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8x10 lens on a 5x7 camera? < on 1/4/2008 1:41 PM > | Reply with Quote
I'm in the process of building a large format scanner camera over the winter and have now assembled the materials I'm using. Knowing pretty much nothing about large format photography, are there any limitations in using an 8x10 lens in a 5x7 camera?
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Re: 8x10 lens on a 5x7 camera? < Reply # 1 on 1/4/2008 3:08 PM > | Reply with Quote
As far as I know, the only limitations (other than cost) would be in finding wide angle lenses, or even normal length lenses, as you'd have to have a wide angle 8x10 lens to cover the normal range on a 5x7. Is there a particular lens you're looking at? Is it a process lens, or is there a shutter? And is this a scanner camera meaning you're using the guts of a flatbed scanner?
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Re: 8x10 lens on a 5x7 camera? < Reply # 3 on 1/4/2008 4:21 PM > | Reply with Quote
In checking again, it seems that it is a 5x7 lens... so never mind. The description refers to it as a "Bausch and Lomb 8 Inch f4.8" which I mis-rembemered as being a lens for an 8x10 camera. The additional info on it says it covers a 5x7 area.
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Re: 8x10 lens on a 5x7 camera? < Reply # 4 on 1/4/2008 8:27 PM > | Reply with Quote
Fun stuff. 8" should be about a 'normal' lens for 5x7. Somewhere I remember seeing photos online from such a contraption, I recall very interesting results when the subject moved.
So, a 5x7 sized beast, tethered to a computer and power source, that takes 5 minutes to create a 5 megapixel image...hello, 1991. I take it this will be your camera of choice for high-risk locations?
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Re: 8x10 lens on a 5x7 camera? < Reply # 9 on 2/21/2008 7:27 PM > | Reply with Quote
Where did you get your lens from? I've been looking for one for a while.
And, any pictures of your build?
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Re: 8x10 lens on a 5x7 camera? < Reply # 11 on 2/21/2008 8:52 PM > | Reply with Quote
What lens?
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