portrait lenses all on a common subject. It's boring
looking at the same picture for all 8 comparisons...
but...my hope was that we could get a feel for the
nuances of differences using that method.
Your first thought might be the
ease of putting
7 different lenses on the camera
and just snapping
another picture. Actually
each lens has a different
focal length and thus the camera
position was
changed pretty drastically each
time. Everything
from 10" to 19" focal lengths,
3 different cameras.
All of the photos but 2 were shot
wide open. #6 and
#8 were both stopped down about
1 stop from wide
open. Hope this is helpful.
You can let me know if
you like at: J I M
G A L L I @ L N E T T . C O M
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bottom right corner and click the "out arrows".
Pinkham & Smith 10" Series VI Synthetic
Hermagis Eidoscop #2 14.5 inch
18" Gundlach Achromatic Meniscus
14" Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality Series IV
15" Puligny Anachromatique
13.5" Voigtlander Portrait Euryscop Series II #6 @ approx. f8
19" Hermagis Eidoscop #1 @ f4.5
19" Hermagis Eidoscop #1 @ f6