Heliar Picture Post

[Hugo Zhang]

One of my favorite portrait lenses. I know many beautiful pictures have been made with Heliars by people here. So I will start with my latest snapshot with a 36cm Heliar with a Kodak 2D.

[Jan Pedersen]

Very nice Hugo.
Here's a couple taken with a 210 3.5 Heliar also on a 2D 5x7

[Tri Tran]

Heliar..Heliar...Sign. Hugo , you're mean. I want to see the Universal please. Nice lens indeed.TT

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/the%20lilies/Lilly_No2_420HeliarF8.jpg
lily #2
42 cm Voigtländer Heliar @ f8

[Hugo Zhang]

Very nice, Jan and Jim. I see my 42cm Heliar has been neglected.

[David A. Goldfarb]

http://www.echonyc.com/~goldfarb/photo/n2005albumen.jpg

36cm around f:4.5 or 5.6 on 8x10"

[Jan Pedersen]

Beautiful David and Jim.
Sold a 30cm for to little a couple of months before i got a camera it would have been perfect fore.
Still kicking myself

[zoneVIII]

wow, great pics, lovely OOF, thanks for sharing

[Hugo Zhang]

42cm Heliar wide open at f4.5.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/gallery/lv150h.jpg
150mm Braunschweig Heliar f/4.5

[Colin Graham]

Beautiful David, very nice.

[Jim Galli]

Thought I'd shake this old thread awake.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Heliar/210mm/210Heliar013120_03s.jpg
window at the vfw, tonopah, nevada

The other day I bought a very derelict 210mm Heliar at the auction place. I wasn't expecting much, but was a bit more disappointed when it besides being filthy and corroded and stuck, also had been cleaned poorly and has lots of sleaks.

So, with everything cleaned up as good as I could do, I threw it in the truck. This is shot on 6½ X 8½ which is well outside the intended format for a 210 Heliar. Add to that I was lower than the window and used maximum possible rise. The negative was more than a pleasant surprise. Better than expected. Weak at the tippy top, but . . . my bad for asking it to do the impossible.


SO LETS SEE U'R HELIAR PICS PLEASE!

[Jim Graves]

That is gorgeous!

[Jim Galli]

That is gorgeous!
Thank you Mr. Graves!

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Looks good to me!

[Vogel]

Thought I'd shake this old thread awake.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Heliar/210mm/210Heliar013120_03s.jpg
window at the vfw, tonopah, nevada

The other day I bought a very derelict 210mm Heliar at the auction place. I wasn't expecting much, but was a bit more disappointed when it besides being filthy and corroded and stuck, also had been cleaned poorly and has lots of sleaks.

So, with everything cleaned up as good as I could do, I threw it in the truck. This is shot on 6½ X 8½ which is well outside the intended format for a 210 Heliar. Add to that I was lower than the window and used maximum possible rise. The negative was more than a pleasant surprise. Better than expected. Weak at the tippy top, but . . . my bad for asking it to do the impossible.


SO LETS SEE U'R HELIAR PICS PLEASE!

This is great! Inspiring! I will try to explore my Heliars during this spring.

[Christo.Stankulov]

I have only Heliars - 2 and one Apo-Lanthar :)
So, 210 Heliar
https://stankulov.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NadiaYGabi.jpg
https://stankulov.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GabiPolaroid55_0002.jpg
300 Heliar on 8x10"
https://stankulov.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/stankulov_photo_bw_stillife_flowers_magnoliadenudata_largeformatphotography_sinar.jpg

