MFlenses - A new life in a digital age
MFLenses 2026

Manual Focus Lenses Forum

Explore the world of vintage lenses through repair notes, real test shots, and detailed archive threads packed with images.

Explore the world of vintage lenses through repair notes, real test shots, and detailed archive threads packed with images.
DiskFreeVault safely moves Mac apps and data to external storage.
Spotlight

Featured partner placement for the forum front page.

1945s steam - Vario-Sonnar and Takumar-Zoom shots
Post new topic Reply to topic
View previous topic :: View next topic  


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:24 pm
Post subject: 1945s steam - Vario-Sonnar and Takumar-Zoom shots
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:24 pm
Post subject: 1945s steam - Vario-Sonnar and Takumar-Zoom shots
Reply
Here's a few more from today, shot with the Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 35-70/3.4 and the Asahi S-M-C Takumar-Zoom 85-210/4.5:

Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 35-70/3.4

#1


Watercress 1945 14 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#2


Watercress 1945 15 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#3


Watercress 1945 16 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#4


Watercress 1945 17 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

Asahi S-M-C Takumar-Zoom 85-210/4.5

#5

Watercress 1945 18 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#6


Watercress 1945 19 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#7


Watercress 1945 20 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#8


Watercress 1945 21 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#9


Watercress 1945 22 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

#10


Watercress 1945 23 by <<BackToTheFuture>>, on Flickr

Last edited by ManualFocus-G on Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:11 pm; edited 1 time in total


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:32 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:32 pm
Post subject:
Reply
You do get the best from those lenses Very Happy


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:53 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:53 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Great captures! (But why do I get visions of "Dad's Army"?) Wink


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:18 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:18 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Thanks chaps Smile Totally agree about the Dad's Army bit Laughing


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:54 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:54 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Wow!! Great shots! Very Happy


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:21 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:21 pm
Post subject:
Reply
danikatia wrote:
Wow!! Great shots! Very Happy

+1 greatly captured !


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:31 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:31 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Really nice shots with great atmosphere. I'm surprised about the great IQ of the Tak zoom. Very well .......

Wink


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:33 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:33 pm
Post subject:
Reply
I liked all of them. Was a movie being shot..(in regards to the "military")?
Cheers, Pickles.


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:53 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:53 pm
Post subject:
Reply
You appear to have had nice clear air. I've just been in Wiltshire over Christmas and was reminded how much later it comes light in the mornings compared to Suffolk, also it rained virtually non-stop but films going off to the developer either tomorrow or next week. That Zeiss lens is nice but, tell me, had you got a polarising filter fitted?


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:16 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:16 pm
Post subject:
Reply
#7 to me excellent!


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:31 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:31 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Looking through a window back in time, wonderful series, Graham!


Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:57 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:57 pm
Post subject:
Reply
Thanks again, it was a great day out Smile

I didn't have any filters on the lenses, although for the first train shot I reduced highlights a bit as I overexposed. I should have used a CPL for the second train shot with the Zeiss, I think it would have balanced the sky better.


Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:14 am
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:14 am
Post subject:
Reply
What a fun day, except for the American unis Rolling Eyes

"over sexed, overpaid and over here" Embarassed


patrickh


Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:59 am
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:59 am
Post subject:
Reply
What kind of magnifying filter did you have on? I can't help thinking the GIs are considerably more portly looking than the real ones were. Smile


Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:00 am
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:00 am
Post subject:
Reply
Another very nice series, my favourite is #7 !
The people there put a great effort into this reenactment, it's great to see that happening, the costumes and the trains look great.
The classic Vario is a guarantee of success Very Happy

P.S. did you know that the costumes designers for film and TV have a real problem re-creating those early XX century clothings convincingly?
The reason is that the fabrics today are not made in the same way as then. The raw materials were processed differently, the colouring was different,
and the clothes were also tailored differently. Outside from the starting materials (wool, cotton, linen), everything else today is different.
I was not aware of that, I read about it on a magazine. Particularly the wool clothes are very difficult to reproduce convincingly in texture and colouring,
unless you replicate exactly the same production methods of the time from the very start of the line - which is of course difficult and expensive.


Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:42 am
Post subject:
Reply
Post
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:42 am
Post subject:
Reply
That's a great series G. 4 and 6 are my favourites, especially 4 with the lady looking back at the camera.
Post new topic Reply to topic
Page 1 of 1