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Spotmatic
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 4045 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject: Asahi-Kogaku 83mm f/1.9 Takumar portraits |
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Spotmatic wrote:
Somehow I have the feeling that Asahi's oldest fast portrait prime, the 83mm f/1.9 Takumar, is better than all later Takumars... yet I don't know why.
Both shots wide open.
_________________ Peter - Moderator
Pentax K-5 + Pentax 645 + Canon 5D + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Better or not surely at least good as than best 85mm lenses! I am envy really _________________ -------------------------------
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Spotmatic
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 4045 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Spotmatic wrote:
Attila wrote: |
Better or not surely at least good as than best 85mm lenses! I am envy really |
Thanks Attila, but knowing which lenses you own, I think I have the right to be envious too _________________ Peter - Moderator
Pentax K-5 + Pentax 645 + Canon 5D + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical |
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Rolf
Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 4123 Location: NRW/Germany
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Rolf wrote:
Wow Peter, what a superb quality. Both images are remarkable and your children are extrem photogenic.
My congrats !! _________________ Rolf |
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Spotmatic
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 4045 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Spotmatic wrote:
Rolf wrote: |
Wow Peter, what a superb quality. Both images are remarkable and your children are extrem photogenic.
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Thanks Rolf! Maybe our kids are photogenic, but that does not mean that they are easy subjects _________________ Peter - Moderator
Pentax K-5 + Pentax 645 + Canon 5D + Bessa RF 10,5cm Heliar, and a 'little' bag full of MF lenses. The lens list is * here *.
My fast 80s: Asahi-Kogaku Takumar 83mm f/1.9 - Super-Takumar 85mm f/1.9 - FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited - Cyclop 85/1.5 (Helios-40 innards) - Komura 80mm f/1.8 - Meyer Görlitz Primoplan 7,5cm 1:1.9 - Carl Zeiss Jena 80mm f/1.8 Pancolar - Canon 85mm f/1.8 S.S.C. - Canon 85mm f/1.2 S.S.C. Aspherical |
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Rolf
Joined: 02 May 2009 Posts: 4123 Location: NRW/Germany
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Rolf wrote:
Spotmatic wrote: |
Rolf wrote: |
Wow Peter, what a superb quality. Both images are remarkable and your children are extrem photogenic.
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Thanks Rolf! Maybe our kids are photogenic, but that does not mean that they are easy subjects |
Yes Peter, that´s right. Children are always none easy subjects, but they are the best and most valueable we "own". _________________ Rolf |
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tobbsman
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 2578 Location: Austria
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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tobbsman wrote:
Very natural portraits again. I like the simplicity of the "posing" of your childs.
And YES, great lens indeed ...
Cheers
Tobias _________________ Camera Pentax K10D, K20D, Super A
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SMC A35-105 3.5, SMC A70-210 4, SMC A20 2.8, SMC M28 2.8,K28/3.5 SMC A28 2.8, SMC A100 2.8 Macro, CZJ Flektogon 20 2.8 (MC), 35 2.4 (MC),S.M.C Takumar 85mm 1.8, Helios 44M-4, A.Schacht Travenar 90/2.8, C.Zeiss J. Sonnar 180/2.8
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