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Kathmandu
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 Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:28 am Post subject: Patience is my friend-sometimes. |
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Kathmandu wrote:
I had bought a Praktica camera with a Pancolar "Star Wars" lens from ebay back in January from a seller claiming it was an "estate sale". Long story short the camera and lens had serious fungus damage-the lens was uncleanable- as posted:
http://forum.mflenses.com/is-there-help-for-me-t23921.html
I cleaned ,lubricated and learned from the dissemble project. I saved all components except the badly pitted lens. I have subconsciously been keeping my eyes open for a similar Pancolar lens with complementary parts-maybe as a parts lens.
I have finally found one in Exakta mount instead of Praktica(M42) mount ,that I believe was in the price range. Not having any experience swapping Exakta mount(with the auto diaphragm arm), with M42 I was shooting in the dark hoping for the best(no risk no gain  ).
The lens with Exakta mount & arm
My old lens body, sans lens mount and elements
Took Exakta mount off to compare template-looked exaktly the same.All screw holes line up.
While I had the opportunity I disabled the auto diaphragm linking pin with -white plastic sleeve cut to fit the pin.
I screwed the M42 from old Pancolar on to the new Pancolar lens body and screwed down the lens mount cover.
I am happy with the way things turned out- and now I have a beautiful Pancolar "Starwars" lens in M42 mount. Lucky for me swapping mounts in this manner worked with this lens. My patience has yeilded positive results- I'll be checking its performance soon
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mo
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| Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:04 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
Excellent!! Patience does pay off...for you and us...great documentation.Looking forward to the test images.
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Kathmandu
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Kathmandu wrote:
Thanks-
Here are some sample images:
http://forum.mflenses.com/carl-zeiss-jena-pancolar-50mm-f2-t33022.html |
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martyn_bannister
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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martyn_bannister wrote:
Those are very nice images. Well done on such a nice lens.
For me, however, I do not particularly like the "glow" in #1 around the snowy mountain. |
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mo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
I saw those a very nice result.You must be happy!
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Kathmandu
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| Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:58 am Post subject: |
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Kathmandu wrote:
| martyn_bannister wrote: |
Those are very nice images. Well done on such a nice lens.
For me, however, I do not particularly like the "glow" in #1 around the snowy mountain. |
Thanks-I know what you mean, you have a keen eye -I had other images with the Pancolar that had the "glow on the peak" you refer too.I should have stopped it down to f5.6 and/or used a filter .
What do you think makes it like that? and what could I do to fix that?
| mo wrote: |
| I saw those a very nice result.You must be happy! |
Thanks, Smiling cheek to cheek here as it worked out good for me .  |
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mo
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| Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
You probably had the lens at the 2 F stop (wide open) It gets that glow when I do that...I think it's what you call soft?
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martyn_bannister
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| Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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martyn_bannister wrote:
| mo wrote: |
| You probably had the lens at the 2 F stop (wide open) It gets that glow when I do that...I think it's what you call soft? |
I'm not sure I would describe it as soft. I think it is a type of CA. I have the Helios 40 lookalike (Cyclops) and this lens exhibits the same thing. Not a problem, more of a feature.
HERE are a couple of examples from my lens |
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