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Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 Macro APO-Lanthar sample pics topic
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:34 am
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:34 am
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I guess, even as a Leica (and Nikkor) lover I need to admit that this is an absolutely fantastic lens. Wink

Excellent shots, gentlemen!


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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:34 pm
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:34 pm
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A roof's edge in Tuscany (Nikon D700 + CV 125):



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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:05 pm
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:05 pm
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Here are a few of mine






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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:23 pm
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:23 pm
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great colors rawhead!


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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:29 pm
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:29 pm
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excellent and nice pictures ..

but rawhead -- how did you take the picture of that leaf?? Shocked

that's unbelievable!!!

tf


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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:48 pm
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:48 pm
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NikonD wrote:
great colors rawhead!


Thanks Smile


trifox wrote:
but rawhead -- how did you take the picture of that leaf??



Looks cool, doesn't it?

While it looks like a leaf that is falling, it was in fact a leaf that was suspended in mid-air by some kind of thin bug thread (some kind of caterpillar maybe? Probably not spider thread).



Not to say it was stationary and easy to shoot. Hardly. It was quite windy, and the thread must have been at least 3m long... the leaf was hanginf rom a branch that was way over my head.

Which meant that this leaf was dancing around all over the place. I sat there mesmerized by the scene, then furiously shot about a 100 frames (thank god to digital), and this is one of the 15-20 frames or so that came out above decent in terms of sharpness, etc. Smile

Thanks!


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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:25 pm
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:25 pm
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Awesome shots - bokeh, colors, ideas... great! Smile


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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 1:56 am
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 1:56 am
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Absolutely... mar-ve-lous. Great gear, good hand!


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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:03 pm
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:03 pm
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Pentax *ist DS ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/180s f/3.5 at 125.0mm iso400


Pentax *ist DS ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/500s f/2.4 at 125.0mm iso400


Pentax K20D ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/160s f/5.6 at 120.0mm iso200


Pentax K20D ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/400s f/8.0 at 125.0mm iso100


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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:41 pm
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 9:41 pm
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Piotrek wrote:
Pentax *ist DS ,Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 SL Macro APO-Lanthar
1/180s f/3.5 at 125.0mm iso400



Hard to believe, that this shot was made with f3,5!

Klaus


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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:07 pm
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:07 pm
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exaklaus wrote:

Hard to believe, that this shot was made with f3,5!

Klaus



it is crop. Full photo looks like that:



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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:36 pm
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:36 pm
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Piotrek wrote:
not so bad lens - good for macro, portraits and landscapes


I just spent considerable time browsing your photos. Your skill in handling this versatile photographer's brush is... enviable Very Happy

Vilhelm


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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 10:43 pm
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 10:43 pm
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Piotrek: Once again your macro shots have amazed me. That dragonfly is on another level.


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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:49 pm
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Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:49 pm
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Today was one of those days when nothing seems to go right, and I managed to miss focus, exposure or composition despite shooting over a hundred photos.

Well, one is worth uploading, it shows really well the bokeh this lens can produce



The rest of the gallery is here
http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/mfl_club_members/esoxlucius/125apolanthar/

Vilhelm


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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:22 pm
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 6:22 pm
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wide open, low keyed with two SB-800 flashes. desaturated, other than that no pp



original size: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mureena/4615629045/sizes/l/


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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:48 pm
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:48 pm
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Spectacular shots gentlemen!

I now want this lens (too)!
Help me a bit.
1. This comes in Minolta mount? Which is the recommended adapter for a 5D2 ?
2. How much does this gem weight?


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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 2:05 pm
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 2:05 pm
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I don't want to sound harsh but as replies to your question are already available by using the forum search...
This is a "post photos discuss lens" thread. The Mflenses forum has sth like 29 Macro APO-Lanthar topics on this forum
and only 2 of them focus on images.

Here's a quick reply for you as a newcomer.

nkanellopoulos wrote:

1. This comes in Minolta mount? Which is the recommended adapter for a 5D2 ?
2. How much does this gem weight?


1. Lens is discontinued since 2003. Yes, it was available in Minolta mount but it is very rare in that mount,
less than 1 000. Search on eBay is your best (and almost only) chance to find one. It was also available in Canon EF mount,
expect to pay 1500 to 1600 EUR for one in Canon EF mount. Weight is 690grams, easily found with Google.

Recommended adapter for 5D Mk II
http://forum.mflenses.com/adapter-availability-for-different-camera-systems-t23945.html

http://forum.mflenses.com/5d-mark-ii-lens-compatibility-chart-t15761.html

Last edited by Esox lucius on Sun May 23, 2010 7:13 am; edited 2 times in total


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Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:21 pm
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Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:21 pm
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No BS, only pics Smile

Ok, those are too big, but I do it on purpose.

This one was shot wide open, but the VL125 shows sharpness and microcontrast like a normal tele stopped down to f/8.




This one is a 50% crop:


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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 7:59 am
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 7:59 am
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Even though I have this lens I am Shocked by the results. Peter, those are fantastic!

Vilhelm


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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:56 pm
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:56 pm
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Bokeh and color, more areas where this lens shines. These are shot in sunny weather, WB 5200K and no saturation added (color mode is Standard).

It's quite hard to describe bokeh, so here it is from wide open to f/8. Exposures are not completely comparable, they're all hand-held but focus point is the same.

f/2.5



f/4



f/5.6



f/8



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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 5:46 pm
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 5:46 pm
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Last bokeh shot of today, f/4 and defocused on purpose



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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:05 pm
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:05 pm
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The 125 is good in the bokeh department, eh? Thanks for sharing!

Here are my samples from today, from my new "studio". I used two 30-year old Courtenay studio flashes pointing to the sloping ceiling of my attic.









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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:31 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:31 pm
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More in the exploring bokeh series. All shot wide open at near minimum focusing distance.







Original size here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mureena/sets/72157623176867047/


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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:28 am
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"Forget-me-not" (hand-held & cropped); Nikon D700 @ !SO 400, f/4, 1/500 sec:


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Sorry guys the following pics were not captured with CV125. It was CV90 instead. I just cannot resist to not share. Lanthar 90/3.5 shows very similar behaviour for a really decent price.

Lanthar 90/3.5 @5.6
Cheap Chinese reflector camera bottom left:



100% crop:


More results with close focus:
www.flickr.com/photos/darctures/4620449401/in/set-72157624092025390/
www.flickr.com/photos/darctures/4620449253/in/set-72157624092025390/
www.flickr.com/photos/darctures/4621061594/in/set-72157624092025390/
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