This month through your adapted lenses - November 2018

Mathieu18 · Nov 28, 2018

Thanks for the thoughts, appreciate it.

Travis Butler said:
Mathieu18 said:

Havent played in a while. Voigtlander 90mm f/3.5 for EF

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This has a nice atmosphere; I think it'd work a little better if you moved in closer to that solitary fencepost, make it a little more prominent.

Travis Butler said:

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This one's almost the opposite; good focus on the planter, but I'd like to see more of the foggy atmosphere.

Travis Butler said:

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This one's just about perfect!

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sensiblename99 · Nov 28, 2018

NIba said:
Just testing out my new A7RIII with a recently bought Shift lens. The lens in particular is the Olympus OM Zuiko 24mm f3.5. I'm surprised by the sharpness and reduced CA for such an old lens.

Some Apartments at Park Merced. A7RIII w/ Olympus OM Zuiko 24mm f3.5 - 1/1000 ISO 800, forgot the aperture. Somewhere between f/11 and f/32

Some of the old Zuiko glass is amazing, even by todays standards. Many suffer quite bad vignetting however but this might be the price of such physically small lenses . One of my Zuiko 1.4/50's is about equal in stopped down sharpness to the sony zeiss sonnar 1.8/55 which is the sharpest lens i own, even compared to leica Summicron-R 50. Zuikos can be superb.

Luddhi · Nov 28, 2018

Travis Butler said:
I like the first best, followed by the third. The second is pretty busy, and the bokeh in the third is more intrusive than I'd like. (Reminds me a lot of the bokeh from the Yashica ML 50/1.7 - not quite swirly, but starting to suggest it.

Travis Butler said:

This particular Tessar lens has what is apparently known as a “Vorwahlspringblende” . Which means that the aperture is set by pressing down the aperture ring and then turning it. If you just turn the aperture ring the aperture blades will reset to the initial position. It is an all aluminium construction and looks cute

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Ooh, sounds interesting. Can you post a pic or two of the lens?

The red "arrowhead" indicates what aperture is set. (On mine it is a little off-set).

Thanks for taking the time to comment and I agree with your rating

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DanInJapan256 · Nov 29, 2018

I love that lens. It's wonderfully versatile (portrait, landscape, and macro) and very sharp. I must admit, I am more interested in the guy in the hat to the right. Nice.

D Cox · Nov 29, 2018

LasseS said:
f:8

This is very striking.

I think you should post it in the Sigma forum as well.

DanInJapan256 · Nov 29, 2018

That is a very nicely done portrait. A really nice combination of colors and lighting. Also, did you change your sd14 mount by yourself?

Regards,

Dan

Mathieu18 · Nov 29, 2018

More Voigtlander, 40mm f/2 for Canon.

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Listera · Nov 29, 2018

Sjak said:
This is a really good one! Good light, good composition, and I like the silhouettes in the background.

Glad you liked it. I was in the middle of a chat with a photographer, and light on the model got me

Listera · Nov 29, 2018

DanInJapan256 said:
I love that lens. It's wonderfully versatile (portrait, landscape, and macro) and very sharp. I must admit, I am more interested in the guy in the hat to the right. Nice.

So do I. But there is a congestion in that focal length that it rarely finds a place in the bag. Still, when it takes the job, hardly disappoints.

As for the mysterious gentleman, this weekend same event will take place again and my eyes will be in search for episode II. Problem is that it will be a cold and ugly December opening with little hope for a nice shoot-out.

WhateverNickname · Nov 29, 2018

I guess this is what my son was thinking, but I needed a test subject.

I just received the first adapters to be used with my Z7 and I stacked a MD2LTM and LTM2Z to try the Minolta 45/2 … I am very impressed. This lens gets a new lease of life. Some glow wide open and truly sharp and nice from 2.8.

Z7 + Minolta MD45/2 @ f/2.8

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LasseS · Nov 30, 2018

Thank you

I might.

LasseS · Nov 30, 2018

Thank you

Yes, I made a DIY camera mount exchange.

nigbat · Nov 30, 2018

Thanks.

Another with more sense of movement:

Sjak · Dec 1, 2018

I received a 1958 Industar-50, calibrated to Leica. Hilarious thought that the lens is worth less than 1% of the camera :-D

Just a few quick test-snaps.

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M_digicapt · Dec 1, 2018

Very nice!

Sjak · Dec 1, 2018

Thanks!

I forgot to add this one, with the sun in the frame.

The lens is not prone to flaring, ghosting etc, which is probably its most remarkable quality.

sensiblename99 · Dec 1, 2018

Sjak said:
Thanks!

I forgot to add this one, with the sun in the frame.

The lens is not prone to flaring, ghosting etc, which is probably its most remarkable quality.

It effectively has only 3 elements, a 4/3 tessar where 2 elements are cemented, so not a huge surprise.

TBH i think this lenses claim to fame is kind of lame because it's always related to its negligible cost, my copy was free. Once you take cost out of the debate it doesn't have too much left to offer as the performance of tessars is limited in the level of correction they can achieve. I don't even use mine as i see little point.

Sjak · Dec 1, 2018

sensiblename99 said:
Sjak said:

Thanks!

I forgot to add this one, with the sun in the frame.

The lens is not prone to flaring, ghosting etc, which is probably its most remarkable quality.

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It effectively has only 3 elements, a 4/3 tessar where 2 elements are cemented, so not a huge surprise.

Well, I have quite a few other single-coated lenses from the fifties that are much more prone to all kinds of flare, ghosting etc. I think the slow aperture & small front element also helps. But then again, my Orion-15 flares like crazy...

sensiblename99 said:
TBH i think this lenses claim to fame is kind of lame because it's always related to its negligible cost, my copy was free. Once you take cost out of the debate it doesn't have too much left to offer as the performance of tessars is limited in the level of correction they can achieve. I don't even use mine as i see little point.

I can see myself using this one during summer or other situations with strong sunlight, where my Sonnars will be more challenging. But I'm not too fond of the handling of this version, a rigid; the collapsible with focusing tab is more convenient for focusing, although the aperture is annoying on those.

Travis Butler · Dec 4, 2018

Looking nice! I think the second is my favorite, both for the subject and the composition.

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