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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...

I would like to order few solid items (book and lens) from http://www.wetplatesupplies.com/ but they only list delivery to UK and Kevin from there does not reply my emails.

Assuming that when an...

If you find a dead link then check https://archive.org/

Changes are that it is archived.

Good point!

I envy Americans who have easy access to these nice aluminium systems.

It means that it is not really stable?

I have myself modular 760mm rail. I have also seen 1m rail. Is there anything longer possible by combining two rails together?

It does but the adapter has to be long and strong. You will also get very well corrected image because lens were best corrected in the middle. It would be an interesting experiment indeed.

It is very often mentioned or indikated in the name. Like Tele Xenar or Nikkor-T.

The title says it all. XL 210mm is the king but what can get close to it with its own compromises of course?

For a quantum cat, yes, but the moment is actually taking the picture, not developing it. A quantum cat is neither in focus or out of focus but by taking the picture (i.e. making a measurement) we...

No animal cruelty was involved.

But you gave me an interesting idea. 1:1 cat portraits. Though I wonder how to get a cat to pose for 4 seconds.

This is what I did.

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No issues with film holders when you develop inside the camera.

It is not very portable though.

Does anybody have a recent contact with Wet Plate Supplies?

I got an automated reply for my email and I could not reach them by phone.

I got a small 9" Verito lens with kind of misaligned aperture blades.

The problem is that I could not open the aperture barrel. I was able to unscrew the elements but that's it.

Does anybody...

I did 50x60cm 1:1 portraits with Zeiss Tessar 500mm f/4.5 (definitely too close), so it might work nice for 14x17" also from longer distances. There exits some longer Tessars that are also wider than...

Is it for portraits or similar work?

Thanks! Would that mean that these lenses are then also optically different? Is the coverage and the maximum aperture of them the same @36"?

Please let us know how it turned out!

The https://www.antiquecameras.net/softfocuslenses3.html lists 6 different Gundlach Hyperion lens sizes.

The two biggest ones are Nr 5 that can be combined into sizes 14", 20" and 36" and Nr 7...