shots with a new to me Hermagis Eidoscop in the
diminutive size of 150mm. I'm very familiar with
it's big brothers, having both a 480mm and 375mm
versions of this design.
Pam's clock
Soft lens designs were geared for
minimum 8X10
format portraiture when they were
made. In 8X10
you take advantage of the massive
area so that
detail doesn't get lost with a
soft focus lens. But
did the designers know how to translate
that down
to 4X5 without the image becoming
so much mush?
Chickering Grand
To test the little guy on 4X5 I
set up a small
bouquet on top of the piano that
would have
fine light on it. For two
of the shots I included
f4.7 (wide open), f6.3 (one stop
closed) and f12.5.
The differences are drastic.
What a gorgeous
little lens. Much more work
to do with this
one, but these are a start!
bouquet #1 f4.7
bouquet #1 f8
bouquet #2 f4.7
bouquet #2 f6.3
bouquet #2 f12.5
bouquet #3 f4.7
bouquet #3 f6.3
bouquet #3 f12.5
As always, let me know what you
think! Did the
lens designer make the translation
well?