I'd like to offer a slight correction to the comments of Shigehiro Ishii (shige-i@tkd.att.ne.jp). He states that the coatings on lenses have nothing to do with sharpness. This is incorrect. ...
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I'd like to offer a slight correction to the comments of Shigehiro Ishii (shige-i@tkd.att.ne.jp). He states that the coatings on lenses have nothing to do with sharpness. This is incorrect. ...
The Kodak 203mm f7.7 Ektar lens has a lot of people singing its praises. The weight is light enough to carry into the field, and the lens is very sharp, and very inexpensive for a LF lens.
My...
For landscapes, and close up work with objects, I can't imagine a better choice than a LF camera.
For close up work, you can actually choose the focal plane; it doesn't have to be parallel to the...
I have a Super Speed Graphic, and want to get a focussing loupe. The Toyo 3.6x GG loupe has a lot of really nice features, but the "low" magnification of 3.6x is not what I want. I tried one out at...
I was right about the Yen, by the way. The 210 mm lens, at 49,500 Yen, converts to $350.00. Conversion rate as of 6/11/98 was 1000 Yen = 7.07 U$D. So knock off 2/7 of the price on their list.
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I've been particularly intrigued by the prices of the Congo lenses (http://www.cosmonet.org/~congo/index_e.htm) and the Osaka lenses (dist by Bromwell marketing, see...
I saw in the Wisner catalog that they are selling a remake of the Zeiss Hypergon lens. Supposedly, this is an 85mm lens that can cover 8x10 with movement, and is rectilinear, flat field, and has...
Unless my memory is deceiving me, the ancient Greeks found that when a line was divided into parts, the division that was most pleasing to the eye was when the ratio of the large part to the small...
I'm looking to get started in LF photography sometime in the next year or so. I've been looking around at used dealers on the net, eBay, Shutterbug, etc. It looks like I should be able to find a...