She shoots with her Grandfather's IIIa and 50/1.5 Sonnar

d'oh! I was suddenly hopeful that I could find an adapter to use my 50/1.5 on the M3.. I totally skipped over the obvious
 
She was posting here earlier today asking about repair resources for her IIIA. Looks like she does some fine work with Grampa's cam. Hope she hangs around - we can always use more good shooters.

William
 
Nice pics indeed. The lack of flare in situations where you'd expect it from this lens is interesting, though.
 
Yes, Amy posted about getting her IIIA repaired and emailed me her nice webpage. I think its wonderful that she simply didn't unload this camera on ebay.

My grandparents were more the box camera types!
 
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gabrielma said:
Nice pics indeed. The lack of flare in situations where you'd expect it from this lens is interesting, though.
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Zeiss lenses, many optimized for uncoated optics before WWII, fare really well in general in this regard when coated. Consider the 50/1.5 Sonnar is a 7 element, 3 group design. No more air/glass interfaces than a Tessar or Cooke triplet. They are also very contrasty as a result.
 
Amy mentioned yesterday that Stephen had sent her our way with questions regarding her camera. Thanks for the thought Stephen.
 
Beautiful pictures. I love the Sonnar look. It's nice to see these cameras appreciated in the family.
 
On the subject on inherited cameras: I inherited a 1955 praktina IIa with a 50mm Zeiss Jena "Flexon 2/50" lens: has anyone heard of this lens ? After firing the camera about a 100 times to get it unstuck the times seem to run about right, I've just put a film in it but havent got any pictures taken with it yet :)
 
It's wonderful! That is why I am aiming at getting a Contax, though my Kiev-2A does fine work for now... but again, the camera is a tool in the hands of the artist... :)

Stephen (CameraQuest): Maybe you know about Chris Weeks, he told me you're kind of friends/neighbors ? :D the world is small! I know him through DeviantArt, where I've my gallery hosted ;)
 
darkkavenger said:
It's wonderful! That is why I am aiming at getting a Contax, though my Kiev-2A does fine work for now... but again, the camera is a tool in the hands of the artist... :)

Stephen (CameraQuest): Maybe you know about Chris Weeks, he told me you're kind of friends/neighbors ? :D the world is small! I know him through DeviantArt, where I've my gallery hosted ;)
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Heheh, I'm watching him on DA too, he shoots some nice pictures with that noctilux. I think he talked about buying an M2 or M3 from Stephen Gandy quite recently :)
 
Stephan said:
On the subject on inherited cameras: I inherited a 1955 praktina IIa with a 50mm Zeiss Jena "Flexon 2/50" lens: has anyone heard of this lens ? After firing the camera about a 100 times to get it unstuck the times seem to run about right, I've just put a film in it but havent got any pictures taken with it yet :)
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Isn't the Flexon 2/50 the early name of the Pancolar 2/50 design? At least I found this on several eastern-european websites (I speak a bit of czech) ;)
 
darkkavenger said:
Isn't the Flexon 2/50 the early name of the Pancolar 2/50 design? At least I found this on several eastern-european websites (I speak a bit of czech) ;)
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Yes thats what I found on the m42 site too, but there arent any pictures shot with one unfortunately, anyway I'll post some when I've finished this roll of xp2 :)
 
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