[Leica] IMG: 6x17 Portrait

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
>
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