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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    Hey, Jim! I'll trade you five of these lenses for one Pinkham & Smith lens...

    It does seem sometimes that there's a surprisingly fuzzy line between P&S lenses and PoS lenses...
    "I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."

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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    Quote Originally Posted by David A. Goldfarb View Post
    Great project!

    The 8x10" looks almost like a drawing. It would make an interesting gum print.
    Funny, the first print Regina pulled, I was thinking, "that would make such a beautiful photo-gravure..."
    "I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."

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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Sawyer View Post
    And this is the first and only 8x10 image we've done with the 14" 1F99c lens. Also Regina's first 8x10 ever. I think she done good...
    You aren't kidding--that's a beautiful image.

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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    Hat's off ... good stuff.

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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    Mark,

    The portraits are extraordinary!

    Some of us lose sight of the goal and get lost in the vehicle choice to get there! You are a great travel guide for your class!

    These kids will have a good lesson for their lives if you also show them the prices of rare lenses we lust after!

    You have used a $1 piece of glass to add some extra to their lives:

    extra + ordinary=extraordinary!

    Good job and humbling!

    Asher

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    Outstanding examples of what you can do with low-cost optics...

    Kudos Mark!

    Cheers
    Life in the fast lane!

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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    Truly beautiful images, Mark!
    "I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White

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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    I did exactly the same thing for this test picture:



    This one was about 300mm f3. An exposure of a couple of seconds on a paper 4x5 negative.

    I must admit your portraits are a lot more exciting then my test image! But the lenses seem to perform equally interesting!

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    My high school was never so interesting as this. Can't wait to see your yearbook!

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    Re: A new line of Chinese pictorial lenses!

    Great stuff, Mark. Could you possibly post a pic of the lens on a lensboard so I can get a better idea of just what you did? I'd love to experiment with homemade lenses but I'm rather non-mechanical and have a hard time picturing things like this.

    Thanks!

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