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 Jim, thanks - I must admit I was pleasantly surprised at what came out. Quite an interesting mixture of soft but sharp, a bit like a Zeiss Softar but not as strong, just a slight mistiness that I rather like. Cheers Douglas On 01.05.2010 19:04, Jim Nichols wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > Very nice, soft colors from the Steinheil. They made some respectable > lenses in their day. I have an 85mm LTM that worked fine on my Leica > IIIf, though not quite up to Leica 90mm standards. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at > gmx.de> > To: <leicareflex at freelists.org>; "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>; "LEG" > <leica at freelists.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 3:59 AM > Subject: [Leica] Fresh blooms -not so fresh lens > > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >