Hello,
First of all, Fuji lenses are fine lenses. No worries there.
A lot what lenses you choose to own has to do with what you shoot with 4x5.
I personally would feel very stuck without something LONG. So I got a 360. I use it for LOTS of things.
Others say why in blazes do you need such a long lens on 4x5?
I say:
1. So I can back off from the subject if I want to make near and far objects appear closer together.
2. So I can get a tighter angle of view when I can't get any closer.
3. So I have HUGE amounts of available movements for tabletop stuff.
4. Because it will also cover 8x10 and 11x14 film!
Those are the things you need to consider:
1. desired distortion, or lack thereof
2. Working distances
3. Needed movements
4. What film formats you want to use/may want to use some day.
For a standard studio lens, I lean toward a 240. It is a little bit long (lets you back off from subject to show less of background and apparently compress depth), has a ton of image circle on 4x5, and best of all: it is multi-format usable, which I value a lot. Most use a 210 because they are smaller, and have plenty of movements 99% of the time. Either one will be a great choice. 210s are plentiful and relatively cheap.
So that is your standard lens.
300s are a good bargain and very useful for when you want something long.
Something like a 135 would be a moderate wide. A 90 is very wide. Anything wider than 90 is getting toward "super wide", and usually pretty expensive, not very useful for most people's style of shooting, and very few movements, although there are exceptions. Although a 90mm may be too wide a lot of the time, it is a very versatile lens, and can also do great macro work quite easily. If the 210 is the most common standard studio workhorse lens, the 90mm is easily the most common wide-angle workhorse for 4x5. As such, they are plentiful and affordable. You can save a lot by getting an f/8 model 90mm to start. Wides generally have little available movement (relatively), so my wide of choice is the Schneider 121mm f/8, which can cover 8x10 with just a little vignetting if I actually wanted something that crazily wide. It is also a GREAT AOV on both 4x5 and 5x7 film. Way too wide for my taste on 8x10.
My favorite AOV calculator is
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/angles.html. I print them out and use it to compare vertical and horizontal AOVs between formats. I ignore diagonal AOVs, as it doesn't help much to compare them between different aspect ratios. This would be a good way to get an idea of what lenses will have AOVs you want by comparing them to your 35. Note: You want to compare horizontal AOVs for horizontal shots, and vertical AOVs for vetical shots. A 4x5 lens that has the same horizontal AOV as a 35mm lens on small format will have a wider vertical AOV than the same small format lens. Once you get used to the lenses, you don't even have to look at the charts much, bt I like to anyhow.
In short, I would consider the basic "starter" kit to be a 90mm and a 210mm that is convertible. That will cover a lot of situations, and then you will have good reference points for future needs if you end up staying serious about large format.
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