[Alt-photo] Re: Lomography Resurrects the 19th Century Petzval Lens for Canon and Nikon SLRs

[andy schmitt]

Depending on where you are...that;s the easy part...
Regards
Andy schmitt

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for Canon and Nikon SLRs

I'd be happy if I could just find the chemistry here to do wet plate!  :)


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:20 PM, John Brewer <
johnbrewerphotography at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Eric
>
> Lots of people, mostly us wetplate guys, have issues with this. It 
> isn't a Petzval lens, that is it doesn't have two air spaced elements 
> at the back and two cemented elements at the front. Additionally Lomo 
> used Kickstarter to raise money, which while it conforms to 
> Kickstarters rules it's a bit immoral for a company of that size the raise
money that way.
>
> The Lomo lens is faster than a lot of Petzval from the 19th century 
> but you can take out baffles of the older lenses.
>
> A much better option IMHO is
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162663202/the-petzvar-f-38-120-mm
> -medium-format-petzval-port/description
>
> Just my tuppence worth.
>
> Best wishes
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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