Other/Uncategorized First Results: Roeschlein-Kreuznach (LTM Hacked)

[raid]

BTW, guess who's getting a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 in LTM next week in the mail? 😀

I hope I can close focus it properly.

And I hope to catch up with you Raid, with the 50s collection. If only I hadn't sold my Canon 50 f/1.5 :bang:

Gabriel: I still need to get the Canon 50/1.5 one day. For now, I am targeting the classic Zeiss 50/1.5 to be Frankensteined by Brian. I need a donor lens!


Raid

 

[raid]

Summar on crystal meth!

John: You are underestimating the swirling action here! We may have on our hands a Summarit on Cocaine and Opium!

Raid

 

[raid]

Here are three additional photos taken with the Luxon [underexposed] and a Leica IIIc in need of shutter work. I used Fujicolor 200 print film with aperture settings 4.0~5.6. The results are under-par in quality, as can be seen.

I have a trip tomorrow to Germany for a week, so my Luxon adventures have to wait until I get back.

Raid

 

[raid]

I tried changing one image to B&W-Sepia to improve the effects of color film underexposure a little.


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[raid]

Here are more shots taken at f 2.0:

 

[Ash]

That lens looks like Petzval lenses from over a century ago. They usually had swirly effects. I got the same effect from an old 300mm lens I used the front element from.

Brian, are you providing this service for a lot of lenses now? 😀

 

[dexdog]

Raid, that lens is certainly unique- looking at the pictures taken at larger aperture make me dizzy.

 

[dexdog]

Carl Zeiss Jena in East Germany post WW2 made a number of 50/3.5 Tessars in LTM, although only for a short period in 1946 and 1947, according to the books that I have read. There were also supposed to be several hundred made between 1939 and 1945 for the German military.

You would probably have to contact the Zeiss Historica Society for confirmation and details.

Brian, nice postwar Tessar. Is the lens rigid or collapsible? Serial number probably dates to late 1940s.

 

[Spyderman]

Brian: I have been thinking of getting a Contax mount 50mm/1.5 into an Industrar 61. Can you do such magic? I would still need a 50mm/1.5.
Raid

I guess the Zeiss 50/1.5 optic module would fit Jupiter-3 focus module... Just like Zeiss 50/2 optic fits Jupiter-8 focus module. There is almost no need to tinker - just swap the optics and collimate...

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

... oh boy

 

[dexdog]

Raid, having looked again at the pics with this lens, it has a unique 3-D quality about it that makes for an interesting portrait lens. It reminds me of stereo photos that my father shot in the late 1950s of Central Park NYC, and family Christmas photos from 1960, posed in front of the tree. The subject of the photo is on a plane toward the front of the image, and the background looks decidedly recessed, far in the background. An interesting lens, although the wide open shots still make me dizzy.

 

[raid]

the eyes ..

the eyes ..

I love the last shot. Do you have an understanding wife, or what!

The under-exposed shots of the kids have an old-fashioned look to them

It looks sharp enough wide-open. And I expect to see those eyes in focus from now on, unless I screwed-up!

Brian,

Aren't the eyes in focus in the last shot above? Also, my kids [underexposed] photos show sharpness, don't they?

Raid

 

[raid]

hear hear ...

hear hear ...

I guess the Zeiss 50/1.5 optic module would fit Jupiter-3 focus module... Just like Zeiss 50/2 optic fits Jupiter-8 focus module. There is almost no need to tinker - just swap the optics and collimate...

Spyderman,

I hope that your comment will inspire more "teamwork" between Brian and me.

Raid

 

[raid]

The Tessar is Rigid mount.

I suspect the Pre-war Zeiss module should screw right into a J-3 mount. It may be a bit longer, but nothing that should be difficult. It will not fit into the I-61 mount, nor would the Luxon. The Tessar module fit in.

Brian,

Is there a way to get some J-3 with messed up optics and a Zeiss with lousy cosmetics but good optics?

Raid

 

[raid]

Raid, having looked again at the pics with this lens, it has a unique 3-D quality about it that makes for an interesting portrait lens. It reminds me of stereo photos that my father shot in the late 1950s of Central Park NYC, and family Christmas photos from 1960, posed in front of the tree. The subject of the photo is on a plane toward the front of the image, and the background looks decidedly recessed, far in the background. An interesting lens, although the wide open shots still make me dizzy.

Mark: this lens requires you to take a second and third look before deciding whether the optics are useless or actually inspiring. I find the photos at apertures 5.6 and smaller openings to be very nice looking and those taken at 4.0 and larger openings to be open to interpretations by different photographers. In many ways, the Luxon is a unique 50mm/2.0 lens. Shooting against a uniformly lit darker background, there may be less of a swirling effect whereas shooting with a background like I did above with light coming at me and coming through the trees,we can expect a dramatic swirling effect.


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[raid]

Wouldn't an I-61 be useful for a Zeiss 50/1.5?
I have two of these.

Raid

 

[raid]

Brian: This makes sense; maybe I am fine for a while with respect to hacked lenses until I get a Nikon S2 as you have suggested. Thanks again for hacking the Luxon for me.

Raid

 

[LeicaTom]

OMG!!!!!!

That bokeh effect is NUTZ!!!!!! I love it 🙂

I had like three glasses of wine tonight as well and that makes it even BETTER!!!!!

I want one now, wonder if Brian can do that with a Roeschlein Kreuznach E Telenar 90mm?????

Wow! But really great effects, simply wonderful 🙂

Tom

ps: I`ve heard nothing but great things about Mr Sweeney, I have a Nikkor f2.0 50mm that has his talent worked into from Roland and I`m waiting to TEST it next week as soon as I have a willing PinUp model.....

 

[raid]

Hi Tom,

lol

The wine helped!
Actually, this lens does well in open shade situations.

 

[bcostin]

That swirly bokeh reminds me of the results from my Biotar-type SLR lenses, but even more pronounced. I like the effect. especially for portraits.