The American annual of photography . A WET MORNING. Illustrating article Architectural Subjects from the Pictorial Standpoint. by William S. Davis. 143. LEAVES FROM MY NOTEBOOK By MARCUS G. LOVELACE of the Lovelace Research Laboratory HAPPENED to run into a circumstance theother day that was the origin of this article,through over-hearing a conversation between acertain dealer and a customer. The customerhad bought a very excellent anastigmat of 4/5aperture, and was complaining bitterly over the results. Imay say (en passant) that it is probably the most popular lensof this aperture in this co
The American annual of photography . A WET MORNING. Illustrating article Architectural Subjects from the Pictorial Standpoint. by William S. Davis. 143. LEAVES FROM MY NOTEBOOK By MARCUS G. LOVELACE of the Lovelace Research Laboratory HAPPENED to run into a circumstance theother day that was the origin of this article,through over-hearing a conversation between acertain dealer and a customer. The customerhad bought a very excellent anastigmat of 4/5aperture, and was complaining bitterly over the results. Imay say (en passant) that it is probably the most popular lensof this aperture in this country to-day. He had been in using a 6/3 lens of enemy manufacture and was try-ing to convince the dealer that the 4/5 lens would not give thecrisp brilliant negatives that could be obtained with the 6 happened to be seen by the dealer and was called over. Isuggested that if the 4/5 lens were stopped to 6/3 the resultswould be the same, which met with an indignant denial fromthe owner of the lens in question. I was then shown negativesand prints illustrating the difference, and while the depth offocus was slightly different in the
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