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49399334552_b98c8c9ede_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2igfv7G)2020-01-04 Kyiv Region Ukraine Foma 100 in XTOL 1+3 8 vin002-01web2 (https://flic.kr/p/2igfv7G) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49229368796_d7c904319a_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2i1eodC)Ukraine. Wista SP 4x5, Heliar 210/4.5@22, Foma 100 in XTOL 1+1, 8 min (https://flic.kr/p/2i1eodC) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49340290243_29e423d101_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ib2Tin)2016-12-19 Ivankov Ukraine webs (https://flic.kr/p/2ib2Tin) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/935/28848884867_a14cc4df16_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KXh5oF)2018-07-30 FP4 100 in XTOL 1+1 20C 12 min001-03web (https://flic.kr/p/KXh5oF) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/862/29915021548_c6630a7feb_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MzuiFA)2018-07-30 FP4 100 in XTOL 1+1 20C 12 min002-01web (https://flic.kr/p/MzuiFA) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/3931/33124603874_34dcb7fbb6_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/St7fFU)In expectations В ожидании (https://flic.kr/p/St7fFU) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

[Maris Rusis]

https://live.staticflickr.com/8073/8350904069_d5bf0484a3_b.jpg
Melaleucas and Sedges, Afternoon

Gelatin-silver photograph on Freestyle Private Reserve VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.4cm, from a Kodak Tmax 400 4x5 negative
exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Voigtlander 21cm f4.5 Heliar lens.

[Jim Cole]

https://live.staticflickr.com/935/28848884867_a14cc4df16_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KXh5oF)2018-07-30 FP4 100 in XTOL 1+1 20C 12 min001-03web (https://flic.kr/p/KXh5oF) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr

Wonderful, comfortable.

[tigger_six]

A 21cm/4.5 Heliar is my favorite lens! I have it in a 1910's compound shutter.
http://100acrewood.org/stuff/photos/maruska/img4606ss.jpg

[tigger_six]

(4x5 Fuji instant film)
http://100acrewood.org/stuff/photos/other/img3965s.jpg

[Jim Galli]

Beautiful stuff and I'm glad this thread is active again!

Here are a couple from yesterday done with a 240mm No. 4 Heliar that no one seemed to want at the auction and I was able to steal it.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Heliar/240mm_No9/240Heliar_00.jpg

That's my second Heliar with broken lens shade area. They were fragile. I just take some black gaffers tape and make 2 or 3 wraps to create a complete shade area. My stuff doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to perform, and this old cast-off really does!


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Heliar/240mm_No9/240Heliar_03s.jpg
stake rack '39 ford

Wide open! I love how the Heliar can separate the area of interest.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Heliar/240mm_No9/240Heliar_01s.jpg
the face only henry could love

This was done at f22 1/2

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/HeliarPumkpins.jpg
Three Pumpkins
4x5 Sinar P, 300mm Braunschweig Heliar

[Ken Lee]

A 21cm/4.5 Heliar is my favorite lens! I have it in a 1910's compound shutter.
http://100acrewood.org/stuff/photos/maruska/img4606ss.jpg

Bravo !

[Ari]

That's my second Heliar with broken lens shade area. They were fragile. I just take some black gaffers tape and make 2 or 3 wraps to create a complete shade area. My stuff doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to perform, and this old cast-off really does!


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Heliar/240mm_No9/240Heliar_03s.jpg
stake rack '39 ford

Wide open! I love how the Heliar can separate the area of interest.


Well done, Jim. I'll give this one to skill over the lens.

[Jim Galli]

Thanks Ari.

[Christo.Stankulov]

TIGGER_SIX Super :)

[ericantonio]

You guys are just showing off how deep your pockets are or how much credit you have on your black card.

No really, these shots are amazing. I'm glad the thread started.

[Jim Galli]

You guys are just showing off how deep your pockets are or how much credit you have on your black card.

No really, these shots are amazing. I'm glad the thread started.

Now you've given me cause for even more bragging. I paid $81 for the 210mm and $113 for the 240 So no deep pockets here. Bottom feeder . . . perhaps. They look awful. But they perform beautifully.

[Dugan]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Heliar/240mm_No9/240Heliar_03s.jpg
stake rack '39 ford

This was done at f22 1/2[/QUOTE]

Wow. The 3-D quality of this is amazing!

