Close up still life with 8x10 camera lens recommendations

Ian C said:

Check the comments in post #45. The Fuji 250 SF is usable on the 8” x 10” format at focusing distances of 19 meters and closer. Recall that you stated you want a lens of about 250 mm.

Fuji also made a 5.6/420 SF lens. This is a barrel lens with built-in iris unit. It can be mounted in a Shanel 5A shutter via one of the custom adapters available from Photrio member B.S. Kumar of Nara, Japan.

Its produces an image circle of 500 mm (some versions of the data sheet claim 480 mm). This provides 11” x 14” format coverage. Although the lens is rather large and heavy, mine is mounted on a Linhof Technika lens board (hole nearly centered type) using the adapter from Kumar.

https://www.photrio.com/forum/members/b-s-kumar.20965/

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BrianShaw said:

A 12-inch or 14-inch Kodak Commercial Ektar would be a wonderful general-purpose lens for an 8x10 camera. It’s actually a rather sharp lens with legendary performance. Huge and heavy…

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DREW WILEY said:

The Fuji 250/6.7 W will comfortably cover 8x10 at infinity. The subsequent 250/5.6 will not. The Fuji 250/9 A will also cover 8x10 at infinity. These are all relatively lightweight and portable, the 250 A especially so. In an earlier post, I already noted that the "A" version is an exceptionally good performer at close range. But these are all VERY sharp lenses, in distinction from the soft focus "SF" Fuji variety.

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