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Kinoptik 2/25mm on GH1
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:40 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:40 am
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A fine little lens, amazes me more every day...





vignetting, hardly






Strasbourg, France


Cheery blossoms, shot wide open




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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:42 am
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Very nice !


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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:07 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:07 pm
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Yeah, very nice indeed! I'm really enjoying the Switar 25/1.4 I have mounted almost permanently on my GF1, and even enjoy a *bit* of the light fallout and distortion at the corners, but it'd sure be nice if I could actually get a sharp image corner to corner when I stop down (rather than the vignetting becoming more obvious Smile


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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:17 pm
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Thanks guys! The Switars certainly are great lenses too!


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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:49 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:49 pm
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Great lens and wonderful shots!! I've got a 50/1.8 Cosmicar that I need to get my machinist friend to turn down the mount to get infinity focus. What's neat is that it has a triangular iris. I remember reading in the Zeiss Compendium that there was either a standard lens or portrait lens made with a three bladed iris as well. Looking forward to seeing the bokeh on that lens.


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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:07 pm
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Great results, Klaus, better than I have achieved so far...

wilson.c wrote:
Great lens and wonderful shots!! I've got a 50/1.8 Cosmicar that I need to get my machinist friend to turn down the mount to get infinity focus. What's neat is that it has a triangular iris. I remember reading in the Zeiss Compendium that there was either a standard lens or portrait lens made with a three bladed iris as well. Looking forward to seeing the bokeh on that lens.


I'm pretty sure you are referring to the 85mm f/1.4 Planar for the Contarex system, which indeed had a 3-bladed iris.


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Thanks Peter, I have it a little longer I guess .... you'll beat me easily in normal photography from what I have seen so far Wink Wink

Kinoptik 2/25mm has 6 blades:



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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:30 pm
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Very nice. I always thought this lens was larger, maybe I mix that up with the Arri version. I really like the pink explosion shot.

Stefan
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