Hollis
25-Sep-2008, 20:57
So, I finally have gotten outside and done something productive with my day after rolling my truck and being, well, bitter and pissed off. Nothing like some old french glass (or young french lass?) to get me motivated to be behind the camera again.
I have yet to shoot this lens and this was the first time that I had it on my 8x15 and was messing around trying to establish the focal lengths of the individual elements and the focal lengths of some combinations. Surprisngly, I have more than enough options that will cover 8x15, albeit some sharper than others towards the corners. Granted, I will be shooting wet plate with this (and mayb, just maybe some cut down 8x20 film) the soft edges are not an unwelcome factor.
the longest focal length is 600mm (single cell) and I believe it goes down to 110mm but could not collapse my 8x15 that far. So, now I wait for me sheet metal to be cut and then its off to do some shooting.
I have yet to shoot this lens and this was the first time that I had it on my 8x15 and was messing around trying to establish the focal lengths of the individual elements and the focal lengths of some combinations. Surprisngly, I have more than enough options that will cover 8x15, albeit some sharper than others towards the corners. Granted, I will be shooting wet plate with this (and mayb, just maybe some cut down 8x20 film) the soft edges are not an unwelcome factor.
the longest focal length is 600mm (single cell) and I believe it goes down to 110mm but could not collapse my 8x15 that far. So, now I wait for me sheet metal to be cut and then its off to do some shooting.