Lenses and their "personality"..

[angusparker]

I know my #1 is a 19" focal length. Covers my 11x14. When I put it on the 14x17 it missed in a big way so I'm thinking 11x14 tops. Hope this helps.

Great. Is that at infinity or portrait distances?

[angusparker]

my Eidoscope #2 is 375mm f4.5 and covers 8x10 at portrait distance

Thanks!

[Emil Schildt]

Two more - had them for years - just started to play with them...

[Steven Tribe]

Thanks Emil, for getting this fantastic thread started again! On my birthday, too!

"Transformation" is a lovely new name for the Hermagis - how about trying the landscape end of the lens alone?

[Emil Schildt]

Thanks Emil, for getting this fantastic thread started again! On my birthday, too!

"Tranformation" is a lovely new name for the Hermagis - how about trying the landscape end of the lens alone?

Transformation..
Happy birthday - I'll try the landscape part later - and today I have found a new "Love": My rare Kronarette seems to be the perfect soft focus portrait lens... didn't know that.. stay tuned

[Jim Fitzgerald]

#1 at infinity. Remember you can use just one half.

[Emil Schildt]

Just re discovered my rare Oscar Simon "Kronarette" lens...
Used it last 10+ years ago and then it was outdoors where the whites exploded..

Now in my studio, and I was quite amazed.. almost sharp in the center, and the outer lines glow so nicely..
A new favorite sf lens I think..

[Tin Can]

https://www.largeformatphotography.i...nar-Kronarette

[Emil Schildt]

aah Voigtländer...

[Lethargus]

These are great and put my efforts to do similar with my collection to shame. I just started putting mine together last week at https://grumpyoldman.dev/Lenses/ mostly so I could remember which lens to grab for which effect, so it's only a small subset right now. Now you've got me wanting to hunt down some of your lenses... You've shown me what I can aspire to.