Luxon 50/2 LTM: Vintage Look?

[raid]

Yesterday, I went with my wife to the historic district of Pensacola for some French bakery, and afterwards I tried to capture a vintage look with my Luxon 50mm/2.0 that Brian Sweeney immortalized as a LTM lens for me. I had XP2 Super film in my Canon P. Some of you may recall the crazy swirls I got with the Luxon wide open and with a busy background. Here, I used f 5.6 and I made sure to have a plain backdrop. What is your opinionon these images?


Thanks for your input.

The first eighteen images in the following link were taken with the Luxon yesterday.

http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t261/raidamin/



Raid

 

[wlewisiii]

These, of course, are as beautiful as your delightful wife. But Raid, I really do not think there is any difference between lenses, sans abuse that would make the Marquis de Sade blush, that we mortals can actually see once you get beyond f5.6

None the less, I always appreciate what you bring to the table. Thank you, sir.

William

 

[payasam]

A plain background, you say?

 

[Edward Felcher]

You don't always have to put your subject's head directly in the center of the frame.

Try different compositions.

 

[raid]

You don't always have to put your subject's head directly in the center of the frame.

Try different compositions.

Edward:
In most photos, I cropped the final result this way in PS. Maybe I should have left the subject in one corner.

Raid

 

[raid]

A plain background, you say?

Yes. What I saw last time happening to the Luxon pictures occured with bushes in the background and sun rays. A brickwall or similar will reduce the swirling effect.

Raid

 

[raid]

These, of course, are as beautiful as your delightful wife. But Raid, I really do not think there is any difference between lenses, sans abuse that would make the Marquis de Sade blush, that we mortals can actually see once you get beyond f5.6

None the less, I always appreciate what you bring to the table. Thank you, sir.

William

William: Thanks. This implies to always take photos wide open, which Imainly do, but here I wanted to eliminate the effect of the spherical defects. Next time when I use this lens I will use it at 2.0.

Raid

 

[Krosya]

Looks interesting, but are you sure (and I can't be certain here as these are scans) that your lens focuses accurately? IMO only 3rd photo is in focus. Others seem to be focused a bit behind your subject. Maybe it's my monitor, but I looked on my laptop and desktop PCs and thats what it seems to me.

 

[raid]

Krosya: You may have a point here since this lens was put together recently, and the only roll taken with it before this roll also showed many photos not focused correctly. Maybe I need to have it reshimmed by Brian.


Raid