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

[Philippe]

Just curious to know which back and adapter for this old wooden (nut tree) view camera of mine that gathers dust on some shelf here.

Any suggestions?

Amities

Philippe



> Le 28 avr. 2020 à 18:48, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> 
> 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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>>> 
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
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> Don
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