Crazy about the Planar 50mm - pics thread

[CrisR]

A Pat And A Hug by Cris Rose, on Flickr

 

[CrisR]

Skirt Dance by Cris Rose, on Flickr

 

[CrisR]

Private Space Underground by Cris Rose, on Flickr

and my new self-designed hood 🙂


ZM 50mm Planar Compact Hood by Cris Rose, on Flickr


ZM 50mm Planar Compact Hood / Top by Cris Rose, on Flickr

 

[siracusa]

I've just bought a Planar, and shot my first images tonight - it's my only modern lens (I usually tend to prefer older, lower contrast lenses). I was originally choosing between a modern Sonnar and a vintage Sonnar. In the end I decided to get two lenses for my money - a secondhand ZM Planar for the modern look with its sharpness and higher contrast, and I'm now looking around for a Jupiter 3 for the Sonnar and vintage look. The images in this thread are very impressive and had much to do with my final decision.

 

[lam]

Forgot to post in this thread since I got mine..


Peanuts can make good gifts. by lamlux.net, on Flickr


Tattered wear. by lamlux.net, on Flickr


The bakery outlet, was a bike dealer. by lamlux.net, on Flickr

 

[thompsonks]

Cris, you're getting lovely highlight and shadow detail.

Kirk

 

[siracusa]

I'm new to the Planar - I've only had mine a few weeks. It still hasn't supplanted the collapsible Summicron as my favourite lens, but I am really liking it.

 

[helen.HH]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/for...lenartemishill/]helenhill_HH[/url], on Flickr
Playin with her Doll-y... by helenhill_HH, on Flickr

 

[lam]

Can't get enough of the Planar pics.


Badstuber. by lamlux.net, on Flickr

 

[goo0h]

Private Space Underground by Cris Rose, on Flickr

nice.

and my new self-designed hood 🙂


ZM 50mm Planar Compact Hood by Cris Rose, on Flickr

interesting....

 

[slava]

siracusa, Just bought the planar again and won't sell it. Its a gem

 

[siracusa]

slava, your planar images are indeed lovely, so I'm glad to see you bought it back again 🙂

 

[slava]

I'm glad to. the 0.7 minimum focus distance is really important on the planar btw. that's why I use planar allmost all the time. sonnar is waiting for only the right moments.

 

[Art Vandalay]

Fire Escape 1 by Black Jack Shellac, on Flickr


Building by Black Jack Shellac, on Flickr


Both with the M3 and Zeiss Planar 50

 

[fuwen]

f2 1/125 Rollei 35RF Portra 400

 

[lam]

Property has been around the block. by lamlux.net, on Flickr


An epitome of the midwest. by lamlux.net, on Flickr

 

[redisburning]

I will be honest I am starting to feel like 35mm film is just not my thing and may try to move my m2 / planar. If it's the best lens I own in 35mm, I wouldn't know it. My poor Minolta cant tell if it's at f2 or f8.

We had a strong wind come through and it knocked this grill into the lake:


Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr

the fall beat it up pretty bad


Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr

400TX in rodinal 1+50

 

[CrisR]

Hanging Out by Cris Rose, on Flickr


Hello Kitty Attack by Cris Rose, on Flickr

 

[redisburning]

hmm I think I might be channeling new forum mod (congrats!) Helen here as Ive basically waivered back into not selling. one thing is for sure, Im done shooting tri-x. I think my recent lapse in faith has come from a failure to separate the lens from my film/developing/scanning.

rather than look at scans, I went ahead and put my loupe on some negatives where I took test shots to compare my ZM50P against my beloved Zuiko 50/3.5 macro. Now that Zuiko is no slouch and can run with some of the best of them. It also has a super cool drawing style and it showed a 55/3.5 Nikkor who the boss was when I compared them head to head both on digital and on film. It also may have been demolished by one Zeiss planar. As in the Zeiss at f2.8 was better than the Zuiko at 5.6. well at least in the center 2/3rds which is where I had stuff in focus.

At any rate Im going to go back to 100 iso film and put some money into upgrading my film scanner or something.

here is one on acros.


Untitled by redisburning, on Flickr

 

[filmtwit]

Sounds like you have the wrong Sonnar.
the 50mm f1.4 Nikkor-sc (sonnar design) goes to 0.7meters with minimum effort.

I'm glad to. the 0.7 minimum focus distance is really important on the planar btw. that's why I use planar allmost all the time. sonnar is waiting for only the right moments.

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