John is part of the local Tonopah Nevada color. He loves Buicks and beer. One or the other will finish him off. Here he sits in front of his '41 Special with the biggest camera he's ever seen staring at him. He must have moved 1/2" after I focused as the eyes are just a little softer than I planned.
I agree...and I've never even been there! Also, I could never understand people who loved Buicks, but I suppose that fact that he loves beer makes him ok.
Jim, Were you using the rear half of a 14 1/2" verito here? Or does your Wisner have a larger front standard that allows you to use larger lens boards that will let you use an 18" verito? Or is this a shot with a 14 1/2" that covers at portrait distances? Just curious because I have a Wisner 8x20 and the thing I find limiting is the 5 1/4" Wisner boards that won't allow you to use the larger portrait lenses.
Jim, You can squeeze a 14 1/2" on there but you'll have to mill the mounting flange's high spots down in order to mount it. But I shoot with the rear half of mine all the time. It is pretty amazing that there is hardly any lose of image quality in doing it this way. (especially in a contact print) There is just something about a Verito that I haven't found in any other lens. The rear half of a 14 1/2 incher F4 is 24" at F 6.8 or close to 6.8. Why Ron stayed with the 5 1/4" boards on his ULF cameras is beyond me.