Show us you photographs made with uncoated lenses

[rbiemer]

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1937 9cm/f4 Elmar

 

[hookonclassic]

Taken using Zeiss Super Ikonta C | 10.5cm f4.5 uncoated Tessar Lens | wide open | Tmax400 | Tmax developer

The Flare thru' the eye of MF rangefinder - Super Ikonta C uncoated Tessar Lens

 

[tlitody]

if you've watched the James Ravillious documentary film you may have noticed that they made a big thing of him building lens hoods to stop flare. But then they say he used uncoated lenses because they reduced contrast. But lenses are coated to stop flare which reduces contrast. So why do people want uncoated lenses? They reduce contrast by introducing more flare which fogs the film. You'll never get black blacks with flare unless you under expose. That's not to say you won't get good results but uncoated lenses are much more prone to flare if lighting is against you.

 

[rickp]

1941 elmar f4, uncoated

1941 elmar f4, uncoated

what a small lens, but with amazing performance 70 years after manufacture.

greetings from hamburg

rick

 

[raid]

CZJ 5cm 1.5:

I have Rolleiflex TLRs with coated lenses, so I bought an older Rollei with CZJ lens, but it is broken, and I was told that a repair would be too costly. I wonder if Brian could transplant the lens into a shell for RF use somehow?

 

[greyelm]

1935 Elmar on GF1

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[AnteyPole]

Elmar 50\3.5 from 1934, with Superia-200

f=3.5

 

[chair_man]

Rollei-flex Standard, Tessar 75mm/f3.5, Tmax-400

 

[helen.HH]

1937 Uncoated Summar

 

[helen.HH]

the summar again....

 

[unclescarMT]

Thank you Leica Tom and Shyoon!I love my old Rollei, even though it's tendency to flare ruins shots sometimes. Fair trade, I guess, when the one's that do come out have such a pleasant look.

 

[charjohncarter]

First Six Camera (folder);

 

[Wlodek]

Some great photos here. Makes one wonder why anyone would like to spend big money on a new camera or lens. I got my Leica IIIa with 50/3.5 Elmar (not a museum piece, but very decent shape) for little more than a cup of fancy coffee.

 

[xwhatsit]

if you've watched the James Ravillious documentary film you may have noticed that they made a big thing of him building lens hoods to stop flare. But then they say he used uncoated lenses because they reduced contrast. But lenses are coated to stop flare which reduces contrast. So why do people want uncoated lenses? They reduce contrast by introducing more flare which fogs the film. You'll never get black blacks with flare unless you under expose. That's not to say you won't get good results but uncoated lenses are much more prone to flare if lighting is against you.

Quite right, but look at his photos, a lot of them are contre-jour. If you didn't have a sizeable lens hood, coated or uncoated, I think many of them would be a complete mess.

Lens hoods reduce the sort of direct flare that can obliterate an entire picture. But an uncoated lens, uncoated surfaces throughout, still has that veiling flare. So you get these muddy midtones, lack of contrast in the shadows, and creamy highlights. Many people -- obviously Mr Ravillious -- love the tonality that you can get. And have you seen his work? Certainly can't fault him for it.

I love the look in black and white, and in colour the results can be even more interesting, with soft pastel colours. That's why people like an uncoated lens or two in their kit, I suppose.

Of course veiling flare can sometimes overwhelm. I have a 1930s Rolleicord I with a badly scratched-up Zeiss Triotar 75/3.8 fitted. Here's an example where veiling flare reduced contrast to nothing (shooting wide open on an old triplet doesn't help either), but I still find the tonality appealing somehow.

I was keen to try this camera with colour, and loaded up a roll of Ektacolor 160 today. Unfortunately somewhere along the way it poozed a shutter blade, so I might have to wait 🙁

 

[kshapero]

 

[furcafe]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/4302188342/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/furcafe/140792162/

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Contax IIIa + 53mm f/1.8 Helios



Zeiss Super Ikonta B + 8cm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar



CV Bessa-R + 50mm f/2 Summar

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Leica M8 + 50mm f/1.5 Jupiter-3 "Brianov" (@ f/2.8)



Leica M8 + 50mm f/1.5 Jupiter-3 "Brianov" (@ f/1.5)

 

[bukaj]

Another one with the summitar. More from this roll on my blog, all with the summitar: http://eurodiego.blogspot.com/2011/03/another-roll-in-leica.html

 

[kermaier]

Summar at f/2.2 on R-D1s at ISO 400 (in-camera JPEG, minor tweaks)