Steinheil München Culminar 2.8/85mm VL & Bokeh

[Pancolart]

Some of my older photos collected here since from the same lens. Pentax K10D, lens probably wide-open, all edited as required.

Steinheil_White_Rose

Coffeeshop

The_Lathe_of_Heaven

[IAZA]

lovely OOF area

[Fabian]

Nice use of light in #3.

[noddywithoutbigears]

Unusual look and feel but impressive none the less, much more preferable to the usual sample pictures.

[Pancolart]

Thank you guys!

[Willem]

O this is nice. Very " feel good" if you know what i mean.

[jamaeolus]

BUMP:

So I got one of these in an odd lot of cameras "as-is". A Miranda Sensorex with the 50mm 1.8, an Exacta Twin TL with Exaktar 55mm 1.4, and a Tower 37A with the Steinheil. All of the cameras worked except the Twin. The mirror had become unglued. Glued it back and it works. The Exactar for that (Cosina I think) is crystal clear but focus is frozen. The Miranda has a nasty dent in one top corner but works fine as does the lens. The tower is unblemished and works fine. The Steinheil lens which was my desired treasure in the lot is one of the best examples of Steinheil gear I have had the pleasure to work with. Crystal clear glass. Smooth focus and aperture. Tiny corrosion marks to the matte chromed brass in a few unobtrusive places are the only flaws that preclude a mint designation.

[jamaeolus]

[alex ph]

For sure an interesting lens! And quite variable in character, I'd say looking at difference between the very first and the last (for the moment) shots in this thread.

[jamaeolus]

I will try to post some more shots later. Now that I found a workaround for the size issue.

[jamaeolus]

Here is a shot of the lens with 2 stage adapter on Sony A7RIV. Exakta to EF then EF to NEX helicoid.

[jamaeolus]

Front of lens


Side view:

[jamaeolus]

[jamaeolus]

Bokeh

[jamaeolus]

[calvin83]

[jamaeolus]

Kiko is a covid lock down rescue kitten. He is my (reluctant) portrait model. He will almost never look at the camera, though when talking to him he looks at me frequently. Pick up the camera and ...nope, not happening.

[simple.joy]

Congrats that's a wonderful lens and some really nice shots!

I also got a Culminar 85 mm f/2.8 recently and so far I really like it.

Cover a lot of ground by simple.joy, on Flickr

Creativity can start in dark places... by simple.joy, on Flickr

Down-to-earth by simple.joy, on Flickr

I particularly like its rendering (and smoothness because of the relatively low contrast) up close, but also tried it a little bit at distance. It certainly isn't a landscape lens, but it does okay...

[jamaeolus]