The following image is from a 300mm f/3.5 Goerz Hypar. I'm really enjoying this lens but it's got me thinking. As far as I know, the following are all of a similar design: the Steinheil Cassar, the Rodenstock Eurygon, the Berthiot Stellor, the Meyer Trioplan, the Wollensak Varium, the 3-element Perscheid and (of course) the various Cooke triplets.
My question is: do all these lenses exhibit a similar level of softness or are there more pronounced examples. I'm keen on the reasonably restrained look of the Hypar, and I'm especially curious to know if it applies to the Varium and Perscheid.
(BTW: virtually all the Perscheid shots I've seen on line do not differentiate as to which version of the lens is being utilised.)
Thanks (hopefully) in advance,
Leo
Morris by Leo Velimir Brancovich, on Flickr
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