Gifted Zork shift Apo Rodagon N 105 f4

jamaeolus · Expire: 2015-08-20

At a party yesterday a friend gifted me this treasure. He was offloading all his non native Sony E equipment. This is a custom operation set up for Canon EF. He has just sold his last Canon body and had purchased the Alpha 1. His opinion of the Alpha 1 is "A truly remarkable camera" . That, when his current backup is th A7RIV, is saying something. He had a dozen first rate photos of hummingbirds in flight at flowers and said "These are from the first hour of using the camera" The bird eye AF really really works. Back to the subject at hand, I can't wait to try my free toy! (Sunshine? Where ARE you, it's June dammit!)

jamaeolus · Expire: 2015-08-20

calvin83 · Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7555 Location: Hong Kong

A tilt enlarger will allow tons of creativity! Wink

jamaeolus · Expire: 2015-08-20

I have been watching the Apo enlarger lenses from Schneider and Rodenstock and have a few but nothing at this FL. I have looked at Zork adapters and decided I couldn't justify the expense for my already way to expensive hobby. So this gift, completely out of the blue, was like Christmas, my birthday and Thanksgiving all rolled into one!

simple.joy · Joined: 30 May 2022 Posts: 587

Congrats! Thatâ€˜s a great gift. That lens is considered one of the best ELs there is at this focal length, as far as I know.

JMC · Joined: 29 May 2018 Posts: 178 Location: London, UK

Lovely gift. I managed to get a Zoerk adapter by chance. It was from a dealer who was selling a "Hasselblad to M39 adapter" for about 50GBP. When it turned up it was a Zoerk ball setup and variable extension tube.

16:9 · Joined: 04 Apr 2014 Posts: 304 Location: UK

Great catch! I wrote a few articles about the ZÃ¶rk adaptors, and enjoyed using them. The 105/4 N is great, too - probably the best enlarger lens of that focal length to use at non-macro distances. If you ever want to sell it, let me know - the adaptor, I mean, I already have a 105/4.

jamaeolus · Expire: 2015-08-20

A couple of shots:

16:9 · Joined: 04 Apr 2014 Posts: 304 Location: UK

I love the low-contrast/hi-res look of the longer Apo-Rodagons, and the 105/4 has the most attractive bokeh, too - wide open, at least. If you like the look, there is a much cheaper alternative: the Vega 5U 105/4. It's very soft wide open - which can be useful - but excellent at f8. It has a similar drawing style. I'll post something for comparison tomorrow.

jamaeolus · Expire: 2015-08-20

one more with a little better light. Wide open and shifted to get the layer where the flowers meet to be in focus. It was early morning but the sun wasn't shining on these flowers, they were still in the shade.

e6filmuser · Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 822 Location: Reading UK

I can see the tilt. Is the shift around the other side? There is a tendency for sellers of tilt lenses to describe them as tilt/shift, which most are not.

jamaeolus · Expire: 2015-08-20

My bad. It is a tilt. Not a shift. DOH! Brainfart.

baarsofia42 · Joined: 21 Aug 2023 Posts: 1 Location: Singapore