The christmas tree at work, taken with a Cambo 4x5 and Aero-Ektar 7" at f2.5.  Red filter was used to supress the greens of the tree and let the funky lights stand out more.

Accidently erased my earlier post, showing the extreme narrow DOf at 60cm.

well here it is again.

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JohnD 

I decided to see how these 2 lenses, the Voigtlander Euryscop IV, Ser III, and the AeroEktar would handle the same subject matter.  I used a 6x12 magazine and Ilford FP4 rollfilm, for the Euryscop shot, and 4x5 Ilford FP4 sheetfilm w/the AeroEktar, I used rollfilm to bracket like hell since this was the setup, and then when I got an idea of what I was up against, I then went to sheet film.

 I didn't make any attempt to make this scientific, the Euryscop was shot wideopen which I believe is at about F6 @1sec., and was scanned in RGB, and then was completely desaturated of color.  I scanned in the AeroEktar in RGB(hell if I know why), and left it that way, couldn't bring myself to turn the knob to desaturate it

I took 4 exposures of the Vase w/the AeroEktar wideopen(F2.5), 1/30, 1/8, 1/2, and the 1 sec, this one is the 1/2sec shot.

I like the AeroEktar shot better, maybe better isn't the right term, I like the AeroEktar difference on this particular shot, doing this has 'wetted my appetite' in terms of using both lenses, I don't the books is closed for me on either lens. I get the feeling that the next shot, depending on the subject matter, could have produced a preference for the Euryscop.

You guys pic 'em.

Take care