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I guess "refocusable" would be a better choice than 3D, although the data can be interpreted in 3D form.

Click to focus...
http://pictures.lytro.com/lyt-49825133563632/pictures/303621

Lens mounted on my Cambo 4x5. Shot by my TA, Juliet Fiss.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rsIMO3agwEA/TqWUlll3ThI/AAAAAAAADdA/RXJ-aq6QNOc/s800/Descending.jpg

Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality Motion Picture lens.

Digital Post-processing, How it was...

I did an experiment with my baby 210mm Plasticca:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Obql97nsMZA/TtwN0mvmVvI/AAAAAAAAGpY/4RSQy8RnVPQ/s640/Plasticca-normal.jpg
Normal configuration
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Thank you all, very much. Much more to come!

9" Kershaw SOFT FOCUS f4.5 vintage lens #270852609134 $1294.

Hi Kent,

It will work well with the sliding back, but I find that the full-frame sensor size is better for the bellows-style mounting without a sliding back, because it covers more area.

The...

Thanks, Mark. That lens is my Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality M.P. lens. It really is a wonder!

Thank you, Dan. I'll try not to steal too much from your wonderful site!:rolleyes:

I've started a new blog about old lenses and new pixels:

The New Pictorialism

I hope you'll give it a read!

Thanks.

Wow! Thanks. I've had a surprising response to that reflection image:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-54aKwSkzayY/TsM2pFCsxyI/AAAAAAAADis/EvWHOfD9wU4/s912/20111115-_BRH3904.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Qatiwtiw1-E/TsM2oV5tdBI/AAAAAAAADic/jBPla5TFmPc/s800/20111115-_BRH3889.jpg

Nikon D3, Nikkor 105mm f/2 DC. The gallery is here:...

I use the Nikon 105mm f/2 DC as well, for the diffusion:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6H2EhFpKud0/TksqywEJqkI/AAAAAAAABnQ/vLc9R5ToWJc/s800/_BRH1588-105%252520mm.jpg

Nikon 135mm f/2 DC on Nikon D3:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0PHQ0ToUZIw/Tr2x8eKOv1I/AAAAAAAADGw/dGpqE-Jq_qo/s800/20111111-_BRH3378.jpg
More here:...

A 9" Spencer Portland did not sell, starting price $1700. #120797156435

That's beautiful! What filter, may I ask?

(You may find this of interest:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=81182

Please come next Tuesday...)

On display for the next 12 months:

Bruce Hemingway
Pictorialist Arboretum
Rodenstock Imagon lens
Meany Hall lower lobby Photo Gallery, on the University of Washington campus, Seattle,...

One more, same lens:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AjW2Yhkmgb8/Tn1NkrETWeI/AAAAAAAABQo/oF5qfTQMeoY/s640/_BRH1755.jpg

Another, Mamiya Sekor SF C 145mm f/4 soft focus lens, on Nikon D3:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oObDsEYnRgc/Tn1Nl2jXKOI/AAAAAAAABRE/7Uil35k4KwM/s640/_BRH1772.jpg

Mamiya Sekor SF C 145mm f/4 soft focus lens, on Nikon D3:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dC-NpON6oSs/Tn2c408Vt_I/AAAAAAAABTU/3lREVBYSFXo/_BRH1827.jpg

Here are some similar projects:
http://golembewski.awardspace.com/index.html
http://johnvanhornphoto.com/lgformatdigitalphotography/camera2007/Camera2007.html...

Search ebay for Pictorial Control Variable Soft Focus Lens Attachment.

An inexpensive way to experiment in the darkroom.

Thanks.

Question: do you hot-mount or glue to a backing board, or do you do museum-type hinged mounting? I want to mat these prints, and have to decide the best mounting technique. With 16x20...

Thanks, Gem and Peter.

I'm looking at Ilford Gold Fibre Silk, but I think I need to look at samples of the glass or acrylic in order to decide.

Thanks.

I'm particularly concerned to find a paper that avoids shadows blocking up. So far, my biggest problem is keeping dynamic range and good blacks.

Any comments about regular glass or...

I need suggestions for printing soft-focus color for exhibit behind glass. I have an Epson 3880, and plan to print 16x20 prints of some of my Imagon images. This is for a gallery exhibit of my...

I use a CameraFusion sliding back on my Combo 4x5 with a Nikon D5000 or D3. I've also used this with a Linhof III for use with numerous soft-focus lenses.

An example:...

...at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Feb 12,2011–May 8,2011:
http://henryart.org/exhibitions/current/1130

A wonderful exhibition of over 100 prints from the 1920's, primarily in the...

Make your own:
http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/cameras-film/exploring-simple-lenses

also, the Cyclops:
http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/cameras-film/cyclops-camera-for-effects
...

Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico:

http://hemingway.cs.washington.edu/posts/Taos/01_20100916-_BRH4639_iPad.jpg

Nikon D3, 28-300mm VR lens

Out the window of my building. I noticed the pigeons and got them to stand still for a portrait. My "baby" Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality 3" f/3, Linhof, CameraFusion back:
...

A small Plasticca just sold on eBay: (250733786317)...

Oops, my apologies.

It's still a wonderful portrait...

Thanks, Jan. Here is the last shot of the day with the Imagon:
http://hemingway.cs.washington.edu/posts/Imagon/Imagon-1.jpg

Stephanie: the portrait of Sophie is fantastic! Soft, with definition!...

Thanks, Mark. Here is one from today, with my Darlot pill-box:
http://hemingway.cs.washington.edu/posts/PinkhamSmith/Darlot-1.jpg

digital capture...

I use the CameraFusion sliding back on my 4x5's often, with my Nikons.
http://www.camerafusion.com/

Here is a sample image from my Velostigmat 12" lens on a Cambo:...

This happens every week or so; the listing appears on Friday or Saturday, and disappears before the Ebay fraud police can get to him.

I've complained several times. All of his store listings show...

I've recently modified an Imagon by replacing the strainer with an iris, an idea I got from Mark Sawyer, I think. Went for a walk yesterday with the Imagon on my Linhof and CameraFusion digital back:...

I do this often, mostly with meniscus lenses. A recent one is a TTH Rapid View, which only opens to f/11; I found that the slot for the iris stop could be enlarged. Now it's at least f/7 or so, more...

10 seconds before the end, it was at $650 or so... fun to watch!