raid
Dad Photographer
vintage 5cm 3.5

daveleo
what?
Nikkor 45mm/f2.8 P on a D5100
Nikkor 45mm/f2.8 P on a D5100
Nikkor 45mm/f2.8 P on a D5100

ermeso3
Established
Zeiss Ikon Contessa scale focus (ca. 1960); Tessar f:2.8/50mm
Zeiss Ikon Contessa scale focus (ca. 1960); Tessar f:2.8/50mm
Zeiss Ikon Contessa scale focus (ca. 1960); Tessar f:2.8/50mm


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rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders
Werra III 50 2.8:

Be sure to zoom in on the small sign below. Mick was the only barber to offer free haircuts to homeless folks, and reduced-price haircuts to unmployed/underemployed folks. Not long after I shot this, meth-heads broke in and took all his tools--all his potential scrap-metal--and he gave up the location. No good deed goes unpunished....

Be sure to zoom in on the small sign below. Mick was the only barber to offer free haircuts to homeless folks, and reduced-price haircuts to unmployed/underemployed folks. Not long after I shot this, meth-heads broke in and took all his tools--all his potential scrap-metal--and he gave up the location. No good deed goes unpunished....

f16sunshine
Moderator
Some clones and a Zeiss
Some clones and a Zeiss
Quite a nice collection of tessar images at Manual focus lenses .com. Attila and the gang over there have a strong and warrented following of the Jena f2.8/50mm and it's Variants. I never could get a good one :?
Here are a few tessar or tessar clone images. I see folks are posting 1000pix + so I will too.
Tessar Clone Lumuxar f3.5/80mm which was the original tessar on the Yashicamat cameras. The Yashinon followed as it does in these images.
Yashinon f3.5/80mm
Yashinon again
F2.8/45mm T* Tessar Zeiss Contax SLR
Some clones and a Zeiss
Quite a nice collection of tessar images at Manual focus lenses .com. Attila and the gang over there have a strong and warrented following of the Jena f2.8/50mm and it's Variants. I never could get a good one :?
Here are a few tessar or tessar clone images. I see folks are posting 1000pix + so I will too.
Tessar Clone Lumuxar f3.5/80mm which was the original tessar on the Yashicamat cameras. The Yashinon followed as it does in these images.

Yashinon f3.5/80mm

Yashinon again


F2.8/45mm T* Tessar Zeiss Contax SLR

tunalegs
Pretended Artist
charjohncarter
Veteran
Rolleiflex T
And one from my Leica IIIf, 1969:

And one from my Leica IIIf, 1969:

rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders


Ikonta 520/16
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Bingley
Veteran
(Having posted this by mistake in the sonnar thread...) I have a weakness for Tessar and Tessar-type lenses, like the Elmar 50. Carl Zeiss Tessar 40/3.5:

William Wright House by bingley0522, on Flickr

William Wright House by bingley0522, on Flickr
f16sunshine
Moderator
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Godfrey
somewhat colored
My penchant for bright colored cars notwithstanding, this is really more a test shot to see what the old Zeiss Tessar can do ...
Here's a 1:1 detail so you can see just how sharp this 75 year old lens is...
And people say I shouldn't shoot color with an uncoated lens ... ;-)
G
Here's a 1:1 detail so you can see just how sharp this 75 year old lens is...

And people say I shouldn't shoot color with an uncoated lens ... ;-)
G
daveleo
what?
Nikkor 45mm/f2.8 P on a D5100
Nikkor 45mm/f2.8 P on a D5100
On the porch this morning. Lens wide open at f2.8, camera jpg.
Nikkor 45mm/f2.8 P on a D5100
On the porch this morning. Lens wide open at f2.8, camera jpg.

Godfrey
somewhat colored
raid
Dad Photographer
Uncoated lenses work very well in harmony with color film. I love using Reala 100 with my 1938 Zeiss 5cm 1.5 (Sonnar). It is not different with uncoated Tessar lenses.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Uncoated lenses work very well in harmony with color film. I love using Reala 100 with my 1938 Zeiss 5cm 1.5 (Sonnar). It is not different with uncoated Tessar lenses.
I've heard the "oh, it's an uncoated lens so stick to b&w" so many times from the supposed geniuses on the equipment forums it's funny.
This old RoBoT lens is quite the good performer. I'm going to have to try out the '41 Zeiss Biotar 40mm f/2 on the GXR and E-PL1 as well. And I have a lens hood for that one ...
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Godfrey
somewhat colored
charjohncarter
Veteran
That car, is it a replacement of the Alfa? I got rid of both my Alfas, and have thought of that model.
Here is a compliment to your 'Surface Textures' from my Rollei T set to 645:
Here is a compliment to your 'Surface Textures' from my Rollei T set to 645:

Thanimal
Established
Kodak Retina IIF (Schneider Retina-Xenar 45mm f/2.8); Pan F + @ EI 25.


Bingley
Veteran
That car, is it a replacement of the Alfa? I got rid of both my Alfas, and have thought of that model.
Here is a compliment to you 'Surface Textures' from my Rollei T set to 645:
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Beautiful.
Bingley
Veteran
Kodak Retina IIF (Schneider Retina-Xenar 45mm f/2.8); Pan F + @ EI 25.
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That portrait is amazing.
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