[Leica] IMG: One More from the Steinheil 85/2.8 Lens

[Douglas Sharp]

Jim,

Very nice!

One of my favourite lenses for flower shots is also a 
Steinheil. A Cassarit 45/2.8 (made for a Braun Paxette).

Just like your 85, it delivers deliciously dreamy 
backgrounds and wonderful colours (looks as if mine has 
around 16 iris blades - could be more!)

The haze around the petals is probably because I didn't 
bother cleaning the front element properly;-)

Here are a couple of samples from a while ago:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/163205-1/63_MG_9476.jpg
http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/163199-2/41_MG_9474.jpg

Taken with the lens with all sorts of adapters (M39 to 
M42 and M42 to CY) on Novoflex bellows (CY to Canon EF) 
on my trusty Canon 20D.

Cheers
Douglas



On 16.06.2016 10:12, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I think my personal favourite is the fiest one you posted I think because of
> depth of colour.
>
> It's true about the old lenses working well with modern technology. When I first
> got my X-Pro1 I put a Jupiter with an M adapter and the Fuji M coupler and was
> amazed by what it would do in low light. I have also used most of my other LTMs
> on Fuji's and they work well without exception.
>
> Peter
>
> On 16/06/2016 03:23, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> I looked through the images I made with the Steinheil Munchen Culminar 85/2.8
>> lens, made in 1950, to see if I could find a clear one to evaluate.  This small
>> image of a Blue Jay in open shade was cropped from the 100% image and was not
>> resized.  It represents less than 7% of the area of the original image.  I did
>> go through my normal post processing routine, including Focus Magic and Neat Image.
>>
>> Considering the difficulty I had in manually focusing at f/4 in the shade, I was
>> favorably impressed by the lens.  Made with a Leica LTM adapter on the Fuji X-E1.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/7+Per+Cent+Crop+of+100+Per+Cent+Image+from+Steinheil+Culminar+85mm+Lens.tif.html
>>
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>