A tale of 3 lenses - Planar, Sonnar and Summicron

[helen.HH]

I love shots 2 & 3 /planar & summicron

That particular 'sonnar' shot didn't remind me of its signature

Lovely work though ...Thanks !!
best-h

 

[kxl]

that would be lovely! i, for one, really appreciate those that go to the trouble to do things like this. i love looking at the various characteristics of a lens, particularly wide open. btw, is your Sonnar optimised for f/1.5 or f/2.8 (sorry if this has been stated elsewhere)?

It's optimized for 1.5... which was my primary intent for buying the lens... I happened to have had Tri-X @ 1600 loaded at the time I took the image, so, f1.5 would have overexposed it, plus the DOF would have been too shallow given that I was pretty close when I took the shot.

Also, IMO, the Summicron doesn't look bad, especially for an older lens -- this was a chrome Type I rigid, made from '56-'68. I just had it CLA'd by Steve at stevecamera.com, so that's another incentive to run tests this weekend.

Cheers!

Keith

 

[cam]

It's optimized for 1.5... which was my primary intent for buying the lens... I happened to have had Tri-X @ 1600 loaded at the time I took the image, so, f1.5 would have overexposed it, plus the DOF would have been too shallow given that I was pretty close when I took the shot.

Also, IMO, the Summicron doesn't look bad, especially for an older lens -- this was a chrome Type I rigid, made from '56-'68. I just had it CLA'd by Steve at stevecamera.com, so that's another incentive to run tests this weekend.

thank you, Keith. interesting about the optimisation... i've got a used Sonnar coming to me which is an older one, but the price was good enough i can always have it changed to f/1.5. (i haven't gotten it yet and the suspense is killing me!) i love the draw of the Sonnar but there is something compelling about the Planar (sigh) as i'm looking for a more all-around lens to complement my pre-asph 50 Lux. speaking of the pre-asph, it has a very similar look to your Rigid Cron (mine is 63) -- which i quite like as well...

funnily enough, the lens that left me the most ambivalent was the one i'm getting but i think that may have more to do with the image you've shown (and choice of aperture) rather than the actual lens. much as i prefer actual photographs (rather than test shots), in this instance i might be very interested... (arrrrgh! i'm turning into a total nerd. if only i had the money to keep up with my taste :bang: )