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Steinheil Culminar 4.5/135 M42
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice rendering. Cool

I've seen this lens before Orio - the original hood is a push-on type.


PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:35 am    Post subject: Steinheil Culminar 4.5/135 M42 Reply with quote
Thanks for sharing Orio . . .

I've wondered what the Steinheils were like - looks great, nice catch!


PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another sample image took hand-held wide open with the Culminar 4.5/135:



And two 100% crops from it, hand-held wide open not sharpened:





Not a bad wide open performance for a triplet lens, eh?


PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Steinheil lenses are good performers indeed.


PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is impressive, Orio.
Triplets are not per se bad, they are quite simple constructions, but nevertheless can be very good performers.


PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very useable wide open in terms of sharpness!


PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio

That is one sharp piece of glass! I cannot bear being shown so many good lenses that I immediately want to get. Will have to wait though bank balance is totally depleted and I still ahve a few lenses to complete checking out. Very Happy


patrickh


PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
Orio
That is one sharp piece of glass! I cannot bear being shown so many good lenses that I immediately want to get. Will have to wait though bank balance is totally depleted and I still ahve a few lenses to complete checking out. Very Happy
patrickh


Isn't this true for most of of us ! Laughing


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have this lens to ,but it's zebra version. and it's not sharp although in F8.
I dont know why?


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
tianqiang0316 wrote:
I have this lens to ,but it's zebra version. and it's not sharp although in F8.
I dont know why?

That's weird. I've never seen a Zebra Culminar. And I've never heard of quality control problems with Steinheil products.
Maybe you're confounding it with another Steinheil as they nearly all have similar names with C in the beginning (Quinaron, Quinon, Quinar, Tele-Quinar, Cassar, Cassaron, Culmigon, Cassarit, Macro-Quinaron, Macro-Quinon, Macro-Quinar, Makro-Cassarit,...)

I also had a (silver) 135/4.5 copy in Leica M39 mount with RF coupling. Mine was also sharp already wide open. I liked it a lot.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ForenSeil wrote:
... another Steinheil as they nearly all have similar names with C in the beginning (Quinaron, Quinon, Quinar, Tele-Quinar, Cassar, Cassaron, Culmigon, Cassarit, Macro-Quinaron, Macro-Quinon, Macro-Quinar, Makro-Cassarit,...)


Question Question

In this list I see some with "C" and some starting with "Q". Wink

IMHO the "C"-lenses are are of basic quality, still good!, and the "Q"-lenses are excellent, as a rule of thumb.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
ForenSeil wrote:
... another Steinheil as they nearly all have similar names with C in the beginning (Quinaron, Quinon, Quinar, Tele-Quinar, Cassar, Cassaron, Culmigon, Cassarit, Macro-Quinaron, Macro-Quinon, Macro-Quinar, Makro-Cassarit,...)


Question Question

In this list I see some with "C" and some starting with "Q". Wink

IMHO the "C"-lenses are are of basic quality, still good!, and the "Q"-lenses are excellent, as a rule of thumb.


Ups, copy- and paste failure! Very Happy


PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ForenSeil wrote:
tianqiang0316 wrote:
I have this lens to ,but it's zebra version. and it's not sharp although in F8.
I dont know why?

That's weird. I've never seen a Zebra Culminar. And I've never heard of quality control problems with Steinheil products.
Maybe you're confounding it with another Steinheil as they nearly all have similar names with C in the beginning (Quinaron, Quinon, Quinar, Tele-Quinar, Cassar, Cassaron, Culmigon, Cassarit, Macro-Quinaron, Macro-Quinon, Macro-Quinar, Makro-Cassarit,...)

I also had a (silver) 135/4.5 copy in Leica M39 mount with RF coupling. Mine was also sharp already wide open. I liked it a lot.


May be I didnt understand it. Today I have try it again, and it become better, but not good enough.


This is the picture address:http://bbs.wps.cn/thread-22322672-1-1.html
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