Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information