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Subject: [Leica] Obscura 4x5 Piccolino
From: os.penguin at gmail.com (Forrest Herr)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:06:10 -0500
References: <7ac27f4f0909231930x60860407t9e44d1cfe5fdc6fa@mail.gmail.com> <C903AD41E7C44225A2C676DAD7E01CFC@jimnichols>

I've done portraits with a 210 f5.6 Caltar, (Calumet branded I think)
and it was a nice portrait lens. good detail rendition without
harshness, smooth bokeh....... Tri-X 320 printed on fiber paper
roughly 16x20...... Gorgeous prints.


-Forrest

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
>> From my experience, 135 to 150mm is considered normal, 90mm for WA, but I
>
> have no idea about a portrait lens.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <richard.lists at 
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> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:30 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Obscura 4x5 Piccolino
>
>> Anyone knows about this outfit?
>>
>> http://www.obscura-camera.com/
>>
>> Looks like a good way to get into 4x5? What are considered as normal,
>> portrait long, and wide angle for 4x5?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
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