Jack and Alvan Clark
Baldy Village View
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Jack and Alvan Clark
Strung Out in HB
Erosion
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declark

Jack and Alvan Clark

For several years I have camped near Jack at an annual telescope convention with his 6-inch Alvan Clark refractor built in the 1870's. He obliged me by allowing me to take a picture with my very modern Rolleiflex T... heck it's 4 score years newer than his scope. I've seen superb views of Saturn and Jupiter thru this vintage scope. It's amazing how well it performs compared to much more current scopes with flourite / ED elements.

Same can be said for a simple Tessar lens in the Rolleiflex. Don't need no stinkin' aspherics, ED, VR, IS, USM, alphabet soup lenses.
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Location
Big Bear Lake, CA
Equipment Used
Rolleiflex T
Exposure
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Film & Developer
Kodak T-Max 400 TMY II
Paper & Developer
Freestyle VC RC & Dektol
Lens Filter
Orange
declark
Thanks for your comments. Still not quite satisfied with the way this neg prints. I tried dodging a bit, and split grade if I recall, but just looked muddy in the shadows. Definitely deserves a try on fiber keeping with the vintage style.
 

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