Saturday AM I set out to make images with 4 different antique lenses. 2 are soft focus lenses and 2 are not. The images will surprise you I think. They were:
Gundlach Meniscus 18" f6
Cooke Aviar 12 1/2" f6
Meyer Goerlitz Aristostigmat f6.5
Beach Multifocal Series A 16" f4.5
I photographed a common scene with all 4 but tried some different apertures. The set-up is very similar to size and distance from a head and shoulder portrait sitting. I purposely did that to "see" what the depth of focus might look like in portraits.
I used my Kodak 9a Studio 8X10 camera. The Packard shutter was unwilling on this morning. It actually broke down. How dare it! It's only 80 years old. So I simply proceeded with 2 8X10 dark slides with V shaped slit formed. I metered between 1/30 and 4 seconds on these.
All are imperfect, but they get the job done visually for comparison sake.
Go have a look, it will take you 5 minutes or so, then let me know which one you like
The images are here;
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Po...tPictures.html
I plan to post this at Ape Hug also for those of you who cruise both places.
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