[Christo.Stankulov]

Does somebody has a Hugo Meyer Trioplan to show me how it performs? I am interested in 240 and 300mm lens.

[orgraph]

(4x5 Fuji instant film)
http://100acrewood.org/stuff/photos/other/img3965s.jpg

Nice!

[Maris Rusis]

https://live.staticflickr.com/7036/6845551064_0598239a08_c.jpg
Fire Scar, Flinders Ranges
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC III VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.4cm X 19.4cm, from a 4x5 Tmax 100 negative exposed
in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Voigtlander Heliar 21cm f4.5 lens.

[OMU]

Hello, I have a Heliar 36cm f 4,5.
I want to order a flange to this lens. Unfortunately I’m not a mechanic... can anybody tell me how I can find the correct diameter and TPI for this lens.
Thanks!

Best regards
OMU

[Ken Lee]

Hello, I have a Heliar 36cm f 4,5.
I want to order a flange to this lens. Unfortunately I’m not a mechanic... can anybody tell me how I can find the correct diameter and TPI for this lens.
Thanks!

Best regards
OMU

I had a 360mm Heliar briefly a few years ago and visited a local machine shop to have a flange made for my specific lens board.

I found someone who would do the work after-hours on his own schedule, so he charged a reasonable price.

I brought the lens and board and left them with him. No problem.

Another option is some custom machining from SK Grimes (http://skgrimes.com/home).

[OMU]

I had a 360mm Heliar briefly a few years ago and visited a local machine shop to have a flange made for my specific lens board.

I found someone who would do the work after-hours on his own schedule, so he charged a reasonable price.

I brought the lens and board and left them with him. No problem.

Another option is some custom machining from SK Grimes (http://skgrimes.com/home).

Hello and thanks for your ansver. I’l go for a local repair shop:-)

[DMS206]

8x10 Kodak 2d w/14” Heliar @f4.5201396

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I like the motorcycle. Just the way the image looks is excellent.

[Tin Can]

Nice! 68 or 69 BSA Lightning with OE 'Western' bars. Eastern were lower

My 1967 was posted recently in tiny format



8x10 Kodak 2d w/14” Heliar @f4.5201396

[Andrew Plume]

Like this one a lot, great stuff

regards

Andrew

[DMS206]

Nice! 68 or 69 BSA Lightning with OE 'Western' bars. Eastern were lower

My 1967 was posted recently in tiny format

Thanks, it is a 68 lightning. I bought it in 1971
Dave

[Tin Can]

I have had many Brit bikes, First a complete paint and overhaul with me lady Bonnie Matchless G15 (https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?118637-Tiny-Format-Portraits&p=1540309&viewfull=1#post1540309) in 1971, then 5 Nortons, 2 BSA, BMW an endless amount of bikes


Thanks, it is a 68 lightning. I bought it in 1971
Dave

[DMS206]

Like this one a lot, great stuff

regards

Andrew
Thanks,
Dave

[bijutoha]

Wonderful, comfortable.

Very good set, glad to be here in the Forum. The pictures look nice into the black and white across the whole frame!

[alexvaras]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49851681102_1e0ee8e95f.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iXdTZ9)
Bucket in corner (https://flic.kr/p/2iXdTZ9)

Voigtlander Bergheil 10x15, Heliar 180mm f/4.5, expired Fomapan F.

[Christo.Stankulov]

Heliar 210
Fp4+
13X18 cm
204222

[ericantonio]

Heliar 210
Fp4+
13X18 cm
204222

This is cool. Are those the "guts"? We see these a lot in the Asian markets in California but not in typical grocery stores. Probably hard to filet? Cook it the way it is?

[Christo.Stankulov]

No, those are the eggs. You fried it and eat it :)

[Jim Noel]

A 21cm/4.5 Heliar is my favorite lens! I have it in a 1910's compound shutter.
http://100acrewood.org/stuff/photos/maruska/img4606ss.jpg

A stunning and very intimate portrait. Probably the best I have seen on this forum, and rarely anywhere else..

