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Carl Meyer Videostigmat f1.0 1.5" (38mm)
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:29 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:29 pm
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Got this high speed lens and took it out for some shots this sunny evening... all shot fully open at f1.0.
Quite a "swirler" but still an impressive lens considering it being made 1954 (as read from the serial number,
which also indicates the maker being Bausch & Lomb. It was sold under the name of "Carl Meyer" by
Burke & James Photographic Co of Chicago). There are indications, that it might be a Plasmat type lens design.























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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:46 pm
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You learn your lens fast; you got some excellent compositions there!


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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:54 pm
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Very impressive to me, Klaus. I like bokeh and color. Very Happy


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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:51 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:51 pm
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Thank you!


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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:18 am
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I love them all , color, sharpness ,composition just great.


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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:27 am
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Wow, 1.5"??? Is that a C-mount lens or 35mm film lens? I've never seen a 1.5" lens for C-mount... Would be great on NEX/APS-C


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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:29 am
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Yep, quite a fast c-mount lens for that focal length of 1 1/2" (38mm) indeed! Plus the added bonus of perfectly
fitting a c-mount adapter without any need for modification and perfect infinity match!


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Attila wrote:
I love them all , color, sharpness ,composition just great.

+1000
Incredible sharpness (in the centre), dreamy colours and what a bokey Shocked ...
That's probably the only reason why I keep my G1, to have a chance to try one day this kind of beautiful fast lens......Meyer seems to be the "top of the top" in C mount lenses but unfortunately almost impossible to find on the second-hand market, at least for a "reasonable" price Sad ......


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Hi Pascal,

indeed, tehj m4/3 cameras give you plenty of opportunities to mount such "exotic beauties". Try a Cook Kinic f1.9 25mm, it has a quite similar "look" and bokeh (I have threads about that lens here) although it is a Petzval lens design:
http://forum.mflenses.com/gh1-and-cooke-kinic-f1-9-1-vs-tevidon-f1-4-25mm-flower-t22465,highlight,kinic.html
and here:
http://forum.mflenses.com/cooke-kinic-f1-9-1-a-lunch-break-walk-t22463,highlight,kinic.html
This lens is much easier to find. get tha later shiny aluminum version with coated lenses.


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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:18 am
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Shots from my fav flower shop here in Weinheim (Christian Meyer Florist), all at f1.0 ...

















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From the Herrmanshof park today, morning sun, the "usual suspects" for lens testing...





















100% crop:


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... and a few available light shots at f1.0 in a spanish deli shop here









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If you decided one day to sell your lens, let me know it first Laughing ....


Again a beautiful serie, what I like is the ability of this lens to produce a sharp image (in the centre), with great contrast/colours and with a very interesting bokeh, all that together and wide open Shocked ....
Did you also try this lens a little bit stop down and for "portrait"???


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The park images before have some stopped down shots also (to f2.8-4) as the lens is so fast that at ISO100 all would have been overexposed.

This is a f4 shot:


I have done some portrait shots, but not for the public, as my "model" doesn't like that.


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Intensive evening autumn colors @f1.0





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I have been asked about a portrait shot @f1.0 ...



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Awesome pictures and lens! Congratz klaus Very Happy


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Very sharp, and interesting lens. Also very nice deep colour it produces.


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Thanks guys!


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Klaus,

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing these!

Cheers,

Jon


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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:58 pm
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Late evening walk catching the last sun rays of today...























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Very nice set of flowers shot.
These kino lenses seem to give a sort of vertigo effect. Quite appropriate for the subject I would say,


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Yes indeed, works pretty well with flowers!


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Brilliant demonstrations!

Thanks!


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Exceptional build quality and amazing optic, with 15 aperture blades. Heavy brass, a chunky 38mm F:1.0 C-mount. At f:1 on a aps-c digital mirrorless you need a ND filtering or 1/10000 shutter speed.
Great portrait lens on aps-c= 58mm!
Completey blurs even the most annoying backgrounds.
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