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Old 11th February 2017, 10:26 AM
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Default 75mm or 80mm for medium format

Which lens is best?
I have a meopta with colour head if that matters?
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Old 11th February 2017, 10:52 AM
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I have a meopta opemus 6, and I use a Meopta Meogon 80mm lens, which is fine for 645 and 66, personally, I would say 80mm, if you intend to print 66, 75 would be fine for 645,
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Old 11th February 2017, 02:06 PM
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I would go for 80mm which is fine for 6x6 and 6x4.5 and at pinch manage 6x7. 75mm is on its limit for 6x6.

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Old 11th February 2017, 02:10 PM
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My 80mm Nikon does 6x7 with a bit to spare.

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Old 12th February 2017, 09:20 AM
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I have an Opemus 6, my only enlarger now, and use 75mm quite happily for 6x6. I have 2, a Nikon and a Minolta (same for 35mm).
On my old De Vere I used a 90mm Ross Resolux for 6x6 but that was a sturdy beast and easy to use with the head at the necessary height whereas the Meopta seems slightly top heavy with that lens and a bit of an arm stretch too.
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