08-01-2019, 09:17 AM
Bill is right about pre-war German lenses. I have a 1930's Zeiss which still takes beautiful pictures. Another factor though was negative size - a shot like this would have been captured on at least a full plate (8.5 x 6.5") negative; the detail which can be captured with a good lens and a large format neg is staggering and has yet to be matched by affordable digital cameras.