Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Check on lenses from the pictorialist period... before 1930..... Otherwise, the lenses marked Portrait Lens are good bets. remember these things are NOT sharp. Set your expectations! You will find some of these at the site of Lens and Repro, in NYC...... http://www.lensrepro.com/ You could try a Rodenstock Imagon, as they create somewhat similar images. These are accomplished with a funny looking aperture ring. Lots of small holes surrounding a large central hole. 250mm for 4x5. Fuji made a recent copy in 180 mm. There is 1 other possibility.... a really worthless lens that has beeen scratched up or has lots of haze and fog inside. These tend to create the same sort of Bokeh-like feeling. Obviously the cheapest solution. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net