very niceOriginally Posted by ostrygad
What a great thread !
If you don`t mind i will upload my recent meniscus shot
Attachment 124596
Scan of a lith print. Ilford Warmtone + selenium toning.
very niceWhat a great thread !
If you don`t mind i will upload my recent meniscus shot
Attachment 124596
Scan of a lith print. Ilford Warmtone + selenium toning.
"WOW! Now thats a big camera. By the way, how many megapixels is that thing?"
The Japanese discovered and used this a century ago. Search under TAISHO PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY for some of the lovely pictorial images they did quite apart, I think, from what was happening in Europe and the US. I remember reading that many were done with Vest Pocket Kodak, uncorked, so to speak.
Beautifully seen and executed shot.What a great thread !
If you don`t mind i will upload my recent meniscus shot
Attachment 124596
Scan of a lith print. Ilford Warmtone + selenium toning.
Yes, a very nice one, ostrygad
Jim Cole
Flagstaff, AZ
I have several meniscus lens and enjoy shooting each one. The one I have shot more in recent days has been and old Sears and Roebuck marked lens made by B&L, also marked on the lens. The focal length is about 5 inch at about F6. I have in mounted on an old Graflex 3A
that I converted to use 120 film. Some perhaps will not consider this to be large format, but I feel it is the same or better that using a roll
film back on a 4x5.
Jack
[IMG]13038-Dead Tree in Sea Grass - 3A copy by jackharrisphotography, on Flickr[/IMG]
13094-Friends Village House-Graflex 3A copy by jackharrisphotography, on Flickr
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Question, I don't have that heavy "warping" except at the very edge, I was under the impression that the lens I have on the kodak folder that originally was for 116 film was a Meniscus and it certainly looks like a meniscus physically, but is it possible it's something else?
It's a lens that exists only behind the shutter and is a single element originally from a folding brownie.
Everything I can find says its a meniscus but the clarity makes me wonder if it's not?
I don't see that kind of "warping" in my Reinhold Wollaston meniscus either. Of course, the only shot I have made so far was at f/11, the one in my OP. Perhaps wide open it will act a little more crazy.
Jim Cole
Flagstaff, AZ
Hmm ok thanks, that's acceptable and makes sense.
More than some other soft focus shots, this one really captures the Pictorialist look - great job! It probably has to do with the meniscus lens AND the lith printing. Would love to see more shots...What a great thread !
If you don`t mind i will upload my recent meniscus shot
Attachment 124596
Scan of a lith print. Ilford Warmtone + selenium toning.
...i`m glad that you mentioned about Pictorialism. I'm quite fascinating by it. Another shots are on the way...
[IMG]Jonquil-Scovill-PlusX by jackharrisphotography, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]Stairs to House to-WAbyMEDanforth-front element copy by jackharrisphotography, on Flickr[/IMG]
Here are two more shots with Meniscus lens I have that renders the photograph with sharpness fall of at the edges, which I like.
The lenses are:
M.E.Danforth wide angle about 5” F5.6+- that will cover up to 4x5
Sears & Roebuck (B&L) about 6” about 5” F5.6+- cover up to 4x5
Waterbury-Scovill- about 7” about F5.6 – at least to full plate
The Scoville and Danforth had rotor F stop wheels that have been removed.
The B&L has waterhouse stops and fall off is better wide open.
Jack
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