Crazy about the Biogon-C 35mm - pics thread

[jbielikowski]

Christer, you just killed my "there is no good digital b&w" belief.

 

[ampguy]

wow

wow

that's hard core!

I'd just like to go on record as one of the earlier participants in this thread that I do still own this lens, even though six weeks have passed.

🙂

 

[marcbcn]

m8 + Biogon C 35 mm

 

[Strangeluv]

Christer, you just killed my "there is no good digital b&w" belief.

Well thank you 🙂

 

[coelacanth]

A shot from my first color roll with Noisy Cricket. 😀

Well, actually, first color with my m2. 😛

 

[jsrockit]

Quite nice coelacanth. This is the first lens I've fell in love with since returning to photography a little over a year ago.

 

[Strangeluv]

 

[tensai]

Yeah!!

(I shoot medium format but I keep on feeling the urge to go 35mm again just for this lens.. - love this thread)

 

[semilog]

Yeah!!

SECONDED. The photo of the trailer is a scorcher. It really shows what this lens can do.

 

[semilog]

This lens combined with Ektar 100 or one of the newer films such as the TMax films, or the M-Digitals comes closer to medium format than such combinations of years past.

Of course, medium format films have made the same progress.. so I guess that my comparison is to more traditional films....

I agree completely.

The results I'm getting with this lens TMAX400 and ACROS in XTOL feel like Tri-X and Plus-X in D-76 on a 645 neg, back in the day.

 

[bwcolor]

Sorry, I deleted the post in that after thinking about it, I wasn't so sure that I even agreed with myself. I do think that old Tri-X in 645 is better in many ways than TMY-2 (400) in 35mm, but not by much. Then I realized that I have shot much more 6x7 and that the statement was clearly false when considering the larger negative. I still like Tri-X with medium format, but I do also really like this lens.

Of course, my medium format lenses are f/4.0, so perhaps this somewhat evens up the playing field with 645.

 

[semilog]

I'd never claim that 35mm approaches 6x7. It doesn't. And I expect that the newer combos still don't quite equal 645. But it's closer than I am used to seeing. Especially with ACROS/XTOL 1:1. That combination is just insanely great.

 

[shambla]

Picked this lens up back in July and I am absolutely loving it - it seems to be the perfect blend of quality, size and price, plus it fits perfectly with what I like to shoot 99% of the time. Got a fair few shots with it now on my flickr stream if anyone is interested and all have been uploaded at a respectable resolution. Got rolls and rolls from back in London still to upload (including 2 rolls of Kodak E100G), but the stuff so far can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhallam/tags/35mmbiogon/

 

[Strangeluv]

SECONDED. The photo of the trailer is a scorcher. It really shows what this lens can do.

Thanks guys. The more I use this little gem, the more I love it.

 

[Strangeluv]

Just a few more.... 🙂

 

[Riverman]

This is my first M mount lens. I'm impressed. Lovely lens.

 

[Dwayneb9584]

This lens really rendered amazing colors both color and B&W. Man I may have to put the Nokton 35mm f1.4 on a hold and save more for this one.

 

[jsrockit]

This lens really rendered amazing colors both color and B&W. Man I may have to put the Nokton 35mm f1.4 on a hold and save more for this one.

It truly lives up to the hype...

 

[tokyoshooter]

Long time no post!
Here's another shot taken with the Biogon-C this evening @ f2.8.
It's a fantastic lens.

 

[Strangeluv]

Still Croatia. Rogoznica.

From the bridge in Trogir.