celasun.wordpress.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
