Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here is one from years later, with the 8x10 camera.? Age has added a few wrinkles... Ken http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Scan-130615-0001rev2014-Edit.jpg.html On 9/3/2019 1:16 PM, Philippe via LUG wrote: > Works, whatever the fog was ;-) > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 3 sept. 2019 ? 19:01, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >> ?crit : >> >> Long ago I bought a Rodenstock Imagon 200mm lens. It came in a case with >> three attachments that looked like sink strainers. The idea was that you >> could rotate these and get various levels of softness, or "glow" as they >> called it. The person I bought it from had used it for portraits, but >> with older subjects you got the worst of all worlds, soft wrinkles. The >> Rodenstock importer sent me a copy of "The Book of the Imagon" and it >> turns out that another use was for atmospheric shots, such as fog. >> >> Here is one of my wife, Susan. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Susan_Mo_010903.jpg.html >> >> Ken >> >> On 9/3/2019 10:09 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: >>> The latest acquisition works very well at being"bad". Your second lens >>> may >>> improve in badness by shimming at the shutter to move the rear or front >>> group a few thousandths. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019, 5:11 AM Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> OK, please do not criticize the model, as these are "selfies", testing a >>>> couple soft focus lens I have (actually, I probably have too many SF >>>> lens....) >>>> >>>> This image is from an 8" Rexo Pictorialist I just got from a Russian >>>> photog. It comes with an adapter for Copal 3S, which I do not have, but >>>> I >>>> duck-taped the adapter to a Copal 3 shutter for testing. As expected, F4 >>>> and 5.6 are very soft, but the F8 looks good. Some sharpening applied >>>> etc. >>>> The bokeh is really nice with very round aperture. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/LF201909AA-F01.jpg.html >>>> >>>> This image is from the 150mm Congo SF, also at F8. Much contrasty, >>>> which is >>>> nice in its own way. This lens uses the Copal aperture, so not as round. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/richardman/LF201909AB-F03.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I also have 3 100-years old Cooke triplets of different focal length, >>>> and >>>> the incomparable Cooke PS945. Yea,... too many soft focus lens. >>>> >>>> Film is Shanghai GP3, soaked in Xtol. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information