Voigtlander Heliar Classic 50mm f1.5

[raid]

I love this image too!

 

[raid]

One more from the trip, interior shot

This is another winner , Robert.

 

[raid]

In the short first test session I tried something different, planned to be in B&W, full open hand held and minimal postprocessing

Nicely done in both images.

 

[raid]

It is a lens that you can use continuously at full aperture. Because of the good coating you always have enough contrast.

Erik.

This is a good point, Erik.

 

[robert blu]

Robert ,
looks Great with the M10 !

Thanks Helen, I'm curious to see how I will manage this lens on the M7 and film, hmmmm which film? Not yet sure...

 

[robert blu]

One in colour, full open.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Great shot, clearly the spherical abbaration is seen (the softening of the outside contours of the flute player and the cellist) it is as if the music brings tears to your eyes.

Erik.

 

[raid]

One in colour, full open.

I have seen this band! 🙂
I like your shot, Robert.

 

[Bingley]

It is a family tradition when I get a new tool (toy!) first photo must be of my wife! This is a quick portrait with my new Heliar 50 1.5 VM Classic . I bought the lens planning to use it on my M7 with B&W film but as first test to know it a little bit I used the M10!
I need to order some chemicals before to photograph with film again !

Anyway here is picture # 1 , full open of course

Very impressed with this portrait, Robert. I may reconsider my for sale ad in classifieds…

 

[Bingley]

Robert ,
looks Great with the M10 !

Agree with Helen! I like the angles and the tones look beautiful.

 

[robert blu]

Again my wife, here at the Forst Restaurant in Trento.
This photo required some postprocessing because in order to protect the highklights tha M10 underexposed the frame.

Again full open 1.5, 200 iso, 1/750 sec

 

[raid]

Agree with Helen! I like the angles and the tones look beautiful.

Did you remove your lens from the classified? 🙂

 

[Erik van Straten]

Again my wife, here at the Forst Restaurant in Trento.
This photo required some postprocessing because in order to protect the highklights tha M10 underexposed the frame.

Again full open 1.5, 200 iso, 1/750 sec

Beautiful shot! Great bokeh! Wonderful colors!

Don't sell this lens. It is unique.

Erik.

 

[Bingley]

Did you remove your lens from the classified? 🙂

No, not yet. Still thinking about it… Robert’s photos above are leaning me against selling but I haven’t made a decision yet.

 

[robert blu]

Beautiful shot! Great bokeh! Wonderful colors!

Don't sell this lens. It is unique.

Erik.

Thanks Erik, I had doubts when I bought this lens but now I'm really convinced. It is really a unique lens!

 

[Bingley]

So yesterday my wife and I went to Santa Cruz, CA, to see our son in law play a gig with the band he had played with in high school. I took along the Heliar Classic 50/1.5 on my ME-240. Before going to the concert, we went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk with our daughter and granddaughter, and I took advantage of the scene there to take some street photos in both bw and color. It was a very sunny afternoon and I shot the Heliar Classic stopped down a bit for most of these. First, some sample bw shots...

 

[Bingley]

Here are some color photos at the Boardwalk. The first was shot stopped down at about f.8; the second and third shots were taken at f.4. I have not adjusted the color, although I did make some adjustments in LR for exposure and clarity.

 

[Bingley]

That evening we went to the gig at a Santa Cruz nightclub. I tried to shoot wide open as much as I could, but found it difficult to nail the focus (I had the iso cranked up to 6400) and wound up shooting at f2.0 and f2.8 to get a little depth of field. I'm finding that, at f1.5, the Heliar Classic's depth of field is very shallow; that's part of its charm, but also makes for tricky shooting in dark settings and with moving subjects. I like the way the Heliar Classic handled colors from the concert lighting; I have not adjusted these other than for exposure and clarity.

 

[Bingley]

Here are several more. Leica M-E Type 240, Voigtlander Heliar Classic 50mm f1.5, taken at f2.0 and f2.8:

 

[Bingley]

I'm thinking I may keep this lens after all...