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49973838358_61aa9d6d19_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j91Z5J)Well 2020 4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2j91Z5J) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine. Heliar 210/4.5@11

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50034322493_aa24208372_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jemYUD)Makiflex Heliar Auto 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2jemYUD) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

A new to me Plaubel Makiflex Automatic arrived today from Prague. This one came with the Voigtlander Heliar 210mm F4.5 in Makiflex Auto iris. I've been watching this camera for years, decided to pull the trigger. So now I have three Auto Makiflexes and a Makiflex Standard. I really wanted the Heliar Auto lens............... I'll clean it up as I have time and it will go into rotation with my other cameras.

This one has over 26,000 actuations and has been customized a bit. Quite interesting

I use these cameras with 9x12cm and 4x5" film.

[Maris Rusis]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50011222981_252314f965_c.jpg
Casuarinas with Lichens
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.5cm X 16.3cm,
from a 4x5 Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF camera fitted with a 21cm f4.5 Heliar lens.

[Christo.Stankulov]

Heliar 150
Sinar P2
TXP320@Rodinal 1+25
205147

[tigger_six]

A stunning and very intimate portrait. Probably the best I have seen on this forum, and rarely anywhere else..

Thank you Jim! You are very kind.

(I removed it after some time since it's a portrait of a friend, not a model.)

[arri]

I used a 1930 Heliar 150mm f/3.5 @f/3.5
Fomapan 400, Adox FX-39 II developer, Sinar camera, 4x5"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48804495327_a27ef18798_h.jpg

[roetronxoay]

I got to use my Heliar 30cm for the first time yesterday. Lovely lens.
Portra 160. Had a hard time dealing with newton rings and color correcting.
207368

[Steven Ruttenberg]

Looks good overall both roetronxoay and arrive

[Renato Tonelli]

I got to use my Heliar 30cm for the first time yesterday. Lovely lens.
Portra 160. Had a hard time dealing with newton rings and color correcting.
207368

Lovely portrait.

[rrunnertexas]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50409583478_e792ac6b93_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jNwhVC)Korona Compact Heliar Malted Milk Small (https://flic.kr/p/2jNwhVC) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Heliar on a Korona Compact full plate.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50409583478_e792ac6b93_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jNwhVC)Korona Compact Heliar Malted Milk Small (https://flic.kr/p/2jNwhVC) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Heliar on a Korona Compact full plate.

Very nice. Like it :)

[hiend61]

Great pics Christo. The one of the flower is superb.

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49973838428_56cdd01c16_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j91Z6W)Kiev Rus, 2020 4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2j91Z6W) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine, Volyn.
Wista SP 4x5
Heliar 210/4.5@22
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec HC 1+31

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49974616992_ace3235636_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j95Yxs)Kiev Rus 6, 2020 4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2j95Yxs) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine. Volyn.
Wista SP 4x5,
Heliar 210/4.5@11
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec HC110

[orgraph]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49974358046_cb7485a58f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j94DyS)Boat 2020 4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2j94DyS) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine, Zhitomyr Region.
Wista SP 4x5
Heliar 210/4.5@11
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec HC 1+31

[Renato Tonelli]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49973838428_56cdd01c16_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2j91Z6W)Kiev Rus, 2020 4x5 (https://flic.kr/p/2j91Z6W) by Yuriy Sanin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/52922077@N08/), on Flickr
Ukraine, Volyn.
Wista SP 4x5
Heliar 210/4.5@22
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec HC 1+31

Beautifully balanced composition.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50560095167_fa4369dfd5_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k2PGNK)Auto Makiflex 21cm f4.5 Heliar 120 6x9 Maki Back 1 (https://flic.kr/p/2k2PGNK) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50559247393_e061a78b2c_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2k2KmMX)Auto Makiflex 21cm f4.5 Heliar 120 6x9 Maki Back 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2k2KmMX) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Auto Makiflex #3 with 21cm f4.5 Auto iris Makiflex Heliar. 1/60 F11 Ilford FP4+ 6x9cm Makina Back ADOX BORAX MQ Developer 8x10 Arista #2 RC print Multigrade developer. Full sun Key Day. Waiting for the Lily in my front garden to fully open up. I am enjoying looking through the 21cm Heliar.

