easyrider
Photo addict
My Summitar on the IIIF
My Summitar on the IIIF
I am now usually digital but reading this forum prompted me to take out my long-neglected IIIF with the 5cm Summitar.
I took it to a regular Sat. afternoon jazz concert at a place called the Pilot Tavern in mid-town Toronto. I thought the pix would suit the music..... well, there was almost no light... I loaded the camera with Fuji 800. Took readings with my Minolta meter... and it told that wide open I could shoot between 1/10 and 1/30th, depending on which way I was poiting the lens.
I had a good seat but since I needed to lean on the back my chair and the place was crowded, I didn't walk around much.
Wide open, the Summitar is soft but I sort of like the atmosphere it captured...comments welcome.
My Summitar on the IIIF
I am now usually digital but reading this forum prompted me to take out my long-neglected IIIF with the 5cm Summitar.
I took it to a regular Sat. afternoon jazz concert at a place called the Pilot Tavern in mid-town Toronto. I thought the pix would suit the music..... well, there was almost no light... I loaded the camera with Fuji 800. Took readings with my Minolta meter... and it told that wide open I could shoot between 1/10 and 1/30th, depending on which way I was poiting the lens.
I had a good seat but since I needed to lean on the back my chair and the place was crowded, I didn't walk around much.
Wide open, the Summitar is soft but I sort of like the atmosphere it captured...comments welcome.
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easyrider
Photo addict
George Bonanno
Well-known
Leica Glow...
Leica Glow...
The Leica Glow is a farce.
What it really means is an old lens infested with foggy elements and a dirty objective.
Leica Glow...
The Leica Glow is a farce.
What it really means is an old lens infested with foggy elements and a dirty objective.
Krosya
Konicaze
camera shake?
camera shake?
In your photos it seems to be that camera shake during the exposure causes for the photos to be soft. I have a Summitar lens as well (have to dig up photos, don't have them handy now) and while it's no Cron, it is sharp enough. Try it again with a better light and see if it's still that soft.
camera shake?
easyrider said:
In your photos it seems to be that camera shake during the exposure causes for the photos to be soft. I have a Summitar lens as well (have to dig up photos, don't have them handy now) and while it's no Cron, it is sharp enough. Try it again with a better light and see if it's still that soft.
Krosya
Konicaze
George Bonanno said:
LOL. NO, its the radioactive glass elements they used that made everything you point a lens at glow.
George Bonanno
Well-known
Krosya said:LOL. NO, its the radioactive glass elements they used that made everything you point a lens at glow.
YES... you are correct... that too !
freeranger
Well-known
George Bonanno said:
I saw myself in you comment, George. May I have it as my siggi?
spiderfrank
just a dreamer
Easyrider, I like very much the first two of your images! It seems to ear the music...
Marc-A.
I Shoot Film
Hello,
You made a nice purchase. My Summitar is coated also (1953 as far as I can remember) and I love it more than my Summicron (rigid, 1961). In order to control the flare, use its dedicated square hood: it's weird, somewhat ugly, but efficient.
Some examples:
You made a nice purchase. My Summitar is coated also (1953 as far as I can remember) and I love it more than my Summicron (rigid, 1961). In order to control the flare, use its dedicated square hood: it's weird, somewhat ugly, but efficient.
Some examples:
David Murphy
Veteran
Marc thats a wonderful shot!
Krosya
Konicaze
I love my Summitar. See my posts with it and other lenses here:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=542542#post542542
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=542542#post542542