I have been trying to avoid spending money on more camera gear. I caved thou and bought 2 lens, 2 lens specially to do wet plate Ambrotype portraiture. 1 lens is to capture head shots on an 8x10 inch camera and 1 is to do the same on a 11x14 camera.
I found a wet plate photographer, Engelbert Vissher, on Facebook whose work I admire. After some help from him, I am getting the same lens (Schneider Xenar 300mm F4.5 lens), he uses. I love the bokeh and look of his imagery, hope this works for me as well!!
Note* The 360mm should allow me to create the same effects in the larger 11x14 and 14x14 formats.
Note** The lens being attached to Deardorff lens boards will work both with my 8x10 Deardorff and 11x14 Chamonix cameras. Having the boards included will save over $100 CAD.
Note *** I bargained the price down as much as I could, made lower offers, combined shipping costs. I still need to figure out the lens caps.
Photograph by Engelbert Visscher
