Widest lens 6x9?

[ChrisN]

What is the widest lens on a 6x9? I have a GSW690 with the 65mm lens, but sometimes I want something wider. I'd rather not go to a roll-film back on a large format camera.

 

[ruby.monkey]

The 47mm on the various Brooks Veriwides, or a 50mm f/6.3-equipped Mamiya Press with 6x9 back?

 

[rawhead]

I recently had a friend DIY a 6x12 camera and mounted a Rodenstock Apo-Grandagon 35mm f4.5 lens on it. With a center filter (2.5 stop) and the fact that the Da-Yi 612 roll film back is really more like 56 mm x 112 mm, the lens covers the format fine.

I do believe this 35mm is the widest possible lens for 6x9 (not to mention 6x12).

 

[t.s.k.]

The Fuji G690 system came with a 50mm/f5.6.

IIRC, Alpa has a 23mm but I believe it has a 70mm circle coverage.

 

[ChrisN]

Thanks people! Rawhead - that 6x12 is awesome!

Another I've discovered is the Plaubel Proshift, again with the 47mm.

 

[thegman]

I had a Fotoman with a 47mm lens, very nice camera indeed. As said above, Alpa have some wider ones, but the image circle seems to be made for smaller formats than 6x9.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Frances has a 35/5.6 Apo-Grandagon on her Alpa S/WA with 6x9 cm film -- and there's even a tiny amount of shift available!

Cheers,

R.

 

[oftheherd]

Bee Bee 9x12 and I would guess Certrop had wide lenses, but I have never seen then, and they were probably only about the equivalent of a 35mm lens in 35mm cameras. I think that was what the aux lenses were for the 9x12. Wider sure would be fun on a 9x12.

EDIT: The OP asked about 6x9. While there were wides for the 9x12, there were also wides fo the 6x9 Bee Bee cameras. Again, I have read of them but never seen any for sale. It would be interesting to try them. I have botht the 6x9 and 9x12 Bee Bee interchangable cameras.

 

[Nokton48]

The venerable Plaubel Veriwide does it with the 47mm F8 Super Angulon.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brooks-Plau...075970179?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item19dca4cc83

I use this same lens, on a Sinar Norma recessed board, with my Sinar Norma and 6x9 Roll back. But of course, you said you did not want LF. Great lens for superwide 6x9 rollfilm.

 

[sevo]

The Rodenstock Apo-Grandagon 35mm would be the widest orthogonal lens covering 6x9 at full quality.

Fisheyes and lenses with rotten corners (there are designs with close to 170° coverage, if quality is irrelevant) would be another matter, and so would rotating lens (or body) panoramic camera systems (which can get similar angular coverage out of longer lenses).

 

[1337]

Fisheyes and lenses with rotten corners (there are designs with close to 170° coverage, if quality is irrelevant) would be another matter, and so would rotating lens (or body) panoramic camera systems (which can get similar angular coverage out of longer lenses).

know any systems with a fisheye?

 

[x-ray]

Hi have an Apo Grandagon 35mm on my Linhof Technikardan 23.

 

[GaryLH]

I have a 47f8 on my graflex xlsw. Has 2x3 universal back setup, so mid roll change flexibility and graflex backs are pretty cheap (6x6, 6x7, 6x9) bargain grades are usually under $50.

Gary

 

[Calzone]

I have a Plaubel 69W Proshift with a 47/5.6 Schnieder Super Augulon. Having shifts is a great thing.

Cal

 

[sevo]

know any systems with a fisheye?

The RB67 fisheye is 37mm (but, being a fisheye, it is much wider than a 35mm wide), Arsat has a 30mm which may perhaps cover 6x7 (YMMV - it is nominally a 6x6 lens). The record medium format fisheye may be the Kowa 19mm (6x6 again) - but fisheye attachments (there have been a few cine grade ones that are much up-market of the regular Hanimex trash) on the front of ultra-wides might beat that.