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uddhava
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 Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:03 pm Post subject: E. Ludwig Meritar 2.9/50 Exakta mount , Canon Rebel T3 |
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uddhava wrote:
Purchased this lens recently. Not in the greatest shape, but still takes nice pictures. I enjoyed using it.
Please comment. I applied auto contrast and sharpening.
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parabellumfoto
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parabellumfoto wrote:
Very nice colours! I like the first image the most.
Going by the name of the lens my guess is it's a German lens.
I think all German lenses are very good going from the samples I have seen here.
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uddhava
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| Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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uddhava wrote:
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Very nice colours! I like the first image the most.
Going by the name of the lens my guess is it's a German lens.
I think all German lenses are very good going from the samples I have seen here. |
Thanks! I was also impressed by the colors from this lens.
It is a German lens and is a lower quality lens. Still, it seems pretty nice to me. |
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aoleg
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aoleg wrote:
Interesting rendering. Very soft, almost Gauss-smooth background.
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Attila
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| Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
One of the few lens what I always pass it to try later, shockingly good results from a low respected lens, congrats!
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
Great results.
From these it would be difficult to draw the conclusion that it is a second tier lens.
Well taken
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pavko
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pavko wrote:
Quite a nice result for a triplet lens. Have you stopped it a lot? |
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philslizzy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
I've been doing some test on my lenses.
This is my Meritar in M42 mount
1st pic shrunk to fit forum
2nd pic 100% crop, top at full aperture, bottom at 2 stops down. What a difference.
Good results for a common triplet that was used on so many cameras. I have a Bierette with the same Meritar.
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mo wrote:
I have passed up this lens a few times...looks like I have made a mistake  Very nice colors!
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| Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:54 am Post subject: |
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scsambrook wrote:
These images look pretty good.
When the Meritar was being sold back in the late 1950s and early 1960s it was always dismissed as being optically inferior to just about anything else in the shops - it usually appeared only on "entry-level" cameras like the Exa I and its trade-in value was virtually nil. Interestingly, the 100mm Trioplan was seen pretty much in the same light. Today, folks climb over each other to buy the Trioplan and I wonder if the Meritar might go the same way, eventually.
MF Lenses members should maybe start buying Meritars early and often, eh ? 
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std
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std wrote:
I do have this lens and like it a lot. It makes kind of dreamy pictures wide open but very sharp when you stop it down.
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uddhava
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| Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:32 am Post subject: |
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uddhava wrote:
Thanks for the comments.
I was surprised by the nice colors and smooth background. I stopped down the lens a good amount,
unfortunately it doesn't stop at the different apertures so I am not sure what the setting was. Next sunny day I can do some tests.
Purchased it for $9 on a nonworking Exa 1a. I didn't really know what to expect, glad it's decent. |
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