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emil busch aplanat.
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4- Testing four antique large format lenses: Ross, Emil Busch, Oscar Simon, Perken Son and Rayment Four antique brass large format lenses from 1895 to 1924 tested side by side on 4x5. Honest findings on what one shoot can and cannot tell you.
- Large format photography in South Africa: a landscape I am actually proud of, and a smashed camera A Cradle Moon shoot with the Stenopeika 4x5 and a Busch Aplanat. Got a landscape frame I am proud of, then dropped the camera and broke it.
- Zebra dry plate tintypes take two: working out the exposure by trial and error Second attempt at Zebra dry plate tintypes. Two packs of plates later I got one I genuinely like. Lessons on exposure, latitude and the guidance.
- Zebra dry plate tintypes review: the affordable cousin of wet plate collodion Zebra dry plate tintypes give you wet plate collodion aesthetics without the wet workflow. Mixed first results and lessons learned for next time.