Ah, the 19th Century...

There's definitely a movement afoot in the Large Format community that has photographers searching yard sales and estate sales for old brass lenses. The distinctive look of an early Petzval design carries a signature to their images which gives the picture that 'antique' look.



This image was shot at Bodie with an old 15" brass Petzval Magic Lantern lens, on an 8x10" Tachihara, using FP4+ developed in Pyrocat-HD 2:2:100. Developing time was around 9 minutes. Front rise had me running out of image circle, thus the vignetting towards the bottom of the image.