Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Three! :-) On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Richard, > You have two natural models in the family now! Lovely portrait! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 7:08 AM, Richard Man <richard at > richardmanphoto.com> > 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 > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto