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Rolleinar MC 55mm f/1.4
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:31 pm    Post subject: Rolleinar MC 55mm f/1.4 Reply with quote

According to :

http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Rollei_QBM_Schneider_dt.html

" The Rolleinar series was introduced as cheaper alternative to the Carl Zeiss/ Rollei HFT series. Most of the lenses were build at Mamiya in Japan and earned a good reputation; some were labelled as "Voigtländer AR" (this in difference to the Rollei HFT series above -- don't know what AR actually stood for). Most labeled "Made in Japan" (no Singapore made in this series) but for some reasons a few also had the "Made in Germany" (probably made before the bancrupty of Rollei in 1981) "

Rolleinar MC 1:1,4/55mm
High Speed Standard Lens
also sold for Voigtländer (ex Zeiss Contarex Planar design 1959 - Johann Berger)
7 lenses in 5 groups
45 degree image field
270 Grams
Filter: 49mm
Bay: QBM IV only
Built: 1977-1981
Mamiya, Japan

Here I got one in mint condition :






PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some sample photos. I forced mount it onto my Olympus E330 and secure with a thick cloth band. It got stuck in the mount a few times. It is also very hard to get it in focus. I had to use live view and the 10x zoom. A little tiny turn of the focusing ring will get it off focus Embarassed









PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am waiting for a proper adaptor. The blur or out of focus area looks weird, as it had been shifted. What do you guys think ?


PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah ... we need to see how it performs after you get the adapter

Actually, i love the bokeh on the last shot!


PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hari wrote:
Yeah ... we need to see how it performs after you get the adapter

Actually, i love the bokeh on the last shot!


Thank you !

it seems the bokeh is like on each corner like this [/]


PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, the rare adaptor had arrived, Rollei to 4/3. I took it out for some testing yesterday night. As I read from here, since its maximum aperture is f1.4, why waste it on sunny day. Laughing

All shot at f1.4, though its bit soft.

1st initial shot to test its bokeh. Taken in a public bus.



Following shots taken yesterday night.







PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks a nice lens really, congrats!


PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attila wrote:
Looks a nice lens really, congrats!


Thanks.

Pretty hard to focus, I had to use the live view plus the 10x zoom


PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2 additional shots of an abandoned cinema




PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very good images. Yor rolleinar is better than mine, that had a strong barrel distortion.

Congratulations.

Rino.


PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

estudleon wrote:
Very good images. Yor rolleinar is better than mine, that had a strong barrel distortion.

Congratulations.

Rino.


Thanks. Sorry to hear about your bad rolleinar. how bad is it actually ?


PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I sold it a time ago. I used my SL 35 E in the 90's with the planar 1,8/50. But looking to the past, I remember that the 1,4/55 had a good color rendering too.

Regards, Rino.