Sonnar Formula Lenses: Any Focal Length, Any Make, Any Mount, Any Camera

[HoodedOne]

Contax-T (Sonnar 2.8/38)

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Tanks in Town 2023
Contax II, uncoated CZJ 50mm f/2 Sonnar + Y2 filter, Kodak 5222

 

[former member]

Brian,

Do you find that the Bertele is both more contrasty and slightly darker than the uncoated 5cm f2 Sonnar? With the uncoated Sonnar when processing for dehaze in capture One I typically need to increase exposure by 3/4 stop.

Note: I did not do it in the glass shot as there was no haze problem.

Bill

The Bertele has higher contrast, and less veiling flare than the Sonnar T.
The Sonnar T compared with my uncoated Sonnar: also higher contrast and less flare, but the Bloom on the uncoated lens makes it better than when it was new.

I do not increase exposure in post, all of these are straight exports from ART.

 

[Bingley]

Calm Morning, Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Vista, CA. Leica IIIc, Carl Zeiss Opton Sonnar 5cm f2.0, Amedeo Adapter, TMax 100 in Ilfotec DDX:

Calm Morning by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr

 

[Ray Vonn 2023]

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Bertele Sonnar, wide-open on the M9.

Ah ha, now I start to see the rendering differences between the Bertele and the C Sonnar (thanks).

 

[jdriffill]

Disused railway — bridge over Sungei Ulu Pandan, Singapore. Contax II with uncoated collapsible Sonnar 50mm f2 lens.

 

[newst]

The lost glove.
Voigtlander Bessa T
Nikkor 2/85
CATLAB 320+

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Contax II, uncoated CZJ 5cm f/2 Sonnar + Y2 filter, Kodak 5222

 

[bcostin]

Sonnar Bokeh by Bryan Costin, on Flickr


Untitled by Bryan Costin, on Flickr

Both Sonnar 135mm f2.8 HFT, in Rollei QBM mount, Sony A7R2. This was one of my father's favorite lenses.

 

[markjwyatt]

Contax iia; Nikkor P.C 105mm f2.5 (Contax mount); ADOX CHS 100 II; ADOX FX-39 II


bird by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[former member]

The 1956 KMZ J-3, v1.


At F2.8, on the Nikon Z5. Very compact setup.
Skyline Caverns, VA.

 

[Räuber]

post-war KEF Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 1,5/50 1Q

 

[boojum]

This boat, the Captain Connor, has been in drydock as long as I can remember. It is a boat because it is small enough to be lifted onto a ship. And a ship is large enough to lift a boat onto it, IIRC. Someone salty set me straight on this. I do not know if she will ever go back in the water as it looks like the boards have dried and shrunk

"Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;"

M9 + the lovely Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar 5cm f/2.0. Probably at f/5.6 or f/8.0.

L1003120 by West Phalia, on Flickr​

 

[Brambling]

"Start" camera, Jupiter 6 (180/2.8) (Sonnar, a rather rare variety), Tasma Mikrat-Ortho film 3 ISO.
test frame, test of lens, film and camera at the same time - a combined test

 

[santino]

Is the Jupiter 6 the soviet equivalent of the CZJ Sonnar?

 

[Brambling]

Is the Jupiter 6 the soviet equivalent of the CZJ Sonnar?

I think you know this story better than me.
Jupiter 3. Jupiter 8, and my favorite Jupiter 9, also according to the Sonnara scheme.
Jupiter 6 (180/2.8) is a direct descendant of the legendary Olympic, if I’m wrong, correct me.

 

[Brambling]

more. As far as I remember, the Nikkor 85/1.8 H C auto version is also sonnar?
And, before determining the moment of time, the first versions of Nikkor 105/2.5 and 50/1.4 are also sonnars?

 

[boojum]

Here's an old one of what happens around here, fishing. I was stumbling around the the drydock and ran across this fellow. He is local, he fishes, he has done it all his life. M9 + CZJ '43 5cm f/1.5 sn 272nnnn. Sonnar is a nice formula/prescription and does flesh tones well. I am posting below this a recent pic with flesh tones taken same camera, but with a different Sonnar, the Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar. Same good flesh tones.

L1003086 Local fisherman. At it all his life. by West Phalia, on Flickr

L1003096 by West Phalia, on Flickr​

 

[boojum]

Sleepers coffee bistro, Astoria, OR, sippin' a latte and peepin' out the window. M240 + Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar f/8.0. Summer does end on Labor Day around here.

M2400031 M240 + Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar f/8.0 by West Phalia, on Flickr​

 

[former member]

A "Sonner Shot of a Different Type"...

My Collapsible Nikkor-HC 5cm F2, opened up for a relube. Lock at Infinity, put a little Alcohol on the screws, use a 1.5mm screwdriver...


I wanted to make sure I could get it back together before opening the second one- which was sent to me to look at...
I did. And did the second one.