Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A beautiful young lady, Richard. And you are correct, the background is also perfect. Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/4/2015 7:38 PM, Richard Man wrote: > I mostly photograph with 4x5 and 617, and there aren't many "magic lens". > Oh sure you have 150 APO Sironar S or the Super Symmar XL, or the Gold > Dagor, but in the end, one stands alone (*) :-) - the Cooke PS945, which > recreates the look of the legendary Pinkham and Smith Visual Quality IV > lens. Most of my 4x5 portraits are taken with the lens. > > I checked that the image circle should cover 617, and indeed it does. There > is hardly any light by the time I set up the camera, so this is about F5, > but the bokeh is oh so smooth. > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20151104-Scanned-1283.jpg > > Shen Hao 617, Ektar 100 (why EKtar? Because I have a 617 frame left on the > roll, normally I use Portra 160 for portraits...), Cooke PS945 > > (*) I am being hyperbole >