« 'Upon Reflection' - 3 New Test Shots - The Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality IV | Main | Upon Reflection - Throwing still higher intensity illumination @ the Kodak Portrait lens »

Upon Reflection III - The Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality IV

Same shot, same SM, by the Visual Quality.  There's true diversity w/this series, there's the Tessar w/diff contro alias the Wolly Velostigmat II,  and Kodak's version of the Pinkham Semi-Achromatic w/a coating, and as Jim Galli has mentioned, the Pinkham VQ, nee a modified rectilinear.

I'd mention what struck me about the Visual Quality version considering that  the Kodak Portrait has a coating and the VQ Doesn't, which is there's less flare/halation/a glow from the VQ versus the Kodak.  Both shots w/these lenses were w/my Universal #5 shutter, same exp., same shutter time.   The Pinkham exhibits very little glow compared to the Kodak Portrait, I was surprised.

Again, I love shooting clear lightbulbs w/this type of lens because I think this type of SM magnifies the nuance/differences of these lenses.   

I've been surprised by the similarities between these images from three very different lenses construction wise.   I haven't done anything/corrected the colors in any way, and there isn't a lick of difference colorwise between these 3 shots.

 

Take care

 

 

 

 

Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 02:25AM by Registered CommenterJonathan Brewer | CommentsPost a Comment

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>