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First plate with 1850s voigtlander petzval. The lens is a 300mm f4. Shot this wide open about 2 feet away from subject and the DoF is obscenely tiny. Wanted to see what portrait distances would get me. Some swirl bokeh is happening, but it is subtle. I think this lens fully covers 8x10, so that is expected.
I used my deardorff because I had a spare lens plate I was able to use to mount the lens. I just used a lens cover as a shutter. Very fun larp and I got the exposure pretty close without too much motion blur.
