December 2013 Portraits

[ostrygad]

5x7 Ekfe 100 film, another 'secret weapon' Dallmeyer lens (hint, it's not a Petzval, but almost as old a design).

...fantastic antique look ! Which Dallmeyer ?

[MDR]

...fantastic antique look ! Which Dallmeyer ?

Same Vintage as a Petzval only leaves the RR Rapid Rectlinear or Grubb Landscape type lenses my bet is on the first. RR are very underappreciated because of their low speed.

[ostrygad]

Same Vintage as a Petzval only leaves the RR Rapid Rectlinear or Grubb Landscape type lenses my bet is on the first. RR are very underappreciated because of their low speed.

If it was RR , that`s great news for me. I have Dallmeyer RR 330mm f8 which is untested but i done some restore. My lens before and after CLA

[AtlantaTerry]

My lens before and after CLA.

How did you clean up the brass and glass? Nice job.

[ostrygad]

How did you clean up the brass and glass? Nice job.

For my all brass lens i use "Brasso". First i polish it using rough felt with "Brasso", than another polish with soft cotton cloth without "Brasso". It takes awhile (in this case around 2h). For glass i use "Screen 99" by Kontakt Chemie - it kills fungus, fingerprints and oily stains.

[AtlantaTerry]

Thanks. Good to know.

[Scott Schroeder]

She was afraid of a bee....

[ostrygad]

Thanks. Good to know.

I dont know if that chemicals are available in US , but if you will be able to get it - just try. Working great for me and will work for you.

[benrains]

Glad to see you posting in the portrait threads again!

Thanks! I've been a little preoccupied with some small format work recently, but I've more large format in the pipeline.

[JosephBurke]

"Those are some very dangerous looking legs!"--you spoke my mind before I could get it typed out.