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For the early video cameras of the 1960th Schneider produced a lens set.

The lenses have had only a different mount, the optical designs were the well known Schneider computings.

The Cine...

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Original taken with Voigtlander Collinear 132mm f/6.8 (made in 1913) Sheet film 4x5", Adox FX-39 II, Cyanotype on Hahnemuehle...

This is a test of a Rodenstock Ysarex 127mm f/4.7 out of a Polaroid Pathfinder 110A camera
It is a moderate wideangle at 4x5".
Here I have to tilt the camera front and in the upper edges a reduced...

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Ilford FP4+ (not expired)
Sheet film 4x5"
Adox FX-39 II developer
125mm f/5.6

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Fomapan 100, sheet film 4x5", Amaloco AM74, Componon 105mm f/5.6 @f/22, Wista 45D

A small number of the 120mm S-Planar were made in aperture barrel or shutter.

At infinity the lens covers 6x9cm, I guess ~115mm, at 1:1 you get the double of it, ~230mm
You must take care that...

I own a Suter "Stella" 160mm f/5 in a Compur shutter.
It has a special front thread and so I ´am sure that it is the shutter the lens were delivered.
The lens has the serial 46296 and the Compur...

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Sinar F1, Fomapan 100 @ISO80, sheet film 4x5", Adox FX-39 II developer, Zeiss S-Planar 5.6/120mm @f/22

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Somewere in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Ilford FP4+, Adox FX-39 II, G-Claron 9/240mm, 4x5" sheet film.

Ilford FP4+, Adox FX-30 II developer, Emil Suter, Basel "Stella" 160mm f/5

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Well composed, excellent work

E.Suter Basel, Swiss, "Stella" 160mm f/5
A very interesting lens, made of a lot of elements and with a nice rendering, the softness can be driven by the aperture, here I used f/5
Not much...

Taken with Carl Zeiss Doppel Protar 130mm f/6.3, Fomapan 100, Adox FX-39 II, Epson V700 negative scan

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Fomapan 100 @ISO64, 4x5", Amaloco AM74, rotated by hand, Rodenstock Apo Sironar W 150mm f/5.6


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

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I used a Voigtlander W.Z. 180mm f/9 soft focus lens @f/22
Fomapan 100 @ ISO 50 and Adox FX-39 II developer
Horseman Woodman 45

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And a second sample, again with Fomapan 100 @50 ISO, Adox FX-39 II developer
Taken with a E.Suter "Stella" 160mm f/5 and I used the full open aperture.
The lens has a very unique rendering
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I used the Fomapan 100 @ISO 50, developed in Adox FX-39 II
Taken with a Voigtlander W.Z. 9/180mm soft focus lens @f/11


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The Rodenstock Apo Sironar S costs much more than an Apo Sironar N.

Does it makes sense to pay the higher price for the "S" ?

Hugo Meyer Atelier Schnellarbeiter (fast worker) 400mm f/3.0
A Petzval design portrait lens
Left of the lens the mounting flange I turned for it and to compare the sizes a Schneider Symmar 180mm...

AGFA Karat 12 with Rodenstock Heligon 2/50mm
Fomapan 100 @ISO64, Amaloco AM74, Plaubel Anticomar 4.2/210mm, Sinar F1

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Tiny camera.
A DIY camera, made in the late 1920th. Camera lens is a 20mm Heliar f/3.5
Please note the match below the camera, it helps to imagine the size of the camera.
Taken with a Astro...

Modern lenses blocking UV light <400mn but films having a sensivity down to 320nm.
The dry plates are having a normal sensitivity which means to blue and UV light down to ~320nm with the max. at...

Jason Lane Dry Plate ISO 2, 9x12cm size, Meyer Trioplan 4.5/135mm
Exposure time 8 minutes, developed in ADOX FX-39 II
The trioplan seams to be a very good lens for the dry plates, the three single...

Re: Mystery Carl Zeiss Lens - Anyone know what this is?

I´am sorry to say that this lens is a fake, badly engraved by an hobbyist. You can realise it when you see the doubled numbers of the...

Mid September I tried to use a Steinheil Quinon 56mm f/1.9
This is an eight element lens, similar to the 75mm f/1.9 Oscillo Quinon
Both lenses have the best quality at around 1:1. That´s what I...

I got this interesting lens in a simple tube mount, no shutter and no aperture but I find it worth to mount it in a shutter.
I messure the dimensions and realise that only a shutter with the size of...

Cyanotype
Something in blue, size ~8x10" out of a 4x5" negative.
Taken with a vintage Steinheil Culminon 150mm f/4.2 and a Wista 45D
Fomapan 200 @ISO 125
Adox FX-39 II developer
Hahnemuehle...

Schneider Symmar 135mm f/5.6, yellow/green filter, Fomapan 100 @ ISO 64, developed in Adox FX-39 II, negative scan Epson V700
Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Fujinon W 250 f/6.3
Fomapan 100 in Adox FX-39 II
Wista 45D

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Detail of a feeding equipment

Voigtlander Dynar 165mm f/5.5 (made in the 1920th)
Fomapan 200
Adox FX-39 II developer
Negative scan...

I used a stoneaged Rodenstock Bistigmat 9x12
It has around 150mm focus length and a speed of f/15
Made of two singe lenses.
Here I used f/20 and the exposure time were 8 minutes.
I develoed the...

Here are two pictures I made with this lens.
I did´nt await that a simple lens like this can have a quality like this.
The first were made with a dry plate from Jason, I used f/22 and exposure it 5...

I tried to use the dry plates from Jason lane but I realised that this ISO 2 plates are only sensitive to blue and UV light and the most lenses cut this below 400nm.
Good results are possible with...

I shot some of Jason´s dry plates and I exposure it much longer, some of it 5 minutes and more.
With this long exposure times I´am getting the best results.
I realised that it is nearly impossible...

It is an aplanat lens design, made of four lenses in two cemented elements.
This lenses were used for a very long time and a lot of portrait photographers love the kind of imaging.
The lenses are...

It looks similar to a Mamiya 65mm f/6.3 lens. It is a 4/4 lens as well.
The coverage of the lens is larger than the 100mm you need for this format but the edges are very dark and not realy sharp...