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Subject: [Leica] Test Zeiss Jena Sonnar 2/85
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:36:30 -0500
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Hi Lluis,

Maybe you AND the lens do your best work with senoritas. ;-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lluis Ripoll" <luisripoll at telefonica.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Test Zeiss Jena Sonnar 2/85


> Hi Geoff,
>
> Maybe..., maybe.. This is an interesting case to study. As you know  this 
> is the Contax RF old Zeiss Jena Sonnar 2/8,5 cm, the glass is  perfect, 
> only some dust that it can not affect final quality. These  pictures was 
> shot on a cloudy day.
>
> I use it with an special adaptor that consist in the front focusing  part 
> of the old RF Contax adapted to Leica M mount, I've tried it on  the M8 
> and no trace of this problem, on the M8 the only problem is a  slight 
> focus shift, I have sand the adapter to be adjusted a little  bit more, on 
> the M3 it was not a focus problem, I think this is as you  say an internal 
> reflection, probably a small light has entered due to  the adjustment of 
> the adapter.
>
> When the lens is correctly set it performs nicely, do you remember  these 
> se?oritas with this lens on the M8?:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1001206-1.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1001206bw.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1001206-2bw.jpg.html
>
> Maybe it is a lens that only work with nice se?oritas?
>
> Thank you Geoff!
>
> All the best!
> Lluis
>
>
>
>
> El 22/03/2009, a las 21:59, Geoff Hopkinson escribi?:
>
>> Lluis I can see the effect you mention in a couple of these. It is  odd.
>> I do not think it is due to missing lenshood as the light doesn't  look 
>> that
>> difficult.
>> I do not think it is a dirty lens as that would just reduce the  contrast
>> everywhere.
>> I see nothing that looks like a sensor error either. (streaks,  blobs, 
>> faulty
>> photosites)
>> My guess would be that it is an internal reflection in the lens for  some
>> reason.
>> Maybe you could shoot some test shots of a plain black area and see  if 
>> you
>> can detect a lighter grey area in the shot?
>> Please keep us informed if you find out the cause.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/3/22 Lluis Ripoll <luisripoll at telefonica.net>
>>
>>> I've tested the lens on the M3 with TX at 400 ISO, I was veru  surprised 
>>> to
>>> appreciate a certain flare on the center of the negative, aybe it  was 
>>> simply
>>> that lens was dirty, the lens has no signs of coating deterioration  at 
>>> all,
>>> maybe is a slight reflection of light due to the adaptor  adjustement on 
>>> the
>>> camera, the case is that the first picture could be in my opinion a 
>>> good
>>> catch but I've can improve it, I  would like know your opinions,  thanks 
>>> in
>>> advance.
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8813763
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8813764
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8813762
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8813761
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8813760
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking and your comments,
>>>
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> 'Life's too short for mediocre glass'
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>
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