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Leica Q meets Large Format Tintype

Posted on January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 By Markus

So what happens when two portrait photographers come together?
Markus is a great photographer ands teaches photography. I remember when I met him at a FEP event and we talked about wet plate photography. I invited him to my studio and at some point we finally made it. Because 2025 was quite busy for me, it took me nearly 10 months to share the results with you guys.
I kept this video quite raw, so you can see our interaction. Because we talked in Austrian dialect, I also added English captions. During the video you will also see what he captured through his Leica Q. I really like this kind of interaction between us.

Fun fact, the lens I used for these portraits is about 150 years older than the Leica Q. And it is still very very sharp. See the images bellow.

Thats the First Wet plate portrait I did. As you can hear in the Video, I focused on the eye brows to create a better overall sharpness.
I used my modified Kodak “D Camera with a Dallmeyer 3b Petzval lens. The lens has approximately 290mm at F3 – wuite fast for a large format lens. Fun fact. The lens is about 150 years older than the Leica Q2. And it is a very sharp lens.
Click on the image to enlarge. As you can see this 150 year old Dallmeyer 3B Lens is very sharp.
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