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sasquatch
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 Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:10 am Post subject: Meyer Optik Primotar 180mm f3.5 |
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sasquatch wrote:
Playing with a new toy I picked up the other day, a Meyer Optik Gorlitz Primotar 180mm f3.5. A few test shots on my 5diii from some local tea room gardens on my way home from collecting it.
Hoping to get out with it for more of a session over the weekend if weather permits.
All except the last shot are unedited beyond some cropping
1.@f3.5
2.@f3.5
3.@f8
4.@f3.5
5. @f3.5 On a 36mm ext tube to reduce the MFD. In a table top studio, PP in photoshop
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BrianSVP
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| Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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BrianSVP wrote:
Doesn't appear to be a contrast champ, but nice rendering and sharpness, and seems to be capable of producing some nice images if you know how to work with its limitations.
I find the final photo in the series particularly nice. |
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kds315*
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| Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
nice results you got! 
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| Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Nordentro wrote:
| kds315* wrote: |
| nice results you got! |
+1, very good 
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sasquatch
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| Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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sasquatch wrote:
| BrianSVP wrote: |
Doesn't appear to be a contrast champ, but nice rendering and sharpness, and seems to be capable of producing some nice images if you know how to work with its limitations.
I find the final photo in the series particularly nice. |
Thanks Brian, the first shot had the least contrast of the wide open shots and I'm not sure what I did differently as the others seem dramatically different. I mainly only bought it as a curiosity and because I like how my other Meyer glass renders images, this one seems to be similar in quality both IQ and build to the 200/4 and 300/4.
| kds315* wrote: |
| nice results you got! |
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| +1, very good Smile |
Many thanks!
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stevemark
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| Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:29 am Post subject: |
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stevemark wrote:
The Primotar 3.5/180 in fact has a rather low contrast, a smooth bokeh and surprisingly little CAs. I used to have a sample back in 2010, but sold it later on since I preferred the CZJ Sonnar 2.8/180mm as a vintage "200mm" lens. Resolution was OK, but not outstanding - it^s basically an inversed Tessar type "normal" lens and as such not a real "tele" lens.
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blotafton wrote:
Sweet shots!
Lowish contrast can be good when working with the curve tool when editing. |
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pabeu
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pabeu wrote:
I have this lens as well. It's nice but big and heavy. |
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