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    Re: Lens for Landscape

    Dallmeyer Bergheim

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    Re: Who does lens polishing/recoating?

    Has anyone had experience with Kanto Camera?
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    Re: Lens de-/re- cementing and/or coating

    John at focal point would use heat to separate the elements and sometimes they would haze up. The last time he did a lens for me, the glass became hazy during the process and he thought it was was...
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    Re: Who does lens polishing/recoating?

    Does anyone know of a good replacement for focal point now that John has retired?
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    I got the small casket set and the Bergheim no 2, both seem like a good price to me :)

    I took these with the 12-20" version.
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    Whomever purchased lot Lot # 0523 - Large Lot of Lenses (for Restoration and Spare Parts)

    Please send me a PM when you get the items.

    I am looking for a front aperture for a Dallmeyer Bergheim...
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    Rodenstock Imagon 420mm $2100 191956626576
    Gundlach Hyperion 18" F4 $6500 201655916911
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    Please do
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    Re: High end scanner options - What's out there?

    I don't think that the phase one back allows for the LUT to be replaced in the DAC or for the signal to be altered prior to digitization. This is why I feel that high end CCD and drum scanners should...
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    Re: High end scanner options - What's out there?

    I've done my own scans with my Sinar 54h. I determined good black and white scans can be done with the system however the contrast range of black and white film is so much smaller than that of the...
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    T,T & H, Cooke series IIE, 15" F/4.5 191863204374 7500 USD
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

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    T,T & H, Cooke series IIA, 15" F/3.5 201576482421 9500 USD
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    Cookes are not just hot.... They are on FIRE!

    201576482421
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    You guys are overthinking this... Jim galli asked if the pictorial resurgence was over. I thought it would be helpful to include stronger sales from well listed and advertised lenses. The sales are...
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    The Series IIA that sold has the turn for soft focus writing in french; so it must have been originally sold for the french market... While the current listing is a different lens with all the...
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    Nope, look at the serial numbers.
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    Replace the XXXXXX's with the item number....

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/XXXXXXXXXXXX
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    Here are a few from the 4th quarter of 2015 and 1st quarter of 2016


    600mm Plasticca $4,000.00 (201441987578)

    12 3/4” Cooke Series II $3,000 (201272262976)

    24" Hermagis Eidoscope $12,000...
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    Gundlach Achromatic, stopped down to ~8

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    Hmm, I did not know that about the vertiar, very cool.

    I like the Gundlach achromatic a great deal, I'd love to find an RVP to compare it to.
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    Yes, faster lenses have more background separation, that is why many people use them; artistically for selective focus photography.

    The Cooke design is very sharp wide open. When all three...
  22. Re: Someone Please Tell Me: Difference between Cooke Series II and VI

    Larger apertures have a more distinct Bokeh with greater separation.

    I cant say much about the Vi but the soft focus effect seems to be more pronounced when a larger aperture is used. Emils...
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    Re: Lenses and their "personality"..

    The focal length and image circle are almost the same size for this model.
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    Re: Verito Question

    Yes, and so a lens like the bergheim that sharpens at smaller aperture (maybe f/16) might be more ideal for landscape use while something like the bi quality or PS945 (sharp at F/8) might be more...
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    Re: Verito Question

    Maybe someone can post a picture that demonstrates spherical aberration in an optical system?
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    Re: Verito Question

    Yes the effective aperture changes like every lens, however when we are talking about soft focus we are talking about a lens that has a different focal length on the outer edges of the glass then the...
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    I'm playing with a 13" knuckler now, it does not look nearly as easy to take apart as the non knucklers. The rear element unscrews but it appears the front element requires a spanner wrench to open...
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    Re: Verito Question

    The level of softness is controlled via the set aperture and is not altered by the effect of bellows extension on the effective aperture.
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    Oh it's just the handle and not the SF drive, I must not have been fully awake when I made the post.

    Grimes redid an entire drive mechanism for me at a very reasonable price.
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    Send it to SK Grimes, they did a great job rebuilding the SF drive on my Universal Heliar.
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    Re: Shooting Outdoors With a Barrel Lens.

    You guys ever see those eyelid shutters... Those a very fun looking.
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    Re: Shooting Outdoors With a Barrel Lens.

    Your cooke will fit rear mounted in a no 5 shutter. The adapter that I had to adapt mine was about half an inch thick (all around) so the no 5 shutter is about an inch wider then what is required.
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    100 year old (dated) Cooke Ads?

    I'm trying to get a pair of 12" Cooke F3.5 lenses through customs. They are the older pre knuckler versions. The customs agent says it would help if I can find some documentation to prove they are...
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    Re: Deardorff V11

    Is this for studio use? I have an extra century 11x14 that needs a home.
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    Re: Deardorff V11

    Wow, I didn't realize they were that heavy. Almost sounds like my S11 without the stand.
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    Re: Deardorff V11

    If you wait you should be able to find a deardorff for not much more then a Chamonix. I haven't used Chamonix myself but the V8 that I had was very impressive.
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    Re: What is "microcontrast"?

    Its the contrast in the finer details of the image (like clarity or USM), versus global contrast which is what we normally just call contrast.
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    Re: Macro Telephoto Lenses?

    Sorry, I'm fighting off a cold. The amount should be 200%. I was looking at some work from an older commercial photographer and most of the images were sharp until louped. He stopped down so far for...
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    Re: Macro Telephoto Lenses?

    Let me see if I have anything to add.

    Schneider marketed the 800mm Apo Tele Xenar to also be good in studio applications such as table top studio photographer. For instances when a longer more...
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    Re: Photobackpacker.com Sale at cost

    Three of those orders are for me. I do not know what my future needs will be so I ended up pretty much buying one of everything (and then some).
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