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
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