Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/04

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: 6x17 Portrait
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:04:54 -0600
References: <CAF8hL-E4F9mHcgXfNkoo-L7vaPJrNgzNY10j6sNXWu7W1_0zbg@mail.gmail.com>

A beautiful young lady, Richard.  And you are correct, the background is 
also perfect.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/4/2015 7:38 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> I mostly photograph with 4x5 and 617, and there aren't many "magic lens".
> Oh sure you have 150 APO Sironar S or the Super Symmar XL, or the Gold
> Dagor, but in the end, one stands alone (*) :-) - the Cooke PS945, which
> recreates the look of the legendary Pinkham and Smith Visual Quality IV
> lens. Most of my 4x5 portraits are taken with the lens.
>
> I checked that the image circle should cover 617, and indeed it does. There
> is hardly any light by the time I set up the camera, so this is about F5,
> but the bokeh is oh so smooth.
>
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20151104-Scanned-1283.jpg
>
> Shen Hao 617, Ektar 100 (why EKtar? Because I have a 617 frame left on the
> roll, normally I use Portra 160 for portraits...), Cooke PS945
>
> (*) I am being hyperbole
>



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