Yes, it most certainly isOriginally Posted by paulbarden
regards
Andrew
Yes, it most certainly is
regards
Andrew
And this is pretty terrific too - a hint of 'solarisation' perhaps.......?
regards
Andrew
Paul, thanks very much.
Tested a Graphic-Kowa 1:9 / 305mm mounted on my Eastman View Camera No. 2 8x10. Anyone have any experience with this lens ?
Just a quick shot to assess what this lens may be like for soft focus portraits. Image was a little overexposed as the lens came off a graphic copy system I believe but I got it for next to nothing and mounted it on a makeshift lens board with no shutter so I manually used a lens cap as a shutter. I had to play with the image level a bit after scanning which I don't normally do. Will have to experiment a little more with this lens.
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. 8x10 View Camera + Graphic-Kowa 1:9 / 305mm + Arista EDU 100 @ 50 iso
https://flic.kr/p/2icGhYGGraphic-Kowa 1:9 / 305mm 8x10 Lens Test by Time Share, on Flickr
It's not a soft focus lens, although maybe it can be made into one by changing the spacing of the cells.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
A new decade, a new silver bath!
Today I got to make a few test plates with my new silver bath - the one I just retired was choked with alcohol and iodides/bromides. Its been treated to remove impurities, but it will need silver nitrate added to restore it to fully usable, so I have to wait for more AgNO3 to arrive.
So, this is a 5x7 negative made with the Voigtlander Petzval lens, no Waterhouse stops used. Exposure was 7 minutes at f3.2 using Quinn's negative collodion recipe, which I must admit works very well, and doesn't go funky nearly as fast as Coffer's #7 for negs.
"So Delicate" 8x10 carbon transfer on Rives BFK.
Paul, that turned out really well!
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Thank you very much, Peter. I appreciate it!
Spectacular, both. And Timeshare, a nice image with tones that make us think of illustrations from a century ago. I'm humbled and honored to have my name associated with this thread.
Today was my last day at work, I'm officially retired. So no excuses for me, I need to get busy on some images.
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