character vs. a neutral lens...part 2

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I think it's a great question. I think lenses with 'character' are much like people who are 'characters.' Fun to visit, but you wouldn't necessarily want to live with them. 🙂

Just stop them down, and they become easier to live with. 🙂

 

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This was shot wide open. Anyone guess the lens?

What's the character here?

 

[tbarker13]

Here is a definition, Joe: a lens has character if you recognize it via pictures.

That being said, there are fewer character lenses than many threads here might suggest. 🙂

I like it. But do you really need to be able to identify the specific lens by its photos? For example, you may not know which sonnar lens was used to create an image, but you know it was a sonnar.


As I see it, we basically have two types of lenses in this discussion.

1. Lenses that become a part of the photo by the way they draw.
2. Lenses that stay out of the way and simply show what the photographer saw.

 

[semilog]

This was shot wide open. Anyone guess the lens?

Care to at least tell us the sensor used?

 

[splitimageview]

No such hints yet. 🙂

 

[kmallick]

hmmm, here is my guess

hmmm, here is my guess

Character or no character, I will go on a limb and guess Sonnar 50 f/1.5.

This was shot wide open. Anyone guess the lens?

What's the character here?

 

[splitimageview]

That is incorrect...I could give further hints, but will wait for a few more attempts...

 

[porktaco]

cv 28/2 - my guess

 

[helen.HH]

I'll play :
Digital / 50mm
F2
Planar ...perhaps...🙄

My Edit:
jeez I could be way off mm wise ...
since i only shoot film
I have Not even considered the crop Factor

 

[monochromejrnl]

That is incorrect...I could give further hints, but will wait for a few more attempts...

GF-1 with 20/1.7

 

[Ranchu]

This was shot wide open. Anyone guess the lens?

What's the character here?

I would call this neutral, and I believe it is the 50mm f1.7 MC Rokkor?

 

[t.s.k.]

OK I'll play...
Canon 50/1.4 LTM

 

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Any other guesses? 🙂

 

[Nando]

35mm Planar for the Contax G? 🙂

 

[helen.HH]

Drumroll.....
Waiting....
Ho Hum....
:angel:

 

[splitimageview]

hah, I think Nando has been looking at my flickr. 🙂

Helen, you win, you were first to say PLANAR, and it's 50mm equivalent (35/2 on a Sony NEX.)

 

[helen.HH]

Wow how COOOOOL is that
my mind thought in that Order
a 50mm
then I thought it 'FEELS' maybe F 2 ish
than i narrowed it down to a Planar or Cron and decided Planar

After I posted my answer.... I worried about a Possible Crop factor

Cheers and Thanx... it was FUN !

 

[Nando]

Sorry. 🙂 I was wondering how you focussed so close with that lens!

 

[splitimageview]

So we have established PLANAR character. 🙂

Anyone have a SONNAR pic to post?

 

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Anyone want to take a guess at this one? It's not digital.