[Clickma]

A portrait taken with a Heliar 24 cm 1: 4.5. Serial number 88221

Scan from the 4x5 "negative Ilford FP4 +
Sinar P

Portrait Ksenia - 20-45-22

209177

Best regards, stephan

[Peter Lewin]

Clickma: I have concluded that as long as a portrait is basically competent (and yours is much more than competent, your lighting and posing is excellent) what really makes or breaks a portrait is the expression of the subject. You caught the young lady at the perfect moment, her expression conveys her feelings (at least during the portrait process) and makes me look at it again and again.

[Clickma]

Clickma: I have concluded that as long as a portrait is basically competent (and yours is much more than competent, your lighting and posing is excellent) what really makes or breaks a portrait is the expression of the subject. You caught the young lady at the perfect moment, her expression conveys her feelings (at least during the portrait process) and makes me look at it again and again.

Thank you. That pleases me very much.

[kanishka]

Calumet C1 | Heliar 300mm 4.5 | Fuji X-Ray HR-U
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52349218425_c39eb5fa78_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nKVqPt)#046 (https://flic.kr/p/2nKVqPt) by Matías Farber (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matiasfarber/), on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52466110003_ea43871da8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nWfwBv)#053 (https://flic.kr/p/2nWfwBv) by Matías Farber (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matiasfarber/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Both simply marvelous!

Great models and I wish I had a Heliar!



Calumet C1 | Heliar 300mm 4.5 | Fuji X-Ray HR-U
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52349218425_c39eb5fa78_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nKVqPt)#046 (https://flic.kr/p/2nKVqPt) by Matías Farber (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matiasfarber/), on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52466110003_ea43871da8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nWfwBv)#053 (https://flic.kr/p/2nWfwBv) by Matías Farber (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matiasfarber/), on Flickr

[otto.f]

Indeed super portraits in all aspects, the Heliar not the least

[Martin Aislabie]

Calumet C1 | Heliar 300mm 4.5 | Fuji X-Ray HR-U
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52349218425_c39eb5fa78_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nKVqPt)#046 (https://flic.kr/p/2nKVqPt) by Matías Farber (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matiasfarber/), on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52466110003_ea43871da8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nWfwBv)#053 (https://flic.kr/p/2nWfwBv) by Matías Farber (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matiasfarber/), on Flickr

The top shot is just fabulous

Martin

[Daniel Unkefer]

Both are fabulous. I have a 210 Heliar somebody in Vienna mounted into a Plaubel Makiflex Automatic Iris Lensboard. I see with your two examples why it so favored for LF Portraiture. So far I have only used mine for landscapes. I like how the world looks through the Heliar. I have a barrel 150mm f4.5 Heliar also I love to use in the studio for still lifes. I like that you can see the pores in the skin from a distance with beautiful rendition.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50959177421_826b6d219d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kD674g)9x12cm J Lane Dry Plate Makiflex 210 Auto Heliar (https://flic.kr/p/2kD674g) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Plaubel Automatic Makiflex 9x9cm SLR, 9x12cm J Lane Dry Plate developed 18 mins 20c in straight replenished gallon Acufine. Plaubel Makiflex Auto Iris 21cm Heliar. RADA Normalfaltz plate holder in Plaubel Makiflex Adapter. 8x10 Aristo RC #2 Omega DII black 180 Rodagon laser aligned. Iflord Multigrade dev

