Voigtlander 50/2.5 Color Skopar

Very beautiful indeed, Godfrey! There always will be a difference between digital photography and photography on film printed on gelatin/silver paper, but the Color Skopar 50mm f2.5 excels on both systems.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_v...60317/sizes/l/

gelatin silver print (color skopar 50mm f2.5) leica m3

Erik.

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Godfrey said:
Computer displays do differ by a lot, but there are standards that allow color management to do a reasonably high fidelity job. If you calibrate and profile your monitor and then apply the color profile tags in your JPEG images when you output them from your image processing app, most modern browsers will render the image pretty darn close to what showed on your original display, presuming that whomever is using the viewing system has calibrated and profile their display as well. 🙂

All my systems are set up with calibrated and profiled displays... With very little variance, what comes out of my printer looks virtually identical to what I see on the screen, whether it is scanned film, scanned prints, or digital capture originals. And what I see on other systems looks virtually identical as well. Similarly, my goal in rendering scanned original prints is to replicate on screen what the print looks like in my proofing box (controlled lighting and intensity for viewing prints).

And of course, if the display JPEG of your photo matches what you think it ought to be, then what I'd like to see isn't really important. 😉
I like a little more range to the B&W tones in most images, but that's my aesthetic preference.

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Don´t forget my pictures are scans of analog prints of pictures made with mostly old to very old lenses, often uncoated.

Erik.
 
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Nikon S2, Color Skopar 50mm f2.5. Expired ARISTA Premium 400 in DD-X.
 
Erik van Straten said:
There is not only the Color Skopar 50mm f2.5 (LTM), but also the S Skopar 50mm f2.5 (Nikon RF). Optically they are not for 100% the same.

gelatin silver print (s skopar 50mm f2.5) nikon s2

Erik.

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Erik, Care to elaborate? How do you think the two versions of the 50/2.5 Skopar are different? I have both versions, though I use the LTM version far more (and love it). And that’s a terrific photo, btw.
 
Bingley said:
Erik, Care to elaborate? How do you think the two versions of the 50/2.5 Skopar are different? I have both versions, though I use the LTM version far more (and love it). And that’s a terrific photo, btw.
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In my eyes the Contax version is even sharper. I think they recomputed the lens. Also the coating is different, but that will not make much difference. Bokeh and such is the same.

One of the sharpest photo´s I´ve ever made is this one with the S Skopar 50mm f2.5 and the Nikon S2. Extreme sharpness over the whole field and ... no distortion!

Erik.

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Interesting lens on digital. High macro contrast, good micro contrast, smooth bokeh. Some veiling flare is to be expected when strong light sources stand outside of the frame but a tall lens hood can help. Couple of snaps on M11 and digital CL below. FWIW.

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