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Tessar 2.8/50 for Contax I collapsible - film test
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:14 am    Post subject: Tessar 2.8/50 for Contax I collapsible - film test Reply with quote
Just a few frames to test the Tessar 2.8/50 collapsible (1931) for Contax I with B&W film
Camera used: Zeiss Ikon. Film: T-Max 400. Developer: Gradual ST 20
The photos are not post-processed in any way except for framing.

#1 - wide open



#2 - stopped down



#3 - stopped down



#4 - wide open


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bokeh looks suprisingly swirling and IQ suprisingly good! Shocked
Thank you for sharing! Very interesting!
I wonder how it works on color negative film.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ForenSeil wrote:
Bokeh looks suprisingly swirling


Yes (which I do not really like), but in close focus only. With distant focus, it normalizes pretty much.

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and IQ suprisingly good! Shocked


Yes, need more testing but so far I am positively impressed.

ForenSeil wrote:
Thank you for sharing! Very interesting!
I wonder how it works on color negative film.


Thanks. I will test that too Smile


PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
In the first picture is clearly detectable a strong field curvature: it's in focus the nearest grass.


PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A 1931 lens helped you make these shots?! I love the "feel" of the shots. Excellent!


PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Amazing!!


PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sir, those shots really are about the best 35mm photos, dimensionally and communicative quality wise, that I've seen. Now I want one.


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ultrapix wrote:
In the first picture is clearly detectable a strong field curvature: it's in focus the nearest grass.


Yes, I agree, but I think not strong, only a little. There is not a big distance on the focus plane between the edge of the statue basement
(that I focused on) and the foreground grass. It is also possible that I front-focused a little.
The field curvature is a circumstance that can help creating the "3D" feel and this is the reason why Zeiss has never really corrected it in some optics; for instance,
even the recent 2/28 Distagon has quite a good amount of field curvature that Zeiss did not correct on purpose, because it contributes significantly to the famous
image rendition of that lens, which users expected to find from the time of the Contax version of the lens (a lens that at the time was
priced above the budget of most).


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
skida wrote:
A 1931 lens helped you make these shots?! I love the "feel" of the shots. Excellent!


Attila wrote:
Amazing!!


Thanks guys!

Nesster wrote:
Sir, those shots really are about the best 35mm photos, dimensionally and communicative quality wise, that I've seen.


Wow, really? Thanks a lot!

Nesster wrote:
Now I want one.


There were some around on Ebay the moment I took mine. Try taking a look.


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, Orio: these look close to a a good classic 120 camera/lens, and so to me are at the top of the heap in this particular category. Smile Of course there are the modern looks and the large format looks too... But for my particular poison it won't get much better. I am digging out my Kiev.
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