Re[W&B] Thornton-Pickard - Thumb screws ?

[SBShohet at aol.com]

Hi Milan; believe it or not, it's always fun to hear from you.

Actually, I think most of Cameron's stuff is so bad it looks like she was 
using Vaseline (on her lenses, Milan!). It's a great shame, too, because in my 
humble opinion her composition--though sometimes unbearably sappy--is often 
lovely; and several of the portraits have great character.

For the record, I wasn't referring to the Vaseline look with the Hermagis, 
but rather to a minimal central softness (?"roundness" or some similarly slushy 
word), which progressively increases in the off-axis margins and background of 
the plate.   Perhaps poorly corrected spherical ab, but pleasing nevertheless 
in certain portraits.

Different strokes for different folks.    

Best, Steve


Hey Milan, with regard to knurled nuts, check out your own late (and 
lamented) Cascade Panorama
a couple of years ago (last issue, perhaps) on the "Leica Callus".   Hmmm..., 
perhaps you've done this already.      S.
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