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Doppel Anastigmat 16.5cm f4.5 Laack Rathenow
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:56 am    Post subject: Doppel Anastigmat 16.5cm f4.5 Laack Rathenow Reply with quote

I know this lens has made its debut here,with a name like this its hard to forget. I was sitting on this for a while and finally after cleaning the elements ,I have some images to share;mounted on bellows on Sony Alpha 700.









PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Probably made for a 10x15cm plate camera- in US terms intermediate between a 4x5 and a 5x7. 10x15 was one of the standard European plate sizes.

It looks like you have a lens board for it ?


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 2:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a beautiful lens, and very alluring results too.


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A great find!

I like the red tulip pic. You should try it for portraits.


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto re the tulip, and I also think you should try a portrait


PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2011 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you all very much-I will def. keep potraits in mind.


PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BUMP.

I picked up one of these not really knowing what the FL was, it said "168 or maybe 185mm, hard to read" . I bid 11 dollars. Twelve shipping so 23 all in. Cobbled together a crazy setup to mount on a7rii. Nex EF helical, 31mm plus 21mm EF ext tubes, EF-m42, m42 17-31 helical, m42 12-19 helical,m42 short tube 21mm iirc, m42 to m52 helical, Blu-Tak to lens. I get infinity down to about 3 feet minimum focus. It looks like this:

Shortend to infinity:


A bit later I'll load some shots.


PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a lens in there somewhere? Wink Wink

Just kidding!

And I thought I was bad for extension tubes and bellows together Razz.
Images should be interesting!

-D.S.


PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As promised, a few shots with my contraption.

At infinity:



Macro




Portrait:






Soft light.


Color.






Wide open.



F9.





Artsy.




PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1 Like 1 #10 & #14 best for me


PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks! It does have the "trioplan bubble bokeh" in some circumstance. It has better contrast than most uncoated lenses I have tried. These are all jpg from camera no tweaks beyond the 190000 size selector on upload. The kitty portraits were in poor lighting condition indoors and very close, so thin depths of field made focusing a bit challenging.


PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the mountain blue-bird house at f9.
That lens handles shades of grey surprisingly well for un-coated.

Like 1 Like 1

-D.S.


PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a shot of my copy. Not as pretty as the one kathmandu has. But the glass is clear and the aperture works as designed.