Entries in Pinkham & Smith (17)

Pinkham & Smith Series V Synthetic



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. 

Pinkham & Smith Semi-Achromatic Doublet-Polaroid 804-'3 Glasses'



This is '3 Glasses', another shot of glass w/subdued/indirect lighting and no glow/halos around the highlights.   I've got another shot w/glass subject matter that will be uploaded in the near future, and that's it for the Semi-Achromatic and still life for awhile.   My next direction for this lens will be portraiture after I take a break from obsessing about this lens. 


'3 Glasses' was shot on my favorite surface, brushed aluminum, @F6 on Polaroid 804 film, and the best thing about this shot was it was the easiest shot to focus since I've started using the Semi-Achromatic.



Pinkham & Smith Semi-Achromatic Doublet-Polaroid 804-'MicroVase'


I've been 'feelin it' lately, fever, the shots on this sight, the lens, everything has has got me 'goin'.   I'm lovin it, sharing images w/everybody on this site, folks who shoot like you do, w/the same kinda lenses you like.

 I called this shot 'MicroVase', cuz I didn't know what else to call it.  It IS definitely the world's most 'itty bitty' flower vase, if that's in fact what it is.  I worked on indirect lighting and brushed aluminum @F6 to see if I could come up w/something w/this kind of lighting w/o a glow.  

The texture and tone is from the lens and the Polaroid.

Take care



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Pinkham & Smith Semi-Achromatic Doublet-Polaroid 804-'Metal Sphere'


Hi Folks

I was in a discount store w/my boy when I saw this thing, and when I got to the checkstand, the lady ringing me up picks up this thing, starts tossing it up and down and asks me what it is.  I say truthfully 'hell if I know', and another lady next to me gets into the conversation with, 'hey, it's the mystery ball', and we all have a chuckle and I tell her that's what I'll call it.  So even though the working title of the pic is 'Metal Sphere', it's really the 'Mystery Ball' after the shot.

 This is an object that I thought would allow me to shoot the Series III wideopen @ F4.5 and so I've included 2 versions @F4.5 and F6.  Opening all the way up to F4.5 to shoot anything in extremely bright light would've spread the glow throughout the frame, blowing out everything, as opposed to what you see here in pretty subdued light. 

The sphere is sitting on brushed alluminum.  Pick 'em.

Have a good one.



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Pinkham & Smith VQ IV No. 3

 Hallo!

Here is my first image with my new Pinkham & Smith Visual Quality IV No. 3. I received the lens yesterday and could not resist to try it. It is very exciting looking trough the groundglass and their are so many ways to focus this anstonishing lens.

All the best from Berlin

stefan d 

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Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 08:04AM by Registered CommenterStefan D in , , , | Comments6 Comments