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Kirchhain (Helios-81N & Vivitar 2.0/28)
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:54 am
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:54 am
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Yesterday, Richard's Helios-81 arrived! Thanks very much, my friend!

Today I had the chance (due to a surprising free lesson) to play around with it a little.

Gosh, this lens is sharp! Used on my 350D you really need to be careful with re-sharpening. You can easily overdo it!















But it definitely need a lens hood!!! Wink


And here is one shot with the Vivitar 2.0/28 (also on 350D).




More, including shots with the Volna-3 on 40D later...


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:04 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:04 pm
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nice sample!
nice to learn that German teacher get free lesson in August
here they get 2 month holiday in July-August


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:16 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:16 pm
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I always saw great pictures coming out of this lens, Carsten, and yours is no exception. Congrats on the great purchase.


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:24 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:24 pm
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poilu wrote:
nice sample!
nice to learn that German teacher get free lesson in August
here they get 2 month holiday in July-August


Just two lessons off, because the class I had to teach was away.
No holidays for us in August any more. Confused


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:41 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:41 pm
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Glad it arrived safely!

I found it's performance very much like the 50mm 1.8 E Nikkor (including the exceptional sharpness and need for a hood!) - I suspect the optical designs are pretty similar.


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:05 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:05 pm
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Nice and sharp but the colours look a little washed-out to me Carsten, very uncharacteristic of a Russian lens. I realise you weren't using a hood so maybe I'm looking at flare, but is your camera set to Adobe RGB by any chance? Or maybe you were using the lens wide open?

Edit: Looking at them again maybe it's just the very bright sunlight, we don't get to see that very often in these parts! Smile


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:20 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:20 pm
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Yes, Peter, no hood and Adobe RGB.
But this wall looks like that in reality. The colours seem OK to me.


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:36 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:36 pm
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LucisPictor wrote:
Yes, Peter, no hood and Adobe RGB.
But this wall looks like that in reality. The colours seem OK to me.

Hmm... maybe it's my browser or my monitor then. They look quite pale and cool to me.


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:25 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:25 pm
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What I mean is that they look real, just the way they looked when I was there (which was at about 11 am, so not the best time to shoot.)

EDIT: Peter, now I know what you mean! I just have seen the shots with the Volna-3 on the 40D. What a difference!! Shocked
http://forum.mflenses.com/kirchhain-ii-volna-3-t9371.html

Last edited by LucisPictor on Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:13 pm; edited 1 time in total


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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:04 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:04 pm
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Nice sharp samples! congrats!
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