[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Lluis Ripoll]

Don,

If you can find a good Sonnar 85 get it! it is an excellent lens, I had one that I used with the Amdeo Adapter, I’ve do some shots face to face with the Summilux 75 and I can say that I really don’t know the differences!
LLuis


> El 11 des 2023, a les 21:58, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> Thank you Lluis.  Interesting that I have Contax II and III bodies.   I
> also have pre-war 1.5 and 2.0 Sonnars a well as a pre-war 135 f4.  Looking
> for a 85 Sonnar, I may do this in a Contarex mount as they focus closer.
> 
> Yes,  I will post images relatively soon.   Contrast isn't really an issue
> whether you increase development time in the silver universe or adjust the
> tone curve in the digital universe.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 2:00 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Don,
>> 
>> I like very much the Contax series II and III, in fact my first “serious”
>> pictures I took was with my father’s Contax IIIA, the Zeiss lenses are
>> amazing, your Biogon performs very well and the color rendition is
>> wonderful, I had a Sonnar 50mm f 1.5, I was using it on my Leica’s M with
>> an Amedeo adapter, the color rendition was very likely yours, in B&W it
>> offers a lower contrast than the M lenses.
>> 
>> The Contax IIIA was a little difficult to focus, the focus path is very
>> small and the magnification is only 0.66x, the magnification with the
>> Contax II and III is 0.75, much better. I remember that the 50mm f 2 Sonnar
>> was also very good on the Contax.
>> 
>> Thanks for sharing these interesting shots, I hope you will do more.
>> 
>> Best!
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>>> El 4 des 2023, a les 12:00, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va
>> escriure:
>>> 
>>> Greetings to all.  Last week we had some discussion about using vintage
>>> lenses on our digital cameras.  This week I took a walk around the
>>> neighborhood with a prewar 35mm Zeiss Biogon originally in a Contax
>> mount.
>>> I did have the lens CLA'd by Harry Scherer maybe 15 years ago while also
>>> overhauling a Contax II.
>>> 
>>> First is an example of only OK performance at infinity:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/extension.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Next is a close image at f2.8:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/got+treats.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Last is an intermediate distance image, this time at f5.6:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/turkey+legs+added+to+extend+the+holiday.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> If you recall this is the lens whose rear element protrudes so far
>> rearward
>>> that it is unusable on the postwar Contax line.  There is possibly three
>>> stops of falloff in the edges on my R V sensor but overall is a fair
>>> performer and an excellent performer considering no coatings and 86+
>> years
>>> old.
>>> 
>>> All the best.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Don
>>> don.dory at gmail.com
>>> 
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