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50823673491_d70718234c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB)Abandoned Orchard Apple Tree HRU Maki 210 Heliar (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

In my neighborhood there are remnants of the apple orchard that stretched for a good distance many decades ago. At the back of my property is one of the original trees, now gone wild. Plaubel Makiflex Standard, 210mm Makiflex Auto Iris Heliar, Fuji XRAY HRU 4x5" cut from 8x10. Grafmatic Film Back, Sinar 103mm Glass Disc Yellow Green. 1/15 at F5.6 Legacy Mic-X 18 minutes at 60C. Aristo #2 8x10 Omega DII Omegalite Diffusion Head Multigrade dev

[Tin Can]

Both are fabulous. I have a 210 Heliar somebody in Vienna mounted into a Plaubel Makiflex Automatic Iris Lensboard. I see with your two examples why it so favored for LF Portraiture. So far I have only used mine for landscapes. I like how the world looks through the Heliar. I have a barrel 150mm f4.5 Heliar also I love to use in the studio for still lifes. I like that you can see the pores in the skin from a distance with beautiful rendition.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50959177421_826b6d219d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kD674g)9x12cm J Lane Dry Plate Makiflex 210 Auto Heliar (https://flic.kr/p/2kD674g) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Plaubel Automatic Makiflex 9x9cm SLR, 9x12cm J Lane Dry Plate developed 18 mins 20c in straight replenished gallon Acufine. Plaubel Makiflex Auto Iris 21cm Heliar. RADA Normalfaltz plate holder in Plaubel Makiflex Adapter. 8x10 Aristo RC #2 Omega DII black 180 Rodagon laser aligned. Iflord Multigrade dev

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50823673491_d70718234c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB)Abandoned Orchard Apple Tree HRU Maki 210 Heliar (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr






Thank you!

In my neighborhood there are remnants of the apple orchard that stretched for a good distance many decades ago. At the back of my property is one of the original trees, now gone wild. Plaubel Makiflex Standard, 210mm Makiflex Auto Iris Heliar, Fuji XRAY HRU 4x5" cut from 8x10. Grafmatic Film Back, Sinar 103mm Glass Disc Yellow Green. 1/15 at F5.6 Legacy Mic-X 18 minutes at 60C. Aristo #2 8x10 Omega DII Omegalite Diffusion Head Multigrade dev

[kanishka]

Both are fabulous. I have a 210 Heliar somebody in Vienna mounted into a Plaubel Makiflex Automatic Iris Lensboard. I see with your two examples why it so favored for LF Portraiture. So far I have only used mine for landscapes. I like how the world looks through the Heliar. I have a barrel 150mm f4.5 Heliar also I love to use in the studio for still lifes. I like that you can see the pores in the skin from a distance with beautiful rendition.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50959177421_826b6d219d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kD674g)9x12cm J Lane Dry Plate Makiflex 210 Auto Heliar (https://flic.kr/p/2kD674g) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Plaubel Automatic Makiflex 9x9cm SLR, 9x12cm J Lane Dry Plate developed 18 mins 20c in straight replenished gallon Acufine. Plaubel Makiflex Auto Iris 21cm Heliar. RADA Normalfaltz plate holder in Plaubel Makiflex Adapter. 8x10 Aristo RC #2 Omega DII black 180 Rodagon laser aligned. Iflord Multigrade dev

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50823673491_d70718234c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB)Abandoned Orchard Apple Tree HRU Maki 210 Heliar (https://flic.kr/p/2kr7BsB) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

In my neighborhood there are remnants of the apple orchard that stretched for a good distance many decades ago. At the back of my property is one of the original trees, now gone wild. Plaubel Makiflex Standard, 210mm Makiflex Auto Iris Heliar, Fuji XRAY HRU 4x5" cut from 8x10. Grafmatic Film Back, Sinar 103mm Glass Disc Yellow Green. 1/15 at F5.6 Legacy Mic-X 18 minutes at 60C. Aristo #2 8x10 Omega DII Omegalite Diffusion Head Multigrade dev

