Thank you, fellows. Seriously.
I picked up the lens about six months ago to use on the Kodak Master Camera. What I love about the Vitax is that it's a Petzval with an integrated shutter (as long as you find one with a functional or repairable shutter), which makes it possible to use it with a smaller lens board (no Packard required) and still get pretty quick exposures. I'm taking this setup overseas for six weeks starting June 26.
Here is another picture from that day (May 1, 2019). These kids are 22 years old, engaged to be married. Same camera and lens, also printed last Sunday. In both Vitax portraits, the sharp areas are quite sharp, though this is lost in the scanning and compression of the image. The print is the thing.
These kids shoot medium format film in a borrowed Hasselblad and send it out for processing and printing. They'd never set foot in a darkroom, so I invited them to join me when I printed last Sunday. They spent the whole day. I gave them a Diana toy camera loaded with expired TMAX and had them shoot through the roll and then process the film themselves. They're going to gather what they need this summer to start at least processing medium format in their bathroom.
Gotta spread the gospel to the next generation!
Cameron Cornell
Washington State
www.analogportraiture.com
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