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today friday january 24th 2025 Sonnar 35mm (manual)
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today saturday february 1st 2025
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High Time for the next Sonnarshot 
today saturday march 1st 2025
today saturday march 1st 2025
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Another day with good light for the next pictures with my Vario-Sonnar
today saturday march 8 2025
today saturday march 8 2025
Muggins
Junk magnet
Ran a roll of Kodak Gold (classy, me) through the Contax III to see how the uncoated Sonnar handled colour.
Pretty well, I'd say! Pity about the muppet who forgot about parallax...
Pretty well, I'd say! Pity about the muppet who forgot about parallax...
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1951 Kiev mount Jupiter 3 Shot on Bessa R with Chinese Adapter as recommended by our Lord and Saviour Mr. Sweeney. 
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taken on saturday, march 30th 2025 with my vario-sonnar
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The Gaffer - Sir Bobby Robson - Anyone not from the UK may recognise this statue from the cover of the recently released Local Hero Guitar super band.
Taken with L35 which was a favourite user of mine before I knew it was even a sonnar. Once I found out it just made sense
Taken with L35 which was a favourite user of mine before I knew it was even a sonnar. Once I found out it just made sense
Tim Read
Established
Two deliberate postcards from Bondi Beach, Sydney after cyclonic type rain and record large swells. A 73 with CZ Jena Sonnar 1:1.5 5cm T
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taken today, saturday, april 12th 2025 with my vario-sonnar
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taken today, saturday, april 26th 2025 with my vario-sonnar
1952 Jupiter-8, close-focus. On the Nikon Z-5, wide-open.
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Using the Fuji XT3 this weekend with a speed booster and the 1964 KMZ made Jupiter 9
I honestly don’t know why I don’t use this lens more ! plus it looks awesome !
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
The dogs are great. Sonnars likewise. Almost a century old design. Do it right the first time and you need do it only once. Thank you, Herr Doktor Bertele.
Color Test,
Flare test,
1936 CZJ 5cm F2 Sonnar, converted to Leica Mount. Wide-Open on the M240.
Flare test,
1936 CZJ 5cm F2 Sonnar, converted to Leica Mount. Wide-Open on the M240.
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This just makes me wanna shoot with my ZK ZORKI all the more. But it’s a collapsible one, and has some cleaning needed internally. I don’t think there’s a way at the front elements behind without unscrewing the ID ring and I don’t want to damage the paint :/
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Another shot of my dogs.
And the lens. Yeah I know it has some tarnishing but I don’t want to spoil the rest of its patina it’s gained over its 60+ years. This is a Zenit M39 SLR lens, it works quite well with an adapter but falls short at infinity due to the Flange focal difference between M39 & M42 mounts. However, it’s still possible to get a pleasing shot by stopping down…
Brambling
Well-known
To shoot at infinity with an open aperture and look for sharpness there is a rare artistic idea.)