Nice shots, love the texture
It would be spectacular if the Plaubel covered 4x5

[Daniel Unkefer]

Nice shots, love the texture
It would be spectacular if the Plaubel covered 4x5

Thanks Kanishka :)

Actually I really really am liking shooting 9x9cm on 9x12cm and 4x5. The square format (like my Hassys and Mamiyaflexes), but with larger format fidelity. Arca Swiss made a 4x5 SLR but it has no where near the capabilities of the Makiflex system. Plaubel recommended it for Fashion and Reportage, it's really easily comfortably hand holdable. As they used to say, "Every studio needs an SLR camera".

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50050238443_a5c40aaa5f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jfLyaz)New Auto Makiflex 210 Heliar Auto 2 (https://flic.kr/p/2jfLyaz) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Another view of my new Auto Makiflex with 210mm Auto Heliar. I'm quite happy with this camera so far. I photographed some roses on the back deck yesterday, the Heliar is sooooo beautiful to look through.

The 210 Heliar has been hacked into a Makiflex Auto-Iris Mount, so Auto Aperture Operation! This required a lot of skill to engineer and execute. A beautiful job and a one-of-a-kind lens, no doubt. I suspect the mount was orignally for a 210mm Xenar, which seems to be popular, I have seen a lot of them. Notice here how they have machined the front barrel of the lens, to get it to fit into the Makiflex mechanism.

[rrunnertexas]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53111702331_638afae9ee_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oVimHH)Korona Heliar Engine Portrait Small (https://flic.kr/p/2oVimHH) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

180mm Heliar f/4.5 shot at f/5.6

[Tin Can]

Like!

Great environmental!


[QUOTE=rrunnertexas;1688849]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53111702331_638afae9ee_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oVimHH)Korona Heliar Engine Portrait Small (https://flic.kr/p/2oVimHH) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

180mm Heliar f/4.5 shot at f/5.6[/Q

[Monty McCutchen]

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36cm Heliar. Wet Plate Collodion (aluminumtype) on a 10 x 12 plate. Canham 10 x 12. Taught a class at Penland School of Art and Craft for the past twelve days. Took this photo on the last day as a thank you to Blain for sitting for the students over the the timing of the class. The class focused on positives (Aluminumtypes and Ambrotypes). Penland is a special place up in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Ever get a chance to take a class there (or teach one!) I highly recommend it. Communal interaction with as many as twelve or thirteen different disciplines over the near two weeks adds so many different perspectives to your photography work.

[Tin Can]

Wonderful!


241498

36cm Heliar. Wet Plate Collodion (aluminumtype) on a 10 x 12 plate. Canham 10 x 12. Taught a class at Penland School of Art and Craft for the past twelve days. Took this photo on the last day as a thank you to Blain for sitting for the students over the the timing of the class. The class focused on positives (Aluminumtypes and Ambrotypes). Penland is a special place up in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Ever get a chance to take a class there (or teach one!) I highly recommend it. Communal interaction with as many as twelve or thirteen different disciplines over the near two weeks adds so many different perspectives to your photography work.

[Alexander Kuchin]

11x14", Ilford HP5, Heliar 480, D-76

[darr]

^^^
Beautiful!!

[notorius]

11x14", Ilford HP5, Heliar 480, D-76

Very nice!

[ericantonio]

11x14", Ilford HP5, Heliar 480, D-76

Very nice. I instantly felt calmer. I don't need to go to yoga tonight.

[Alexander Kuchin]

Thank you)

[Alexander Kuchin]

11x14", Heliar 480, Ilford HP5+, D-76

[rrunnertexas]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53546319428_47cb7d503a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pzGTeW)Blair Heliar Champion Compressor (https://flic.kr/p/2pzGTeW) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

Blair full plate view camera with Heliar 210mm lens. Captured in an abanoned auto shop on Ilford film.