Bingley
Veteran
It would still be nice to have some shots by the Canon and Summaron lenses to compare. Here's one on BW400cn taken not long after I got my sample of the Canon several years ago:
Bingley
Veteran
And here's a color sample from the Canon, which shows the effects of lower contrast. On Portra 400NC:
raid
Dad Photographer
Steve: I like using Fuji Reala 100 or Kodak 100UC with this lens to get nice colors and high resolution.
Bingley
Veteran
Thanks for the tip, Raid. I'll have to try the Canon w/ Reala (I've used that film quite a bit though never w/ that lens). As for 100UC, alas I believe it's been discontinued (along w/ 400UC, which was a real favorite of mine), and I don't think I have any left.
Have you tried the Canon w/ Ektar?
Have you tried the Canon w/ Ektar?
je2a3
je
I've just 're-acquired' my Serenar 35/2.8 which I sold to a cousin 8 years ago since he is trimming down his collection. Here's a sample picture taken a day after I got it back:
Seems like this thread is turning into a Canon 35/2.8 tribute
Seems like this thread is turning into a Canon 35/2.8 tribute
PMCC
Late adopter.
Steve -- Next time you come to town to shoot, let me know and I'll bring my black Canon 35/2.8 and we can compare notes. I have some Reala and 100UC, and some 400NC, all a bit post-dated and needing to be used up. P.
raid
Dad Photographer
No, I have one roll of Ektar that I have not used yet.
Frank Petronia one time sold me 100 rolls of 100UC.
I like it.
Frank Petronia one time sold me 100 rolls of 100UC.
I like it.
Bingley
Veteran
Sounds like a plan, Peter! There are interesting possibilities w/ these old lenses and modern film.
Bingley
Veteran
100UC is (was?) a nice film. Nice pop to the images. I loved 400UC.
Bingley
Veteran
I've just 're-acquired' my Serenar 35/2.8 which I sold to a cousin 8 years ago since he is trimming down his collection. Here's a sample picture taken a day after I got it back:
Seems like this thread is turning into a Canon 35/2.8 tribute
Nice shot! That's a lens worth re-acquiring!
pagpow
Well-known
See Sean Reid
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/fastlensreview.shtml
supports several comments above re high contrast situations and Canon 35/2.8.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/fastlensreview.shtml
supports several comments above re high contrast situations and Canon 35/2.8.
je2a3
je
Thanks! Sweeter, the second time around.
Alberti
Well-known
Canon 35/2.8 Canon Camera Co lens is VERY sharp.
But not aggressively so, no over-corrected stuff. Just nice. Hi-res, lowish on contrast (remember: a lens from 1958 or so . . )
I like the sort of subdued tones;
and the stage of sharpness is maybe larger than Leica 35mm lenses (V-one thatis)
it does not like underexposure, shadows tend to darken quickly...
Street view, wide open
crop
I did only adj. on light, not saturation. So the subduedness of the colors and saturation in practice is not always there.
and on the Monochrome the sharpness and rendering is just astonishing.
But not aggressively so, no over-corrected stuff. Just nice. Hi-res, lowish on contrast (remember: a lens from 1958 or so . . )
I like the sort of subdued tones;
and the stage of sharpness is maybe larger than Leica 35mm lenses (V-one thatis)
it does not like underexposure, shadows tend to darken quickly...
The bokeh is different from any lens I have, that is, I see a ring and an adjacent edge . . .
Street view, wide open
crop
I did only adj. on light, not saturation. So the subduedness of the colors and saturation in practice is not always there.
and on the Monochrome the sharpness and rendering is just astonishing.