Schneider Xenon 40/1.9 on R-D1

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I am a fan of the Robot screwmount lenses, and I actually managed to find, after months of looking, a Robot-to-LTM adapter. It was attached to this lens, a Xenon 40/1.9, with 15 (!!!) aperture blades. Hot damn! The bokeh is super smooth, but you have to scale focus.

These pics were shot RAW then adjusted in Lightroom--a bit of clarity, some saturation of the blues, and some messing with the curve.

 

[bennyng]

Wow! The results are pleasing, but a bit on the warm side. Perhaps it's my monitor.

Is scale focusing on the 40mm easy? Did you have to bump up the aperture to keep things in focus at that focal length?

Cheers,

 

[Morca007]

Beautiful results.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Wow! The results are pleasing, but a bit on the warm side. Perhaps it's my monitor.

Is scale focusing on the 40mm easy? Did you have to bump up the aperture to keep things in focus at that focal length?

It was a sunny day, so it was no problem to keep the aperture small. I did manage a few decent ones at wides apertures, though. Scale focusing is not so hard to get used to, really. The main problem is that, unlike my other Robot lens, this one is marked in meters, not feet--and it's harder to intuit the distances.

As for the warmth, that could be the R-D1's AWB...I often have to adjust it a bit.

Glad you both like them! I usually don't do landscapes but it was a lovely day.

 

[raid]

Yes, the colors are warm, and the images look very nice. I have a Tenax mount Sonnar 40mm lens, and I wish there exists a Tenax-LTM adapter.