Praising DAG + High/Low Conrast

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Toady I got back my beloved Zeiss Sonnar 5cm/2 in LTM from DAG, and also my equally loved Summicron 50/2 (rigid). Each looks like new optically, and I am dying to start my test of many 50mm lenses. I may have a dozen lenses to test, and it will be a pleasure doing this test. I want to praise Don (DAG) for his professional work and excellent communications. He worked three times on my old Sonnar, but he charged me only once for working on it. This I call professionalism. This lens in particular is dear to my heart since there is a good chance that it is a rare one out of a batch of 200 only made for Sweden.

Also, I got back in the mail 36 slides taken with the old Zeiss Sonnar. It seems that using a low contrast lens, like the old Sonnar, with high contrast film, like ASA50 Velvia, is a good combination.

==> Low contrast lens plus high contrast film=nice looking slides.

Who else could I share this with but you here!

 

[Nikon Bob]

Good to here you got your lenses back from DAG. Don cleaned an old uncoated Elmar 50/3.5 for me and it performs very well after is attention to it. I agree that Don is a pleasure to do business with on all counts. Agreed also that using punchy colour film with older low contrast lenses produces pleasing results.

Nikon Bob

 

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Bob: Don first added some shimming to the Zeiss lens to make it focus better, and then I snet the lens back to get additonal shimming since something happend to the lens during the mail process. This time, he cleaned it really well from inside. He did not even charge me a penny extra.

I find that using a high contrast film (with vivid color) actually makes older lenses more useful. You can get photos with higher contrast, while using lower contrast film you still can get special effect low contrast images for which the old lenses are known for.