21mm Super Angulon

I finally got one roll from my "Minolta CLE + SA21/3.4 + VC Meter II + VC 21mm VF" setup.

The first roll was neopan 1600, but it was still under development. What I got here is from the second roll, Kodak E100G slide. Unfortunately, I'd been quite busy during this roll, and was forced to shot in the "available darkness" with f3.5 + iso100, which led to shutter speed = 1 second. Handheld....

Luckily the shutter mechanism of the Minolta CLE is very quiet and soft, very close to a Leica M, and therefore I was able to get some decent shots with 1-second handheld.



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(Please note that, the slowest shutter speed from the Minolta CLE is 1s (I haven't tried the B shutter though), and with f3.5 + iso100, sometimes 1s is still not long enough. Therefore some of the shots were actually under-exposed and pushed back to normal in Photoshop.)

I really love how this lens performs on the slides. Better than what I got from the same lens on the R-D1s. (On the other hand I never shot with this lens + R-D1s in RAW...gotta try it sometime.) Now I'm waiting for the first B/W roll.
 
I found another 21/3.4 superangulon in my local shop...But the element seems a little loose inside (Tom mentioned about this before if i recall correctly). Is it a easy fix for experienced tech? or is it a easy DIY? It's priced very fairly. I am attempt... Just want to make sure if it is worth the trouble.
 
At LAST.... a few SA shots
can't wait to try it in Colour /ANY RECOMMENDATIONS as to which Color Film?
M2 -TMax 400 -Ilford DDX
 

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Two More....
 

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@ deepwhite: #6 is great !! 1s handheld ... I have to try this some time ... :)

@ Helen: Your BW look very good ! You should try some E100VS with this lens ... ;)
 
Thanks for your Comments & Encouragement :) Trius, Nando,& Gabor :)

will pick up some COLOUR Film this week
another set B&W...
 

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These are great, Helen. As Gabor suggested, a nice saturated film would look good with that lens - like Velvia 50 (still available via ebay), or 100EVS, 160VC, or such.

Cheers,

Roland.
 
I am the Alex mentioned by Helen. Should have the SA next week. BTW I called Leica and this particular SA was in the last batch of 100 SAs made. Thats a cool historical detail about this sample.

WIll post photos once I use it a bit.
 
qruyk12 said:
I am the Alex mentioned by Helen. Should have the SA next week. BTW I called Leica and this particular SA was in the last batch of 100 SAs made. Thats a cool historical detail about this sample.

WIll post photos once I use it a bit.
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And I have the one just before it - 2917099!! Two sequentially numbered S-A's in Canada!
 
serial number range

serial number range

according to Leica, 150 was last serial. we are both in the last batch of 100 made.:rolleyes:
 
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