Check out Jim Galli‘s comparison of five old barrel lenses. He set the camera to 40 inches and moved the camera to focus on the flower. Lenses compared are:
- Wollensak Verito 11.5″ f/4
- Cooke Aviar 14″ f/5.6
- Gundlach Hyperion 12″ f/4
- Dallmeyer Patent Petzval 3B 11″ f/3
- Darlot lantern Petzval of about 10″ f/5
The results are gorgeous, and all quite different!