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Gatorengineer64
Joined: 26 Oct 2017 Posts: 279
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:56 pm Post subject: Some DKL Lens questions |
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Gatorengineer64 wrote:
Hi,
I have accumulated a few DKL lenses
1.9 Xenon,
28 F4 Curtagon
85 Arton
135 Xenar
A few questions if I could:
1) The Aperature doesnt work in my adapater on the very small Arton. Does anyone else have luck with this lens in their adapter? Manually the aperature moves on the lens, but for some reason the pin doesnt seem to catch.
2) Second question how good is the 35 F2.8 curtagon? The three I can shoot seem superb.
3) Are the Rodenstocks even better or just more collectible?
Thanks in advance _________________ A7R4, GFX50R and a bucket of mflenses |
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calvin83
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7547 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 3:47 am Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
3) Are the Rodenstocks even better or just more collectible?
They are different things, especially how they render the colors. The Xenon is sharper than the Heligon at wide open. The 85 and 135 should have similar sharpness but I have not compare them side by side. _________________ https://lensfever.com/
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IAZA
Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 2587 Location: Indonesia
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:18 am Post subject: |
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IAZA wrote:
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2) Second question how good is the 35 F2.8 curtagon? |
It's good, nice color, sharp. one thing I dont like is minimum distance is too long
here's my samples https://ihyaahsani.blogspot.co.id/2011/06/schneider-kreuznach-curtagon-3528.html _________________ nex5, Olympus EPM1, yashica half 14, Canon eos 650 want to see samples of mine? please click My lenses
and My gallery
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Gatorengineer64
Joined: 26 Oct 2017 Posts: 279
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:30 am Post subject: |
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Gatorengineer64 wrote:
Thanks for the input much appreciated. _________________ A7R4, GFX50R and a bucket of mflenses |
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jamaeolus
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 2913 Location: Eugene
Expire: 2015-08-20
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:15 am Post subject: |
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jamaeolus wrote:
The helical adapters really help minimum distance issuues with suitable lenses. I have both nex m42 and nex EF. They do, though, throw a lot of reflected light back and cause ghosting or flair in some lenses and situations. _________________ photos are moments frozen in time |
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calvin83
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7547 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:40 am Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
jamaeolus wrote: |
The helical adapters really help minimum distance issuues with suitable lenses. I have both nex m42 and nex EF. They do, though, throw a lot of reflected light back and cause ghosting or flair in some lenses and situations. |
The adapter should not cause much of reflection if yours DKL adapter has a small opening. _________________ https://lensfever.com/
https://www.instagram.com/_lens_fever/
The best lens is the one you have with you. |
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kypfer
Joined: 27 Sep 2017 Posts: 513 Location: Jersey C.I.
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:27 am Post subject: |
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kypfer wrote:
My 85mm Retina-Tele-Arton works fine with my DKL-PK adaptor, a lovely small lens for it's focal length.
I have a "full set" of the Schneider-Kreuznach Retina lenses, 28-200mm, most of which I used regularly with my Retina IIIS some years ago and are now getting a fresh life on my Pentax.
It can be important to have the adaptor aperture control set to minimum when fitting the lens to the adaptor so that the two mechanisms interlink correctly. The lens aperture defaults to minimum when unmounted, so the adaptor linkage needs to be on the correct side of the lens control lever to operate it.
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