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Rodenstock Rodagon 105mm F5.6 on bellows (new pics added!)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:28 pm    Post subject: Rodenstock Rodagon 105mm F5.6 on bellows (new pics added!) Reply with quote
Very good and insanly sharp lens. Colors had to be desaturated on some shots Shocked
I paid only 32€ on Ebay.de for this lens - a real bargain imo - I guess I will never sell it as long as the price stays that low! It's visibly better than any other enlarger lens I tried so far!
ISO was up to 3200 due low light conditions, aperture F8
Due high ISO I made some noise reduction in Lightroom





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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice


PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is an excellent lens indeed, I use it quite often.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good results, have you tested it on the Q?


PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jesito wrote:
Good results, have you tested it on the Q?

No sorry, I have no way to adapt the Q on a bellows
In my experience most good lenses already show at F5.6 diffraction issues on the Q. Might be decent anyway - at least it will be not worse than the the native tele lenses for the Q in resolution (F8 max. aperture).

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A few more:







I hope I will get better light soon... ISO3200 kills a lot detail

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
impressive!... as expected


PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
great series, impressive lens and clean 3200 iso !


PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A few more, same place, from today. Much better light, but still pretty high ISO
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100% crop(!!!)


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Schöne Winterlinge und nette Bienen!


PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It does look to be very good indeed.
Can I ask what causes the 'textured' look on the crop, it doesn't look like any noise I've seen before.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
SonicScot wrote:
It does look to be very good indeed.
Can I ask what causes the 'textured' look on the crop, it doesn't look like any noise I've seen before.

Don't know... Daylight high ISO NEX-C3 RAWs developed in Lightroom 4 noise always look like this here, even without any PP / extra noise reduction etc.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
impressive results.. and inspiring. Thanks for share


PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another one without any PP. This it how it comes out of the camera!

ISO 1600, somewhere between F5.6 and F8 - don't remember.
You have to see it larger to get an better idea of what this lens is capable of
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54671350@N02/8714970142/sizes/k/in/photostream/
A hood would improve it further as it's made for 6x9 medium format coverage(!!!)

In the meanwhile I used it very often for technical documentation (I'm documenting mushroom mycelium growth on different substrates etc. for another forum) - It's extremly useful there as it catches very fine details, even better than most modern macros. For repro-work it's almost unbeatable and I'm pretty sure not beatable for the money (I paid a little more than 30€ for this gem!)!

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PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow I need one Smile


PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
Wow I need one Smile

I told you you should try it Wink Very Happy


PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great lens and very fine samples, I use one also (amongst several). All the rodagons are excellent.


patrickh


PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
Great lens and very fine samples, I use one also (amongst several). All the rodagons are excellent.


patrickh


I would agree to say that all Rodagons are excellent (I also had and still have several more) but the 105/5.6 is imho really outstanding.
When I enlarge the same 35mm negative with the 105mm/5.6 instead of the 50/2.8 (which is made for 35mm!) at the same apertures (~F8 ) the 105mm delivers visibly better results! It's able to catch even the very finest details. When used as taking lens it produces much better microcontrast etc.. Even at high magnification ratios like 1:2 it's shows awesome resolution.
Only drawback are colors which are not well balanced and busy bokeh; but for technical objects when you need max. details it can beat very expensive macro lenses.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
On Sony A7 (full format), all handheld, many around 1:1
On APS-C it worked better for macro, as IQ suffers when used for 1:<1.5
Anyway, lens is so sharp on FF, that it can hurt your eyes Wink That lens must be mindblowing on medium format




Larger: https://www.flickr.com/photos/54671350@N02/13611442544/sizes/k/in/photostream/









Crop from above (handheld!):




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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Beautiful , crystal clear pics!


PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow, very nice!
I have this lens. But I'm not often using it. I dont like the length when attached in NEX. I prefer shorter. My fave one now is Rodagon 28/4


PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
X2!

[]s,

Renato


PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
very nice. lovely bugs.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Congratulations !
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