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    HELIAR: here they are..

    Pictures, that is..
    I have several heliar lenses, and there is a lot of talk about these lenses and how great they are..

    On occasion we see an image made with a heliar, but I miss a thread, where all the images submitted are done with a heliar lens.

    I would like to have a place, where I could go to see - wonder - and show students and others what the fuss is all about..

    So show your Heliar images here.
    (Heliar/Dynar/universal heliar)


    I look foreward to see some amazing stuff.

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    Quote Originally Posted by gandolfi View Post
    Pictures, that is..
    I have several heliar lenses, and there is a lot of talk about these lenses and how great they are..

    On occasion we see an image made with a heliar, but I miss a thread, where all the images submitted are done with a heliar lens.

    I would like to have a place, where I could go to see - wonder - and show students and others what the fuss is all about..

    So show your Heliar images here.
    (Heliar/Dynar/universal heliar)


    I look forward to see some amazing stuff.
    you forgot to post your image......
    My YouTube Channel has many interesting videos on Soft Focus Lenses and Wood Cameras. Check it out.

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    Quote Originally Posted by eddie View Post
    you forgot to post your image......
    no I didn't...

    As said, I have a bundle of these lenses, but actually not too many images (yet).

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    Amazing stuff ? Probably not. But nice, perhaps.

    Here are two portraits, at a size which at least shows the look. Both were made with a old single-coated 210mm Braunschweig Heliar, on 4x5 TMY.

    One Two

    Here are a few 4x5 flower shots. These were probably made with an uncoated 150mm Heliar, but I can't be sure because I don't take notes.

    One Two

    I have a few images made with a 300mm on 5x7 if you'd like. What I like about them is that they open to f/4.5, so are easy to focus, they are very sharp when desired, and have some slightly exaggerated aberrations when open past f/8. These shots were all made at f/8 or smaller. I don't care much for "portrait lenses" or the "wide open" look - but I do appreciate the more understated mixture of qualities, which these lenses give.
    Last edited by Ken Lee; 15-Apr-2018 at 09:31.

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Lee View Post
    Amazing stuff ? Probably not. But nice, perhaps.

    Here are two portraits at a size which at least shows the look. Both made with an old 210mm Braunschweig Heliar, on 4x5 TMY.

    One

    Two
    Thanks Ken.

    now - this is what I mean..

    great images, to show why you love the heliar's.

    Great images Ken. I like the rendering of the pictures.

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    An interestng paradox: prints from a Heliar appear incredibly sharp, yet if the negative is examined under magnification it appears soft. I don't understand it at all.
    Wilhelm (Sarasota)

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    It was Jim Galli's work that piqued my interest.

    See http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Ju...ts/Justus.html (the third image in particular)...

    ...and the portraits of Aaron & Clair here: http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/40...kendsWork.html

    Those show the "classic" Heliar look, with sharp focus, and sharp drop-off. It's a gentle 3-dimensional rendering, without the exaggerated dreaminess of Pictorialism.

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    Quote Originally Posted by Hugo Zhang View Post
    Some pictures I made with a 36cm Heliar a few years ago.

    http://www.largeformatphotography.in...5&d=1162354094
    Nice capture, these lenses are great.

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    Re: HELIAR: here they are..

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill_1856 View Post
    An interestng paradox: prints from a Heliar appear incredibly sharp, yet if the negative is examined under magnification it appears soft. I don't understand it at all.
    Bill, this is what people say about shots taken with the legendary 105/3.7 Ektar, a Heliar type. I've had two, of which I still have one, and I can't honestly say that I see the effect. They're just plain soft.

    I also shoot Apo-Saphirs, which are (choose one) graphic arts Heliars or Apo-Skopars (same thing even though jes' plain Skopars are tessar types) and they're sharp as can be.

    But then, I was born ignorant and am a birthright barbarian.

    Cheers,

    Dan

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