December 2011 portraits

[Tobias Key]

Thank you everyone for the nice comments. I've attached another jpeg to this post. Flickr seems to have wreaked havoc with the sharpness and contrast. The original is is a much more subtle image.

[Ash]

Nice work Claudio and Tobias

[K. Praslowicz]

Jeep w/ Master

[Stephane]

Jørund through my new-to-me Heliar 300/3.5

[eddie]

nice. great lens too....

[Hugo Zhang]

My son from Thanksgiving break. Aero-Xenotar 460mm lens with 11x14 HP5 film.

[Allen in Montreal]

My son from Thanksgiving break. Aero-Xenotar 460mm lens with 11x14 HP5 film.

Hugo,

I would love to see a picture of that lens, it must be huge?
Do you need a support on the front standard to help keep it steady?

Thanks,

Allen

[Hugo Zhang]

Allen,

Here is the picture and I do use a Chamonix lens support, a "U" shaped aluminum frame with an adjustable metal bar on top to support the lens which I screw into the base plate of my camera in front of the lens. The lens weights 8-9 lbs. I use a focal plane shutter of 5 1/2" diameter in front of the lens.

Hugo

[jcoldslabs]

Here is my first ever (and so far only) 8x10 shot from a little over a month ago. (If it looks familiar to some it's because I included it with my introductory post.)

Century 10A 8x10 studio camera
Bausch & Lomb 610mm f/6 Aero Tessar
T-Max 400 in HC-110 Dil. B (in a Cibachrome Mark II drum on rotary base)
Negative scan

[Allen in Montreal]

Thanks Hugo, looks like a sweet piece of glass. (green with envy icon goes here)