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Orion 15 - any experiences?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Orion looks much more serious Laughing nice lady vs tramp . Is anybody saw it in Kiev mount ? Congrats for your new gem look forward your great shoots!


PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great image quality. I need to get into some of theses russian lenses... As of now my only one is a jupiter 21m 200/4 and I have never shot a single frame with it! Just picked it up a week ago or so and I am not that close with my m42 film SLR's... its a shame, I know.


PostPosted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.yelp.com/biz/central-park-boathouse-new-york#query:boat%20house%20restaurant

For me, this is a tourist trap for non-New Yorkers. Food is not great, overpriced. The view of the park is nice, I guess.

Sorry, I can't help you on sports, I don't really follow them.

Nordentro wrote:
Thx for sharing pictures and I am happy to see new buildings popping.

I will visit both, B&H and Adorama for sure Wink And I will look after Andy as well!
I guess my wife want to go to "popular" places. She talked about a Boat House restaurant in Central Park, been there?

I would love to see some sports while I am there, but I guess it's just Baseball going on in June?!?


PostPosted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

M. Valdemar wrote:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/central-park-boathouse-new-york#query:boat%20house%20restaurant

For me, this is a tourist trap for non-New Yorkers. Food is not great, overpriced. The view of the park is nice, I guess.

Sorry, I can't help you on sports, I don't really follow them.

Nordentro wrote:
Thx for sharing pictures and I am happy to see new buildings popping.

I will visit both, B&H and Adorama for sure Wink And I will look after Andy as well!
I guess my wife want to go to "popular" places. She talked about a Boat House restaurant in Central Park, been there?

I would love to see some sports while I am there, but I guess it's just Baseball going on in June?!?


Thx, I'll pass over the information to my better half Laughing


PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I recently bought this lens and tried it on my 36 megapixel Sony a7r and I must say I really like it but the a7r are quite bad at handling short flange length wide angle lenses.

I have made a short lens review at my blog: http://lenshound.iblogger.org/?p=54

It is amazing how sharp this old lens is!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P_X9udVCKVM/U_5SSFl5GOI/AAAAAAABh38/WUaNiM1ljlI/w1386-h925-no/DSC07003.jpg[img]


PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lenshound wrote:
I recently bought this lens and tried it on my 36 megapixel Sony a7r and I must say I really like it but the a7r are quite bad at handling short flange length wide angle lenses.

I have made a short lens review at my blog: http://lenshound.iblogger.org/?p=54

It is amazing how sharp this old lens is!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P_X9udVCKVM/U_5SSFl5GOI/AAAAAAABh38/WUaNiM1ljlI/w1386-h925-no/DSC07003.jpg[img]


Your link doesn't work (1st one), please correct.

Yes, it is a wonderfully sharp lens, whcih my friend Marco Cavina has shown here:
http://www.marcocavina.com/articoli_fotografici/Soviet_and_wide_lenses_on_Leica_M/00_p.htm


PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kds315* wrote:
Lenshound wrote:
I recently bought this lens and tried it on my 36 megapixel Sony a7r and I must say I really like it but the a7r are quite bad at handling short flange length wide angle lenses.

I have made a short lens review at my blog: http://lenshound.iblogger.org/?p=54

It is amazing how sharp this old lens is!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P_X9udVCKVM/U_5SSFl5GOI/AAAAAAABh38/WUaNiM1ljlI/w1386-h925-no/DSC07003.jpg[img]


Your link doesn't work (1st one), please correct.

Yes, it is a wonderfully sharp lens, whcih my friend Marco Cavina has shown here:
http://www.marcocavina.com/articoli_fotografici/Soviet_and_wide_lenses_on_Leica_M/00_p.htm


Strange, works for me? and on my phone..

Check http://lenshound.iblogger.org
its the newest post Smile


PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last week i bought the orion 15 for an incredible cheap price.
i like the lens very much on my Nex-6.

Here some pics with the lens from the weekend











PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful vivid colors , congrats!!


PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

+1, nice samples! Very Happy


PostPosted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Guys! Very Happy


PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few from mine with A7R









PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nordentro wrote:
A few from mine with A7R

That is a good working combination in your hands, Lars!
Beautiful samples.

The vivid colours of wolfhansen are quit nice too.


PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thx, it is an extra step with flatfield to remove some color shift, but it is not more than a few clicks Wink


PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brutal Nordentro, I love them!


PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just bought an L39 orion 15, but using it on my nex it produces only a very small and blurred image circle - it doesn't even cover the sensor's short side - and obviously there's no way to have anything in focus.
Did anyone see this problem before? Can it be fixed? Or can you post a couple of pics of your copies so I can check what's wrong with mine?
Thanks in advance.


PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is mine:



PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks.
It looks exactly like mine (mine has serial number starting with 78), so nothing obviously wrong with it from outside.
However, I decided I will have it serviced: first because I can't really figure out what's wrong with it, and in the end it was so cheap that adding the repair price it will still be slightly under the average prices around.


PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I expect tampered lens by somebody before and wrongly assembled, I hope no missing lens element or something other serious reason


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the orion 15 at night...





PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BurstMox wrote:
You're lucky Very Happy

Orio tried this lens : http://forum.mflenses.com/orion-15-6-28-l39-mount-t38706,highlight,%2Borion+%2B15.html

Looks like verdict was positiv Smile


Who better to try an Orion? Very Happy

I hope you don't mind for kidding, Orio


PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Фотографии в альбоме «Орион 15», автор serkol64 на Яндекс.Фотках


PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some sample pictures from my Orion-15 28mm/F6 on Ricoh GXR-M earlier today (clickable for larger view):







In terms of nice bokeh there are for sure other lenses far better. Though for sharp pictures of landscapes I would consider this lens as rather excellent.
The macro shot was done with a 7mm extension ring. There are better macro lenses around as well. Wink

Sorry for the dust on the sensor.

BTW, the lens was made 1959 by KMZ.


PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks very good to me! Expected that actually....


PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kds315* wrote:
Looks very good to me! Expected that actually....


This lens is definitely underrated. Maybe I will do a 28mm comparison as well sometimes. I would rate this lens among the best ones (at least for landscapes).