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MC KALEINAR 2.8/100 ?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:22 pm    Post subject: MC KALEINAR 2.8/100 ? Reply with quote
How about this lens Orio ?


PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a nice lens for portraits - low contrast, it reminds me of the Nikkor-Q 3.5/135 because of this - but Nikkor-Q is sharper wide open.
I shot this portrait of my woman in a backlight situation and the low contrast of the lens helped me save the photo:



It's not however a Helios or a Jupiter - not the champion in its class. I think it has a used value that is too high compared to the value of the lens. Jupiter-9 is sold for less, but it's a better lens (except for bokeh).


PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I see. Thanks you described as well the lens characteristic as can I see on sample. I read somewhere , somebody compared to Nikon Series E 100mm.


PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
I see. Thanks you described as well the lens characteristic as can I see on sample. I read somewhere , somebody compared to Nikon Series E 100mm.


I'm not sure this makes much sense - the Nikkor Series E is a cheap single coating version of the same old Sonnar scheme used in many lenses. I don't think that the Russians copied a cheap lens - it is more likely that the Kaleinar is perhaps a copy of the same original Sonnar scheme the Nikon series E is also a copy of.

The Kaleinar 150mm f/2.8 for Pentacon is a very interesting glass, instead...


PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can you tell me something more about 150mm lens ?


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
Can you tell me something more about 150mm lens ?


I don't know much. Only that it looks like a gorgeous piece of glass. It's one of the sexiest lenses that I ever saw. I would bid on one if there was one available in the EU, but so far, I saw it only in auction by Ukraine or Russia based sellers.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here it is, sexy as Bardot in her best days:

http://www.nightvisionwholesale.com/images/lens-kaleinar-3.jpg

http://www.king-2.co.jp/regi/image.php?id=465

http://cccpcamera.photo-web.cc/RussianCamera/Lens/Kaleinar3B/DSCN2757.JPG

http://hosting.westernbid.info/images/uploads/mf/english_kaleinar3v_kit_2.jpg

The last one makes me crazy!!


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Smile


PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:01 pm    Post subject: Re: MC KALEINAR 2.8/100 ? Reply with quote
At Kaleynar-5 contrast falls at the sun in front.


PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
I see. Thanks you described as well the lens characteristic as can I see on sample. I read somewhere , somebody compared to Nikon Series E 100mm.


I've also read that somewhere. I have (one of?) Orio's copies of the Kaleinar 2.8/100 and I agree it is a very nice lens.


PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
Attila wrote:
I see. Thanks you described as well the lens characteristic as can I see on sample. I read somewhere , somebody compared to Nikon Series E 100mm.


I've also read that somewhere. I have (one of?) Orio's copies of the Kaleinar 2.8/100 and I agree it is a very nice lens.


I had only one copy. What you have now is the same lens that took the portrait above.
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