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

[Don Dory]

The easiest way is to remove the ground glass back.   Then fit a piece of
Masonite or similar material in its place.   Cut an appropriate size hole
in the "Masonite" for the lens mount adapter of your choice for the camera
you want to use.   A T4 adapter epoxied in place would work as well as one
of the EOS to whatever body you are using.   I would suggest as wide a
throat as possible,  if a Mamiya 645 adapter is available for your body the
use that.

One of my Co workers did that with the original Canon 5D on a Linhoff he
had.   He didn't have full movements as the mirror box shadowed the image
circle.   Mirrorless would do better.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 12:51 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> 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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> >
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> >
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