Emil Ems
20-Jul-2005, 06:36
For my "window project", mentioned in an earlier thread, where I will be taking a lot of pictures of a building site with my Toyo MII over the coming months, I am at present looking for a normal 8x10 lens (around 300 mm).
In that context I have been offered a rather nice looking Graphic Kowa lens 305 mm f9 in a Copal 3 S shutter. Before buying it I would appreciate some advice from the extremely knowledgeable experts on this website:
Considering that this appears to be a process lens: would it be reasonably sharp at infinity? Would it be reasonably free of aberrations at that focus? If not, could this be remedied by closing down to, say, f 32? Could it be focused fully open, or would focus shift when closing down the lens to, say, f 32?
In that context I have been offered a rather nice looking Graphic Kowa lens 305 mm f9 in a Copal 3 S shutter. Before buying it I would appreciate some advice from the extremely knowledgeable experts on this website:
Considering that this appears to be a process lens: would it be reasonably sharp at infinity? Would it be reasonably free of aberrations at that focus? If not, could this be remedied by closing down to, say, f 32? Could it be focused fully open, or would focus shift when closing down the lens to, say, f 32?