I have nothing to add but to say: what a story!
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I have nothing to add but to say: what a story!
Nice collection you got. I have used Pinkham Visual Quality and Gundlach Hyperion. With these you how two options to vary the apparent softness: aperture, point of focus. Aperture is clear - the more...
Tossing away the film??? You want to give us hearth attack? :D But I know the feeling of having old things that are lingering around, taking up place, asking uncomfortable questions... In such cases...
Yes, I second to the idea - could you please post picture of your lens, especially of the rear cell. I too have the 10.5 lens and I suspect that it is non soft version too, as I couldn't find any...
I'm trying to restart larger Polaroid project that I canned after too many frustrated failures. I used fresh Polaroid Originals film and Calumet manual processor that initially worked find but then...
Good stuff. Thank you! You have been really thorough.
I also had experience with Imago Positive Paper. I bought is by mistake actually but it is an interesting product. I was able to use some RGB...
In 16x20 case the curl was about 1 cm from the base. Yes, had the emulsion been on the other side, it would have proven impossible to use for me as I used it without holders (I built a camera obscura...
I made series of photographs on 16x20" Harman Direct Positive paper and I noticed the following.
The paper was considerably curled on the edges when taken out of the box, forming a flat bowl. I...
The last statement is a speculation of course (given little information available) but I really doubt that Gundlach was able to get away with naming its own soft focus lens after another soft focus...
Does somebody know more about the Hyperion Lens Company, the creators of the Hyperion lens what I think became later known as Gundlach Hyperion Diffusion Portrait lens?
Interesting. Where did you encounter it?
According to this https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?65614-Some-Soft-Focus-Lens-Sales-Information&p=627937&viewfull=1#post627937 old post, it has been at least once listed...
The catalog states: "The telephotographic lens consists of a collective element of long focus and a dispersive element of short focus, the combined focus being considerably lo nger than that of...
There are 4 Wray lenses listed in Vademecum that employ soft focus qualities:
Wray Diffused Image Objective
Wray Portrait Lens
Wray Soft focus f/2.5
Wray Soft focus f/5
Does somebody know...
They produce it also for large format cameras. F/3.5 was made up to 11 7/8" and the largest was 27 2/3" at f/5. I am wondering how they compare to other triplets like Goerz Hypar.
What to think about f/3.5 Steinheil Cassar? Is it an usual triplet design lens or does it produce something noticeably unique?
These are good questions but as I am not knowledgeable enough to answer precisely then will wait till somebody else will address these.
I understand that you are investigating some optical...
I realized few times ago that I will not get a reply from them so took a risk and ordered to an UK forward address.
It worked.
I got Beck, Photographic Lenses A Simple Treatise, both 6th and 7th editions.
Page 278-279 are advertisements of Beck lenses on 6th edition.
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Based on this I tend to believe that it is...
Does anybody have close encounters with this species?
http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_L54.html says that it was a soft focus lens.
Little more soft focus lenses
2020/10 Verito f/4 18" ($700)
2020/11 Spencer Port-Land f/5.6 11½" (£530)
2020/11 O.Zwierzina "Plasticca" f/4 400mm (€550)
2020/12 Taylor Hobson 8x5 R.V.P. (£545)...
I have never seen something like this offered elsewhere. It does not match "golden" series, as those had also front element in brass like finishing. Looks some DIY job to me. I am very curious about...
There exists mount of Xenotar 150 that was intended for Cinema/TV cameras.
Is it different design (like is AV Xenotar) or is it simply the same as LF lens but in different mount?
I understand he found that the forum had become too toxic for him. Unfortunately also his web site providers went down and silent. A great tragedy we have to accept.
I too shoot wide open for...
Naturally we want to know how much does this lens weight.
How do Tele Hexars compare to other large format tele lenses like Tele Xenars, Tele Raptars and Tele Optars?
Coverage is usually given for infinity. When you focus closer then the coverage will increase. There are exceptions. For example coverage for reproduction lens is given for 1:1 and infinity coverage...
So did you end up getting the 500mm Dogmar or it was somebody else? When you did then congratulations. When you did not then do not worry because it makes sens to test with what you already have at...
I second to this.
Another useful concept to have is that the subject distance for the 1:1 image (that is when the subject in front of the lens is the same size as the image) is double of focal length from the lens...
Normal lens for given format (X x Y, say 8 x 10) is roughly square root of (X squared + Y squared) (i.e. Pythagoras theorem). So for 8x10" it is square root (8 square + 10 squared) = square root (64...
You can think of lens coverage in the following terms.
Lens have two basic properties. The lens has angle of view in the front of the lens. This depends on the lens focal length. The lens has...
Yes, this thread. But your links are unfortunately broken.
Sure. Why not? But then you also should include the story I think.
Just did not think too much about it. Sure there is only one group. I fixed the description to be more correct.
Lets push some fair life into this thread and post some last year soft focus lens purchases.
I listed them in original currency so you could add your expected approximate shipping cost and taxes....
Very nice work. I like it.
Very nice! Thank you for sharing!
I actually ended sending the camera back.
But I tried ozone later on with various other items. Sometimes it helped and sometimes it did not.
I used a large plastic box to run the device with...
Serrac is Tessar design, so it much more common than Heliar. So you have to compare Tessar against Heliar. I like both, so I would take both (I mean Tessar, not specifically Serrac that I do not own...