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

[Jim Nichols]

Nice, dreamy work!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/16/2016 5:08 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>
>
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