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Plasticca!
This is a sweet lens. It's just a lot of fun to use. It's light and small for a change, and there is no aperture, so you find your best focus compromise and your decisions are finished.
'36 Desoto
It is different from any of the other soft lenses I've experimented with. A respected source in UK told me not to bother looking for a Plasticca, that it was a POS etc etc. I'm very glad I didn't listen. (Do I ever listen??) In any case, it can be quite sharp in the center and then it goes to pieces fairly rapidly as you radiate out from the axis. But not like a Petzval. I think it has a fine look.
Jim Galli
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That is another fine example Jim. Is the lens a single element? There are so many subtle variations between the SF lenses that we really need a much stronger economy and a bigger bank balance. This site and your own web site are such valuable resources for anyone unsure as to the capabilities of the various lenses.
Thanks Steve. It is a single cemented doublet in front, and it has a yellow filter in the rear. I have to presume the yellow filter was to overcome chromatic aberration. However, removing it didn't seem to make much difference. No aperture, and it is only about an inch thick.