paulfish4570
Veteran
FED-2d, Industar-61, BW400CN
JayC
5 kids,3 dogs,only 1 wife
I have that lens, but usually can't pick out the differences between lenses. Please tell me what you like about the "look" based on the attached pictures.
wolves3012
Veteran
I love the I-61 with colour - quite sharp and contrasty.
Sharp and Contrasty Tessar formula lens- pretty much sums it up. Sharp wide-open.
I will be posting a thread on shimming the I-61L/D for the Leica soon. Gave mine an edge for close-up and wide-open.
I will be posting a thread on shimming the I-61L/D for the Leica soon. Gave mine an edge for close-up and wide-open.
Uwe_Nds
Chief Assistant Driver
Brian,
Great - I have an I-61 in the mail from Ukraine.
Paul,
I also started to very much appreciate the Tessars (again) recently.
Cheers,
Uwe
Great - I have an I-61 in the mail from Ukraine.
Paul,
I also started to very much appreciate the Tessars (again) recently.
Cheers,
Uwe
Brian Legge
Veteran
Any thoughts on how this lens compares to those on compact fixed lens rangefinders (ie Canonet 17s, Olympus 35RD, etc)? I'm particularly curious about how it does wide open.
I picked up a I64 LD based on its reputation a few months ago... and still don't have a LTM camera to put it on. I'm holding out for a FED 2 but was hoping to find one here or on APUG... only none have come up since then.
I picked up a I64 LD based on its reputation a few months ago... and still don't have a LTM camera to put it on. I'm holding out for a FED 2 but was hoping to find one here or on APUG... only none have come up since then.
Mablo
Well-known
Industar 61 is a fine lens but it's not at its best fully open I must say. From f/4 upwards it's sharp and nicely contrasty in B&W, cannot comment about colours as I don't shoot much colour film.
The photo below is taken wide open or stopped down one stop. Please note that the dog is steaming after a summer rain shower so all the haze is not because of the lens. It's not bad at all but bokeh is muddy IMO. Still I like I/61 is one of the better if not the best of FSU lenses.
The photo below is taken wide open or stopped down one stop. Please note that the dog is steaming after a summer rain shower so all the haze is not because of the lens. It's not bad at all but bokeh is muddy IMO. Still I like I/61 is one of the better if not the best of FSU lenses.
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lorriman
Established
Mablo, what film/dev is that? Great grain.
Mablo
Well-known
Lorriman, It's definitely APX400 (Rollei Retro 400) and Rodinal, likely 1:50 or 1:100, can't remember exactly.
paulfish4570
Veteran
With this bw400cn, the "look" is the velvet richness of the blacks. This was my first roll of black and white with the lens. I liked it with a roll of Kodak Gold 200 color also.
In my little pod of RF lenses, and with only two rolls notched, I would say the I-61 sort of combines the contrast of my Jupiter-8 with the utter tonal smoothness of my Canon 50/1.8.
These shots were made on my FED-2d, which is having some shutter capping and timing issues; I lost a few shots on the roll because of the issues.
I made a few shots with the I-61 on my Bessa R yesterday and today. I am hoping it matches up well. If not, maybe I can get Brian to help me shim it into perfection on the Bessa ...
In my little pod of RF lenses, and with only two rolls notched, I would say the I-61 sort of combines the contrast of my Jupiter-8 with the utter tonal smoothness of my Canon 50/1.8.
These shots were made on my FED-2d, which is having some shutter capping and timing issues; I lost a few shots on the roll because of the issues.
I made a few shots with the I-61 on my Bessa R yesterday and today. I am hoping it matches up well. If not, maybe I can get Brian to help me shim it into perfection on the Bessa ...
paulfish4570
Veteran
Mablo, that shot of the lab also shows the dreamy black that I see on my shots ...
Wahoo
Washing on Siegfried Line
I 61 on 6530xxx FED 4 - Kodak 400cn
Wahoo
Washing on Siegfried Line
Here comes another .
NathanJD
Well-known
I think i've said it before about the I-61 that I find that the images are a little busy for my taste. i prefer it's predecessor the I-26 to some extent but the J-8 is my favourite. i feel that these FSUs work best with colour film. Paul, your photos are great by the way and i don't want you to think that my comment is any kind of criticism on that score!