guess which 50mm lens?
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retnull
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(Places envelope to head, in style of Johnny Carson):
Leica Summar
Leica Summar
retnull
Well-known
No wait, not the Summar.
Is it a pinhole?
Depth of field is enormous (though in some images, _nothing_ is in focus).
Is it a pinhole?
Depth of field is enormous (though in some images, _nothing_ is in focus).
LCT
ex-newbie
Hazy lens, focussing problems or abuse of Noise Ninja?
Lord Fluff
Established
Whatever it is, I'd send it back ;-)
nrb
Nuno Borges
I've got one Elmar that produces simmilar results. The Summar is also a suspect but I guess it would produce much more of the so called Leica glow.
LCT
ex-newbie
Needed a good CLA then. Used 3 of them. Never got soft results like that.nrb said:
Old Super Tak duct taped to the Epson?
DwF
Well-known
Subway window Glassilux?
Matthew Allen
Well-known
retnull said:
That was my first thought when I looked at the pictures. Everything is soft and the level of softness varies relatively little. Also, the behaviour of verticals suggests a pinhole, though I'm not sure on this point.
Matthew
ampguy
Veteran
Great guesses, I think the Elmar guesses came the closest, with Summar possibly close. I've never used a Summar but have looked at a lot of photos on screen.
It's an Industar I-22 50/3.5 collapsible screw mount on a Leitz screw to M adapter on the RD1. Glass is clear of haze and fungus, and no cleaning marks, but some dust, probably could use a clean.
I have to admit that on a few (maybe several) of the real out of focus ones, that is not a designed in focus shift of the lens like the Sonnar, it was me not pulling the tube out completely.
The conversion from JPG/film mode 1 color from the RD1s to Sepia mode was done in Picasa.
It's an Industar I-22 50/3.5 collapsible screw mount on a Leitz screw to M adapter on the RD1. Glass is clear of haze and fungus, and no cleaning marks, but some dust, probably could use a clean.
I have to admit that on a few (maybe several) of the real out of focus ones, that is not a designed in focus shift of the lens like the Sonnar, it was me not pulling the tube out completely.
The conversion from JPG/film mode 1 color from the RD1s to Sepia mode was done in Picasa.
nrb
Nuno Borges
Price of a good one was lower than the cost of the Leica CLA. And they weren't doing it any more...LCT said:
georgef
Well-known
I thought maybe this one...
http://cgi.ebay.ca/for-Leica-Skink-wide-angle-Pinhole-Pancake-Lens-M39_W0QQitemZ140206496994QQihZ004QQcategoryZ30063QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
but its results are aftually better he he.
I am, however considering it as a no-lens solution: a truly pockatable camers.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/for-Leica-Skink-wide-angle-Pinhole-Pancake-Lens-M39_W0QQitemZ140206496994QQihZ004QQcategoryZ30063QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
but its results are aftually better he he.
I am, however considering it as a no-lens solution: a truly pockatable camers.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
maybe it is a cheap M39 enlarging lens.
not much focus control to be seen.
not much focus control to be seen.
ampguy
Veteran
yeah
yeah
a but sterile and too contrasty 😀
Nevertheless, I'll have to get one!
yeah
a but sterile and too contrasty 😀
Nevertheless, I'll have to get one!
georgef said:
Benjamin Marks
Veteran
It's the one you forgot to remove the Vaseline from . . .
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crawdiddy
qu'est-ce que c'est?
I would have said "plenty of Leica glow", but perhaps it's Chernobyl glow.
(am I the only one old enough to get this joke?)
(am I the only one old enough to get this joke?)
