'51 1.5/75mm Biotar Wide open Portraits

[F16SUNSHINE]

I know you guys love the crazy Bokeh
Here are a few from yesterday evening.
I prefer the B+W.
It's amazing to me the contrast and saturation this lens brings at f1.5
It's only barely sharp in the center. Care must be used in framing as you can see in these shots (better next time).
Nice atmospheric lens on the 5D.
If anyone knows of a LTM conversion for sale please do let me know.
There are quite a few out there all custom re-mounts. I would love to have one for my RF's.
~A






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[kuuan]

I used not to be a fan of swirly bokeh, but you just may have convinced me otherwise
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[kds315*]

Great bokeh and nice portraits Andy!

LTM conversion for a M42 lens is quite easy - I have some russian adaptor for that. Want one? Exakta is more difficult but also doable, there is an Exakta to M40 + M40-M39 (LTM) ring (not sure about infinity though)
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[Attila]

[Razster]

If I look at it too long, I feel sort of sick to my stomach... It is odd how it does that too me.

I love the look, but damned if I can look at it for long.

[martinsmith99]

I feel sea sick !



I think the images are very different. I'm not completely sold on swirlies, but having used the Helios 44-2 a bit, I am warming to it. I like the 1st B&W image the best regardless of bokeh. It is a very strong composition. Nice work.
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[Spotmatic]

I feel envy!

But... someday I will own one. Maybe this sunday, if the lens gods point me to the right table on the Doesburg fair
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"Old Takumars never die; they just fade away"

Pentax K-7 + Pentax 645 + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, Bessa II Apo-Lanthar and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - S-M-C Takumar 85mm f/1.8 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Komura 85mm f/1.4 - Accura Supertel Tc 1:1.9 f=85mm - Jupiter-9 2/85 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 75mm f/1.5 Biotar - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical - Enna München Ennalyt 85mm f/1.5 - Olympus Zuiko Auto-T MC 85mm f/2

[F16SUNSHINE]

Thanks for all your comments.
The first Image is really the only one that "works" for me.
I could not see printing the other two. Printing is the final measure IMHO

@ Peter
I'm envious of you. We don't have any such fairs within 1000km of my home.
Maybe I should send you a short list for shopping
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[Spotmatic]

Thanks, but having too much choice on a fair is a bad thing too I usually end up buying way too much stuff. The Biotar will be priority #1 now because I was offered a mint Pancolar 1.8/80 yesterday.

But back to your photos: I like this result of optical vignetting! My 58mm f/2 Biotar shows the same swirly bokeh, and so does my Meyer 7,5cm f/1.9 Primoplan. It does not always work out, but in the right conditions the results can be fabulous.
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"Old Takumars never die; they just fade away"

Pentax K-7 + Pentax 645 + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, Bessa II Apo-Lanthar and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - S-M-C Takumar 85mm f/1.8 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Komura 85mm f/1.4 - Accura Supertel Tc 1:1.9 f=85mm - Jupiter-9 2/85 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 75mm f/1.5 Biotar - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical - Enna München Ennalyt 85mm f/1.5 - Olympus Zuiko Auto-T MC 85mm f/2

[pirius]

Beautiful! I guess you can't build your photo career entirely with that kind of look, but adding few of such portraits to a photo session made with some more conventional lens will certainly add a wow factor to it.

[F16SUNSHINE]

[luisalegria]

Very well done, very interesting results !

I have that Biotar, and I don't get these effects, or not quite that extreme. I should use it more.

And you have a lovely model !
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[poilu]

hi sunshine! congrats for your new model
you should check if a lens element is missing or reversed

[Katastrofo]

I like the first one the best, too, but you could have taken these with a
Kodak Starmite and she would still be a babe!

[WallyJr74]

Yea...definitely crazy bokeh!