Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely shot Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 12:17 AM Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Here is one from years later, with the 8x10 camera. Age has added a few > wrinkles... > > Ken > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Scan-130615-0001rev2014-Edit.jpg.html > > On 9/3/2019 1:16 PM, Philippe via LUG wrote: > > Works, whatever the fog was ;-) > > > > Amities > > > > Philippe > > > > > > > >> Le 3 sept. 2019 ? 19:01, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > >> > >> Long ago I bought a Rodenstock Imagon 200mm lens. It came in a case > with three attachments that looked like sink strainers. The idea was that > you could rotate these and get various levels of softness, or "glow" as > they called it. The person I bought it from had used it for portraits, but > with older subjects you got the worst of all worlds, soft wrinkles. The > Rodenstock importer sent me a copy of "The Book of the Imagon" and it turns > out that another use was for atmospheric shots, such as fog. > >> > >> Here is one of my wife, Susan. > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Susan_Mo_010903.jpg.html > >> > >> Ken > >> > >> On 9/3/2019 10:09 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > >>> The latest acquisition works very well at being"bad". Your second > lens may > >>> improve in badness by shimming at the shutter to move the rear or front > >>> group a few thousandths. > >>> > >>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019, 5:11 AM Richard Man <richard at > >>> richardmanphoto.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> OK, please do not criticize the model, as these are "selfies", > testing a > >>>> couple soft focus lens I have (actually, I probably have too many SF > >>>> lens....) > >>>> > >>>> This image is from an 8" Rexo Pictorialist I just got from a Russian > >>>> photog. It comes with an adapter for Copal 3S, which I do not have, > but I > >>>> duck-taped the adapter to a Copal 3 shutter for testing. As expected, > F4 > >>>> and 5.6 are very soft, but the F8 looks good. Some sharpening applied > etc. > >>>> The bokeh is really nice with very round aperture. > >>>> > >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/LF201909AA-F01.jpg.html > >>>> > >>>> This image is from the 150mm Congo SF, also at F8. Much contrasty, > which is > >>>> nice in its own way. This lens uses the Copal aperture, so not as > round. > >>>> > >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/LF201909AB-F03.jpg.html > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I also have 3 100-years old Cooke triplets of different focal length, > and > >>>> the incomparable Cooke PS945. Yea,... too many soft focus lens. > >>>> > >>>> Film is Shanghai GP3, soaked in Xtol. > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information