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Triotar 135/4..A nice surprise..!
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:02 pm    Post subject: Triotar 135/4..A nice surprise..! Reply with quote
I finally found a Triotar a week ago, and today it arrived Very Happy

Very used but in good condition.

This is what it looks like on Sony A700.




I know this is the oldest lens I have, but is it possible to find out how old this copy is?

One more surprise, this lens is better than I expected Smile Pictures straight from camera, only minor adjustment made in Raw.

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PP has been made on this one.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's made incredible blue eyes! Nice captures! I love your daughter portrait and horse capture the best.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is the newest version of Triotar - probably it was made around 1955. Very nice looking lens! But... I'm still looking for older chrome version Smile
Nice photos, I particularly like the portrait of the horse (what an interesting bokeh!) and the blue of girl's eyes (but they're probably slightly out of focus).


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks very nice - these old triplets generally perform well with attractive character.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
straight into my whish list ... oh, it's already there Laughing

Great captures neighbor!


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
congrats Henrik to get in the triotar club
nice series, nice portrait


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What does the red T mean? Mine doesn't have it Crying or Very sad


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Red T means it has T coating. Carl Zeiss Jena issued lenses with T coating and without that. T coated lenses are more valuable and better generally, but not in every case. I have an Olympic Sonnar 180 with T and without that. My best copy has NO T mark Smile


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I love the Triotar very much. It really has "character and personality". Together with my Pancolar it´s getting my standard-lens.

Here are some recent easter-photos with the Triotar (except "memento mori", which is photographed with the Pancolar): http://www.pixelforum.net/thread.php?threadid=2984

By the way: my copy of the Triotar looks the same as yours and is made of aluminium too, but has no "T".


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice samples Retro! Thank you for sharing!


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
THX! Embarassed


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What a lovely old lens with very surprising results. You'll start a run on Triotars now, same as Maxim did for the Trioplan.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Farside wrote:
What a lovely old lens with very surprising results. You'll start a run on Triotars now, same as Maxim did for the Trioplan.


Exactly! Both lenses are great, with their own personality Smile Both are the triplets closed in beautiful alu tubes. I love this kind of design, but I'm dreaming about older, chrome version of Triotar.
By the way - blue coating of my Trioplan looks similar like the Zeiss T coating Very Happy


PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you all for comments.

It´s funny how old lenses can fascinate. Every time I get one, I start looking for a older model. I would love to own a pre war lens.


PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
lahnet wrote:
It´s funny how old lenses can fascinate. Every time I get one, I start looking for a older model. I would love to own a pre war lens.


The M42 mount was introduced in 1947 so all pre-war lenses have to be remounted -- well, M39 Leica lenses can be used for macro shots with a suitable adapter. However, medium format lenses longer than 100mm are rather easy to remount, you just attach them to a short macro extension tube to facilitate mounting on a bellows. If you don't want to extract the lens from some old camera, the best source for relatively cheap separate lenses is the UK ebay, www.ebay.co.uk, Photography/Vintage Lenses.

Veijo


PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If I get a similar performance from the trotar 3.5 on my Rolleicord I'll be very happy!


PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like the picture of the reeds in the water - quite sharp with accurate colours. The others seem out of focus (or maybe camera-shake?) and have a distinct yellow cast on my screen. Did you do any PP?
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