I find myself purposefully looking for 5X12 aspect ratio scenes.  This is done with an ancient Darlot landscape meniscus.  Long before anyone ever thought of making a soft focus lens on purpose, the landscape meniscii would have a lovely glow unless you stopped them well down.  They were never intended to be used wide open as I have here.  12" f6

We don't have any forests to be enchanted so we have to do the best we can with the occasional survivor.

Done with a new to me 1920's 5X7 Speed Graphic.  I bought the speed specifically to be a platform for this lens but it will serve for many others also.

Within a week of getting the speed and using it this one time I took it to Reno for a general overhaul by Fred Lustig.  Fred is a national treasure and that is an entire story in itself.  He said he would have to keep it for a month but I'm excited by the prospect of having a 5X7 with 1/1000th shutter if needed. 

I usually don't post my also-rans but figured I'm amongst friends here.  Having a hard time getting clear of the gate with a new 2 me 5X12 camera.  These are close enough that you can at least see where I'm trying to go.  This series is about dreams.  The image is there but it's in the mist of dreams.  If you ever played with one of these as a 4 and 5 year old you might ask yourself later in the day, did I see that image or was it a dream I'm trying to remember.

Needless to say I am smitten with a new lens.  Hermagis Eidoscop 150mm and 4X5 Ektapan.  The Eidoscop shares it's design lineage with the Nicola Perscheid and the Pinkham Visual Quality series IV lenses.   The French re-interpret the contrast to their liking and I must say, I love the Eidoscop lenses.  The Ektapan was 1977 film with plenty of film base plus fog present.  It was nice to play in 4X5 for a change.  What a lens!  This was done 1 stop in from wide open, f6.3

When it rains it pours.  There's been some great posts.  Nelson,  Sweet!  I've got this 150mm Hermagis Eidoscop that needs a Razzle.  Ah well, other priorities will prevail.  Here are a couple of grab shots from this weekend.  I needed two sheets to round up a JOBO 3005 tank and so did these.  They're an interesting study side by side.  First is the TRM @ f6.8, and second is the same at f45 1/2

The first was 7 seconds @ f6.8 and the second was 14 minutes f45 1/2.  Negs are identical which says a lot for the Pcatechol.  This lens is at it's best with some piece of the subject in sharp focus and then the rest left to itself.  I like 'em both.  Not bad for filler :~'))