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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7785 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
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It rained all day today and was terribly dark and gray so I spent some time figuring out a temporary mount solution. In the end I used an empty tin that once contained minced beef, an M42-A mount adapter, some epoxy putty, a piece of sticky-backed black flock material and lots of black electrician's tape.
Even in the terrible light conditions, the lens performs very well, this was wide open, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, I had to turn up the brightness a tad in Photoshop, but otherwise, no PP.
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we need pictures Ian...... _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
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wolfhansen
Joined: 06 Oct 2013 Posts: 511 Location: Germany, Ruhr Area
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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wolfhansen wrote:
+1 looks great _________________ Greets
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers guys, I'll take a picture of my temporary mount solution tomorrow. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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CBokeh
Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 147 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:17 am Post subject: |
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CBokeh wrote:
Very nice job, Ian. I wish I could buy a $29 "paperweight" that took such great shots...
iangreenhalgh1 wrote: |
It rained all day today and was terribly dark and gray so I spent some time figuring out a temporary mount solution. In the end I used an empty tin that once contained minced beef, an M42-A mount adapter, some epoxy putty, a piece of sticky-backed black flock material and lots of black electrician's tape.
Even in the terrible light conditions, the lens performs very well, this was wide open, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, I had to turn up the brightness a tad in Photoshop, but otherwise, no PP.
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers. Sadly, 29ukp is not going to be the final cost because I'm going to have to pay t have it properly mounted in a helicoid; however, I feel it will be worth every penny.
We had sunshine today so I made a few more test shots. Focus is a bit tricky with my improvised mount, but the lens is superb, sharp as anything I have ever shot, contrast and colours and first rate, minimal CA, I love it.
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100% crop:
#4 Into the sun, but no flare,no loss of contrast
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100% crop: one of the three or four shots out of about 25 that exhibit some CA
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#7 Into the sun again, still no flare or loss of contrast
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_________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Billou
Joined: 01 Feb 2013 Posts: 169 Location: Germany
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Billou wrote:
Looks very good ! Congrats on your bargain. |
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16544 Location: Weinheim, Germany
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
Looks like a very capable lens, lets see what it does in "real photography"!! _________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Yes, might have to wait until it is properly mounted in a helicoid before doing any 'real' work. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7785 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
let me know the diameter Ian, I have a huge old Sun zoom here that could be cannibalized. _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me.
My Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudplugga/
My ipernity -
http://www.ipernity.com/home/294337 |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cool, I shall measure it tomorrow. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I took pictures of the adaptation, but for some reason, my PC is refusing to recognise the sd card, grrrr.
Here's some shots I made with the sonnar just before sunset yesterday:
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#2 After some processing with silver EFEX
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100% crop:
_________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16544 Location: Weinheim, Germany
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:31 am Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
Impressive results Ian! _________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:24 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers Klaus. However, it now makes me feel I need to upgrade all of my lenses to T*and that is an expensive proposition. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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bernhardas
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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bernhardas wrote:
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15685
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
One of the main problems I have is that most of my best and most favoured lenses don't fit my new a850, particularly my Hexanons as I have almost all of them and some of them like the 4/21, 2.8/24, 2.8/35, 1.4/57, 1.7/50, 3.2/135, 3.5/200 are really great, not quite T* quality but not far off. The manual lenses I do have that fit the a850 have proved a mixed bag, some do well on this camera, some not so good. My Schneider DKL lenses are all sharp on the a850, the Curtagon 2.8/35, Tele-Xenar 4/135 and Xenon 1.9/50 are all really nice with vintage character, the Tele-Arton 4/90 and Xenar 2.8/50 are still sharp but haven't managed to grab my heart (yet). The M42 lenses I have have been much more varied, some that were good to very good on my NEX-3 have been unsatisfactory on the a850, often the corner/edge performance is poor, such as the Sankors 3.5/28, 2.8/35 and 3.5/200, but the Sankor 2.5/105 is fine. My Meyers - Primagon 4.5/35 and Primotar 3.5/50 are not as good on the a850 as the NEX-3. The two M42 lenses that have impressed me are the CZJ Pancolar MC 1.8/50 and Mamiya-Sekor SX 2.8/28.
Anyways, my plan is to sell off all the lenses that don't win a place in my heart and replace them with T*. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Mark
Joined: 01 Dec 2012 Posts: 251 Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Mark wrote:
Oh well, good-old Zeissness! Seems to be a capable lens, have fun with it! (And post more pics .) _________________ Latest post on my blog (no new posts):
http://lightbeam-photography.blogspot.hu/2013/10/sword-lilies.html |
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