[Leica] Comparison shots of two legendary portrait soft focus lenses

[Don Dory]

Pretty good for 130 years of use.  You could mount a digital camera to the
back of your view camera pretty easily with a film holder and a mount
converter mounted to the film holder.  Old lenses, swings and tilts, and no
darkroom.  In fact I am getting pretty tempted to pick up a baby Linhof
Technikarden or similar for just this purpose.  I have an unused digital
body I can't profitably sell with the lock down so why not play?

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:29 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Thanks, Don.  The assembling of the camera, lens and shutter would be
> fun, perhaps.  The wooden crank-up tripod has been damaged in earlier
> storage and is missing some parts.  But, the thing I'm really not
> interested in any more is the darkroom work. Guess I'll pass for now.
>
> Here is how I use old brass lenses:
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ross+Lens+2.jpg.html
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Final+Assembly.jpg.html
>
> Here is a photo made on a cold morning with this lens:
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mocking+Bird.jpg.html
>
> Pretty good resolution for a lens from the 1890s.
>
> On 4/28/20 11:10 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > JIm, if you get the itch, KEH typically has quite a few view camera
> > lenses.  The may not be on the main site but on the Ebay side of the
> > business as they don't typically clean lenses that sell under 100-200
> > dollars.  Large format lenses are very easy to clean so even a little
> > fungus on an ugly lens shouldn't be a problem.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:07 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Richard,
> >>
> >> I'm happy to see you finally met up with a Packard shutter, though the
> >> bulb appears to be connected with tubing and fittings like we used in
> >> the wind tunnel business in the 50s and 60s.
> >>
> >> Help me with the Cooke nomenclature.  Does PS945 mean Pinkham and Smith
> >> 9-inch f/4.5 lens?
> >>
> >> I've got my father-in-law's old wooden 8x10 studio camera in a box under
> >> a bunch of stuff in the garage, but no lens or shutter.
> >>
> >> You've got some nice looking gear there.
> >>
> >> On 4/28/20 4:18 AM, Richard Man wrote:
> >>> Leica Thambar, eat your heart out ;-)
> >>>
> >>> https://richardman.photo/2020/04/ps-visual-quality-vs-ps945/
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>
> >>
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> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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Don
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