Originally Posted by
Bernice Loui
Out of focus rendition is often not highly considered or part of the lens personality desirability features list.. IMO, this is partly due to the f64 ideology of everything in the image "sharp" style of image making.
Being a Dagor user for nearly four decades to date, the Dagor does have a unique image personality in many good ways. This coupled with their small size for their image circle persist in making them one of the classic view camera lenses and why this design/formula has been in production for so many decades and remains one of the more desirable view camera lenses. The other being the Dialyte design/formula which is a Dagor variant, trading off smaller image circle for improved correction of optical issues.
These two lens designs, Dagor and Dialyte along with the Tessar has remained the foundational three normal to longer than normal focal length lenses used for decades..
Yet, there is a shift to largest possible view camera lens apertures from those venturing into this view camera stuff that have their roots and history in digital/roll film cameras using the large les full aperture image making style.
Bernice
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