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Excalibur
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:48 pm Post subject: Meyer-Optik Orestor 2.8/135 |
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Excalibur wrote:
Shots on superia 200asa film with a Canon T70 with M42 adapter, none wide open...I'm not sure whether it's the lens design but my copy achieves best results from minimum focus to about 40 yards.
Close focus, supermarket dev and scan:-
Portrait head and shoulders distance, supermarket dev and scan 1908X1272:-
about 20 to 40 yards distance, originally scanned by Epson V750 to 6656X4000, but reduced for posting to 2000X1202:-
Bokeh
_________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent.
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Seriously good results! I like especially first one. Can you tell us, film, scanner ? Camera ? _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5017 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
Attila wrote: |
Seriously good results! I like especially first one. Can you tell us, film, scanner ? Camera ? |
Of course for the small band of brothers who are still interested in film _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent. |
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5017 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
Attila wrote: |
Seriously good results! I like especially first one. Can you tell us, film, scanner ? Camera ? |
Taken at the same time, 800px reduced size shot:-
_________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent. |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Awesome ! Great work! _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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martinsmith99
Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6950 Location: S Glos, UK
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:09 am Post subject: |
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The bicycle shot is amazing! _________________ Casual attendance these days |
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koji
Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 2106 Location: Hiroshima, Japan
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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koji wrote:
Is this lens the same as Prakticar 135/2.8 lens optically? I think Prakticar 135/2.8
was made by Meyer under WEB/PENTACON.
The colours are very nice to my eyes. _________________ Our Home Page has 18,200 photos in 575 directories today.
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Attila
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Perhaps Practicar is improved one, (better multi-coating) this lens is single coated. _________________ -------------------------------
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5017 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
The Meyer lens wide open @ f2.8, supermarket dev and scan, superia 200 asa Pentax S3:-
_________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent.
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a77
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 28
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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a77 wrote:
Same lens, without flash:
_________________ Manual focus selection:
Kilfitt Fern-Kilar 5.6/400, Multi-Kilar, Pan-Tele-Kilar 4/300, Meyer Orestor 2.8/135, Isco-Göttingen 2.8/35 Westron and Westromat.
To sell: Steinheil Culminar 4.5/135 M39
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woodrim
Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
I'll contribute a few of my better imiges from this wonderful lens...
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29545 Location: West Emilia
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Meyer-Optik Orestor 2.8/135 |
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Orio wrote:
Excalibur wrote: |
I'm not sure whether it's the lens design but my copy achieves best results from minimum focus to about 40 yards. |
I think there's chances that it happens by design. Although several people uses them for landscape, 135mm lenses have been
traditionally associated to portrait work, thus I think it's possible that Meyer did choose to optimize the lens for the portrait range.
The emphasis on the bokeh and the high number of blades (in the older models) are also signs that lead in this direction. _________________ Orio, Administrator
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Excalibur
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:58 am Post subject: Re: Meyer-Optik Orestor 2.8/135 |
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Excalibur wrote:
Orio wrote: |
Excalibur wrote: |
I'm not sure whether it's the lens design but my copy achieves best results from minimum focus to about 40 yards. |
I think there's chances that it happens by design. Although several people uses them for landscape, 135mm lenses have been
traditionally associated to portrait work, thus I think it's possible that Meyer did choose to optimize the lens for the portrait range.
The emphasis on the bokeh and the high number of blades (in the older models) are also signs that lead in this direction. |
That would seem logical.
As comparing lenses on film is time consuming (esp trying to use different makes of lenses on the same roll of film to reduce errors) I rarely do comparison tests and rely on impressions over time.....but I did compare my 135mm lenses at 100 yards and the CZJ Sonnar 135mm f3.5 was sharper (equal top place with a Canon FD breechlock 135mm f3.5). Also on holiday the Sonnar was very good at a scene from about one third to two miles.
Now let me see? I'll need to carry two 135mm lenses..one for up to 40 yards and the other from 40 yards to infinity _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent. |
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RvL
Joined: 16 May 2021 Posts: 13 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:47 am Post subject: |
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RvL wrote:
A very old thread, but better to kick an old thread instead of starting a new one I guess.
I recently found out again why I like the Orestor so much. In post processing I only cropped and upped the saturation very slightly.
Dragonfly
This shot was taken with my Canon M50 up and about the MFD of 1.5m at f/8. |
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Minolfan
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