5x4 street portraits with half-frame adapter

[Nas]

Last weekend I tested out a half-frame adapter I've had for many years but never got around to using. This is a police mugshot adapter made by Graflex which I used on my Speed Graphic. It came in an auction lot with a 3x4 Graflex Super D but the adapter is for a 5x4 camera. It's not a universal design and only seems to fit a speed graphic.

Anyone want to guess the lens? Focal length will do. I used two different lenses for these shots. All on expired Kodak TXP 320 (ISO 200), developed in HC110 1+31 in a MOD54 adapter because I didn't want the lines I'm getting when using a Jobo 2509n.

 

[Dave_P]

Anyone want to guess the lens? Focal length will do.

150mm 2.8 Heidosmat off an old Rollei projector.

 

[Nas]

150mm 2.8 Heidosmat off an old Rollei projector.

That's one of the lenses I used. I thought I'd help you with the file names . What about the other lens?

 

[MartyNL]

I'll say 210mm?

 

[Dave_P]

That's one of the lenses I used. I thought I'd help you with the file names .

Rumbled! I do own that exact lens though so maybe at a subconscious level I recognised it.

 

[Nas]

I'll say 210mm?

I’m afraid not.

 

[Nas]

Rumbled! I do own that exact lens though so maybe at a subconscious level I recognised it.

Haha. Which shots did I use the 150/2.8 on?

 

[Ian Grant]

Haha. Which shots did I use the 150/2.8 on?

First & third pairs.

Ian

 

[MartyNL]

Haha. Which shots did I use the 150/2.8 on?

I thought 2 and 4.
That's why I went for 1 and 3 For a 210mm.
It would make more sense to me that a shorter lens was used for the wider shots and a longer lens for the tighter crops.

 

[Nas]

First & third pairs.

Ian

I'm afraid not.

 

[Nas]

I thought 2 and 4.
That's why I went for 1 and 3 For a 210mm.
It would make more sense to me that a shorter lens was used for the wider shots and a longer lens for the tighter crops.

You're half correct. I will give you a clue. Only one pair used the 150/2.8. The others used a different lens. It wasn't 210mm. Guess the focal length and for extra bonus points the lens maker

 

[MartyNL]

If 1+3 are the same lens the 150mm f2.8, then 2+4 must be shorter say 13,5cm?

But if 2+4 are the 150mm f2.8, then 1+3 must be a longer lens and if not 210mm then 9.5" from Dallmeyer?

And now I give up!