24inch Schneider

All of my carbon negatives have been made using 8×10 inch sheet film. HP5 to be specific.

This image was made using my f9 610mm Schneider Repro Claron. Generally, I prefer a standard lens for my landscape work, however with my tree series I have been drawn to compress the perspective and flatten the depth to give more of a graphic aspect to my tree studies.

The 24inch is equivalent to a 100mm using the 35mm film format. Using 8×10 inch format this lens provides very little depth of field especially when used with any amount of magnification. This image was made at dusk. The exposure was 7 seconds at f32.

Using the repro claron in the field is quite a challenge as the effective focal length with the magnification was about 27 inches (700mm) This is a considerable long bellows extension particularly when the wind is gusting!