Miscl. Meniscii

[buggz]

4x5 Sinar f2 - cemeted pair meniscus from Jim Galli - Fuji Instant
Swirlly background, wee...

[Jon Wilson]

Picked up what appears to be a 16 inch Darlot achromatic pill box lens. Here is a quick picture taken in the yard with this lens without the barrel with an estimated f6 and with the barrel at an estimated f12. These are a couple of quick scans of the WP film with my Epson 4870. Thoughts appreciated. Thanks. Jon

[jcoldslabs]

This afternoon I taped a small Series VII close-up lens to a piece of cardboard and taped that whole business to the front of my 2D 8x10. To my surprise it has a 19" focal length. This was just a test in the back yard, but it has potential.






And here's a detail crop of the foreground:



Jonathan

[Mark Sawyer]

This afternoon I taped a small Series VII close-up lens to a piece of cardboard and taped that whole business to the front of my 2D 8x10.

Nifty!

[jcoldslabs]

Nifty!

It kinda was! I love not knowing what to expect when I start out. The exposure was ten seconds so most all of the tree branches and leaves blurred from the wind, but at least the exposure worked well enough to test the lens. Now to find a forest with some nymphs running around....

....OK, not running around. Sitting still would be better with exposure times like these!

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Testing out (sorry Mark) a front piece of a Petzval mounted on a Compound #3 shutter on the Eastman View Nş2.
The focal is around 270mm and the widest opening of the shutter (marked in the scale as 41mm) leaves it at ƒ6,5.
I really wanted the top of the canes to be in focus but I could not figure out the movements correctly. I shot another sheet at ƒ30 or so but most of the magic was gone, at least through the ground glass. I was excited about having a diafragm in this lens but it might not be actually a good idea anyway. Having shutter speeds is nice though.


Meniscus por rabato, en Flickr

The lens and shutter: