3 is the divine number - Show us your photos taken with triplet lenses!

[Filzkoeter]

"Don't buy a TLR with a triplet lens!!! Those are toys, soft, not able to take sharp pictures, garbage, yadda yadda yadda."

Triplets... looked down upon, misunderstood, nearly no one loves them. Everyone wants fancy Tessar or Planar type lenses in their TLRs.




Triplet-shooters! Let us show the world what our simple 3 element lenses are capable of! 😎

I want to see your shots taken with triplet lenses! So take out your Triotars, Novars, whatevers and shoot shoot shoot! 😀



f4.0 + missed focus - scratched uncoated CZJ Triotar in Rolleicord II (sorry for the cross-post)

 

[rjbuzzclick]

A triplet of triplets from Yashikor lenses:

 

[Filzkoeter]

again Rolleicord II with uncoated Triotar, this time wide opeeen at f3.5

 

[02Pilot]

All with my recently sold Ciro-Flex Model D, Wollensak Anastigmat 85/3.5 coated triplet.

 

[Swift1]

Triplets are often underrated.

Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Toyocaflex TLR Type Ib
Tri-Lausar Anastigmat 8cm/3.5
Expired Fujicolor Reala 100 @iso 25
Epson V500



1950 Studebaker Hot Rod by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Zeiss Ikon Nettax 513/16
Novar-Anastigmat 75/4.5
Kodak Portra 160​

 

[Filzkoeter]

Now it gets scary! Kostnice Sedlec, Czech Republic.... yes, these are all real human bones 😱

again my humble Rolleicord II. I think a couple seconds exposure at f8

 

[PrestonR]

If only I knew how to post images in the RFF! The woes of a new user. I love my yashica TLR with the triplet yashikor lenses.

 

[Doug]

If only I knew how to post images in the RFF! The woes of a new user. I love my yashica TLR with the triplet yashikor lenses.

RFF has a Forum HELP! forum with a sticky thread on this subject... Suggest you look at more recent posts in that long thread:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117509

Enjoy!
Doug

 

[PrestonR]

Hopefully this worked. Yashica-D with the Yashikor lenses.

 

[Rob-F]

No need to be afraid of a triplet. The term means that there are three groups of elements, and not necessarily only three elements. The Tessar, for example, has four elements, even though it is a triplet. Why? Because its rear group is a cemented doublet--meaning two elements glued together to function as one. Four elements, three groups. The same goes for the Leitz Elmar. The Zeiss Triotar as I recall, does have just three elements in three groups; a cost cutting measure, as I recall. So: not all triplets are created equal!

 

[PrestonR]

And another! Portra 160 at EI 125. Cropped to 2:3 I believe.

 

[je2a3]

Japanese Triplet

Super Ricohflex - Ricoh Anastigmat 80mm f3.5
Fuji Acros in Rodinal 1+50

Ricohflex VIIs - Ricoh Anastigmat 80mm f3.5
Foma 100 in Rodinal 1+100

 

[miragem5]

Noah and Simba have quite time at the skate park by steveod2007, on Flickr
Yashica A and 400h film

 

[btgc]

No need to be afraid of a triplet. The term means that there are three groups of elements, and not necessarily only three elements. The Tessar, for example, has four elements, even though it is a triplet.

I always have thought triplet means three elements. Not that I am optical engineer or this is a deal breaker.

I need to put film through 2 120 Zeiss folders with triplet lenses so I will not argue but go out to come back with pictures.

 

[Jerevan]

Rob-F:

In that case everything is a triplet: hurrah for the word-benders!

 

[Filzkoeter]

Rob-F:

In that case everything is a triplet: hurrah for the word-benders!

Also, the Tessar was not based on the Cooke Triplet lens. They look similar but are in fact not related (same for the Leitz Elmar vs. Tessar).
The Tessar evolved from the Zeiss Unar (4 elements, 4 groups) and Zeiss Protar (4 elements, 2 groups).
Source: Zeiss

 

[lynnb]

Vaskar 105/4.5

 

[shadowfox]

From a Balda Baldinar 45/2.8 lens. I think it's a triplet.

 

[rjbuzzclick]

Another triple from me: Zeiss Ikon 518/16 with an f/3.5 Novar Anastigmat (OK, not a TLR, but a triplet anyway...):