Now that is awesome bokeh - beeeeautiful George!
Now that is awesome bokeh - beeeeautiful George!
I agree. That really is a wonderful shot. Takes me to another place.Originally Posted by Eric James
I'm quite fond of Cooke lenses... now I see what they can do in great hands. awesome shot Mr. Kara
Yeah that is smooooth, no octagonals here or whatever they call these ugly 7 leaf iris artifacts.
Lot of vibe in that shot George.
Some images on Type 55 from my backyard. It is a 4.5 cooke aviar.
Hollis
Hollis,
Cool shots!
I'm confused by the zone of sharpness, particularary in the first two photos. What's going on here?
Can you offer anymore details about this Aviar's vintage?
Oh, just some movements on my camera. I hadn't really shot this lens before and I wanted to see how far I could push it so as to get an idea of the image circle. As far as the vintage goes, no idea. I would probably say somewhere mid century (20th that is). Im pleased by it.
H.
Really nice, Hollis. The Aviar has always been an underrated lens IMHO. I love using them on my Graflex SLR's.
W.
Yeah, its my only barrel lens and I love it. I am about to build an 8x10 (maybe an 11x14, we'll see) so I will be acquiring some more lenses, namely those with more coverage.
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Thank you all for the compliments. Im a new lf shooter and appreciate your comments. Hollis, I particularly like the pick up truck. It has a feel like a little boy is looking at his toy and dreaming of it being real.
These old lenses have a quality that is both haunting and dream like. Kind of like the ghosts of the past photographers who owned them run are living in the glass.
The look of these lenses would be wonderful in a motion picture setting.
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