S1119 Hood

[Rich Silfver]

Bought an S1119 hood off ebay (thanks Honu-Hugger!) and it looks great on my Sonnar 50/1.5

Hoping to take the kit out this week to see if the hood helps with some of the lack in contrast that I noticed on the first two test rolls through the Contax IIIa.

 

[Pherdinand]

This makes me think if the postwar contaxes were designed to be supported physically by the rim of the lens hood... With the 50/1.5 sonnar it is nose-heavy. If i put it down like you did, but without the hood, it is very close to being out of balance and tips forward if a butterfly farts. Especially when focused close.

 

[Bill58]

I put a 5-10mm strip of skateboard/ stair/ step tape around the outide lip of my lenses to protect the finish.

 

[Rich Silfver]

I should also add that the perspective in photo 1 does make the hood look a tad bigger than it is.

 

[furcafe]

Funny, I've always thought that the 1119 S & 1115 A looked disproportionately large on a Contax IIa or II, but I guess they're not so bad on the bigger IIIa or III. External aesthetics aside, I decided early on that they block too much of the VF (not exactly huge to begin with) & use the Walz/Hoya/Kenko/generic 40.5mm vented hoods instead (w/no noticeable increase in flare as compared w/the ZI products).

Do you have haze or something in your Sonnar? It shouldn't be any less contrasty than any other lens of the same vintage (& should be *more* contrasty than the contemporary Leitz f/1.5 stuff). Perhaps you do more contre-jour shooting.

Bought an S1119 hood off ebay (thanks Honu-Hugger!) and it looks great on my Sonnar 50/1.5

Hoping to take the kit out this week to see if the hood helps with some of the lack in contrast that I noticed on the first two test rolls through the Contax IIIa.