Erik Schlicksbier<p>Just because I just read it again in a forum: No, lenses were already razor sharp in the 19th century. The fact that people usually didn't look sharp was due to the long exposure times (ISO <a href="https://photog.social/tags/collodion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collodion</span></a>: 0.25). If you shine 6000 Ws of light on a person for a collodion <a href="https://photog.social/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portrait</span></a> , you also get the impression of the capabilities of a lens from 1882.</p><p>Anne, <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Kiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiel</span></a> 2019</p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/kickboxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kickboxing</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/kickboxer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kickboxer</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portrait</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/kollodium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kollodium</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/kollodiumnassplatte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kollodiumnassplatte</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/wetplate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetplate</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/portraitphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portraitphotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/portraitfotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portraitfotografie</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/lens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lens</span></a></p>