Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Douglas, I found very interesting your pictures, and they are very nice. The Steinheil 85 was a lens I was attracted for it, but I've never decided, as Jim says contrast is no so good as Leica glass, your pictures show a great and nice contrast. Thanks for posting Saludos Lluis El 01/05/2010, a las 10:59, Douglas Sharp escribi?: > Just been playing around with some old lenses in the garden. > > These are what happen when you put a Steinheil Cassarit 2.8/45 (M39 > screw mount but not LTM) from a Braun Paxette on the front end of a > DSLR. > The lens was probably built around 1955 (when I was 3 years of > age!). It seems to be doing quite well, although it's very prone to > flare and lack of contrast in some lighting situations. > > Fitted directly to a Canon 20D with an M39 to EOS adapter. Aperture > set at f5.6 > > Yellow daisies > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/ > Flowers__MG_0894.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/ > Flowers__MG_0895.jpg.html > > Apple blossom > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/ > Flowers__MG_0896.jpg.html > > Bleeding Heart > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/ > Flowers__MG_0902.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/ > Flowers__MG_0903.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/ > Flowers__MG_0904.jpg.html > > Best viewed large > > Hope you like them - I think I'll be keeping this lens. > > Cheers > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information