Photos using pre-war Zeiss lenses

[furcafe]

I've posted these before in another thread, but here are shots w/dexdog's rare 5cm/1.5 Sonnar (c.1933) that was made by Zeiss in LTM (probably for the German military):

All taken @ f/1.5 in atrocious club lighting.

 

[Thomas78]

Super Ikonta 530/2 with Tessar 105 mm f/3.8:


Super Ikonta 530-2_03_Fomapan 100_001 von thomas.78 auf Flickr

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Clearly not a rangefinder but, 1.5 sec exposure from my Zeiss Ikoflex III with 80mm f/2.8. and some Kodak Ektar 100

This lens flares like a dog of the female persuasion, still need to try it with a hood.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Here are some (very bad) photos taken with a Zeiss tenagor box camera:

must practice more with this interesting but very difficult (for me) to use camera.

I've had trouble with my Tengor (54/2) as well. It had a tendency to scratch the film (before I bent back and sanded the edges of the film plane).

 

[petronius]

Lumix G1, Tessar 2,8cm/8:

(+dirty windshield)

 

[Godfrey]

Lumix G1, Tessar 2,8cm/8:
...

They're all nice, but this one is absolutely lovely. 🙂

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[Godfrey]

The Robot II I bought a month or so back was manufactured in 1941, the lens is an uncoated Zeiss Jena Biotar 4cm f/2 ... definitely a pre-WWII design. Quite a neat little camera ... here's a scan index composite of the first roll I put through it:

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There are several fun exposures and exposure sequences on the roll. This is one of the photos I'm pretty pleased with, with a little rendering work applied to the scan:

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(You can see the whole set, with a first pass of processing, as a slideshow by clicking this link: Robot II - First Roll

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[richardhkirkando]

Collapsible Tessar 50/2.8 on a Contax I. I sold it along with the camera because I felt it was worth more as a collector piece than a user (and I'm firmly in the user camp), but I kinda wish I would have kept the lens.


Scan-120420-0003.jpg by richardhkirkando, on Flickr

 

[-Nash-]

Collapsible Tessar 50/2.8 on a Contax I. I sold it along with the camera because I felt it was worth more as a collector piece than a user (and I'm firmly in the user camp), but I kinda wish I would have kept the lens.

I ended up listing my Contax I too for this very same reason. As tempted as it may be to burn film through it, there exists a nagging thought in the back of my head saying "the silk straps on the shutter blinds are going to snap any moment now, and then the camera will become junk."

And I concur with you on the lens - its just simply fantastic.

 

[Carum]

Contax IIa, Sonnar 2/5cm, Provia 100F,

 

[CTAPbIU_XPEH_RUSSIA]

Hey Botty! These photos are your relatives? I hate to see people for who can be my grandfather died in 1941 at Moscow ... I understand that things of bygone days, but can do without pictures of people in Nazi uniform?
For example here is a neutral photo machines, shot Zeiss Superikonta 531

 

[botty]

I can only post photos of things I have taken shots of. I took some shots of people in Soviet uniforms the same weekend but they were over exposed and not worth sharing. However some people would be offended by those as well.

As you say, things from a bygone age. I have no political agenda.

 

[petronius]

Tessar 2,8cm/8:

 

[porktaco]

czj sonnar 1.5 uncoated. prewar. rd-1

 

[Chris Bail]

Super Ikonta B 532/16 ca. 1938


Abbey Super Ikonta B Fuji Pro 800Z by Chris Bail, on Flickr

And a couple with my wartime Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5 in LTM for good measure (found this through the classifieds here...)


Abbey by Chris Bail, on Flickr


Tim by Chris Bail, on Flickr


_EPS1158 by Chris Bail, on Flickr

 

[botty]

I am constantly amazed by how good these photographs are using not only the pre-war lenses but also the pre-war cameras.

 

[Boris Stupak]

I'm not a big fan of all the Nazi "reenactment" photos either. I have trouble believing the "reenactors" are completely devoid of a morbid enchantment with the political agenda of the soldiers they like dressing up as. I would not wear such uniforms. Would you dress up as Dr. Mengele or Unit 731 sadists? The whole thing is beyond creepy.

Hey Botty! These photos are your relatives? I hate to see people for who can be my grandfather died in 1941 at Moscow ... I understand that things of bygone days, but can do without pictures of people in Nazi uniform?
For example here is a neutral photo machines, shot Zeiss Superikonta 531

 

[petronius]

G1, Tessar 2,8cm/8:

 

[ianstamatic]

I'm not a big fan of all the Nazi "reenactment" photos either. I have trouble believing the "reenactors" are completely devoid of a morbid enchantment with the political agenda of the soldiers they like dressing up as. I would not wear such uniforms. Would you dress up as Dr. Mengele or Unit 731 sadists? The whole thing is beyond creepy.

+1
As someone who has a father that survived a concentration camp the effects are not always in the distant past.

 

[Vobluda]

+1, it is completly disgusting.

+1
As someone who has a father that survived a concentration camp the effects are not always in the distant past.