Independents

This is the difference between depth & feeling vs. crisp & contrasty.

In some way it reminds me  of  a superior portrait lens,  an old Leica Summicron f:50 mm connected to an M3 or whatever bayonette its followers could take. 

Even though  f:90 to f:110 work better for head shots.

Later they made it crisp & contrasty,  as did Zeiss for their Contax models  - their earlier lenses were also a dream of soft resolution, often exceeding the capacity of the photograpic materials avaiable then - and later for Nikon and the other brands that soon followed from Japan. 

These optical constructions were not intended for reflex cameras, and unavailable to the general public in pre-war times. 

Crisp & Contrasty  were better suited for reproduction in the printed media of the time, as well as  Kodachrome for dias, than for hand-made prints  from a darkroom, pressed by myself from materials that contained no plastic. That is passion!

Rather than being well aware of the fact  that the old days are gone forever - and trying to come to terms with digital photograpy - I much prefer to enjoy your photos of a very nice watch!

With "depth of field"  - depth of feel?

amerix

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