echorec Posted March 19, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I just took my first roll of film with an early (1959) Summicron 35mm. It has a slight vignetting when used at f2. Is this normal? I use the IROOA hood, could that be causing the problems? I did not take any pictures without the hood. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 19, 2007 Posted March 19, 2007 Hi echorec, Take a look here Summicron 35mm vignetting?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
luigi bertolotti Posted March 20, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 20, 2007 Can you post some scanned full frame ? A certain vignetting at full aperture with a 1959 lens in not strange thing but a direct look could be useful; I think the hood does not matter, unless not of the correct type or not mounted right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 20, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 20, 2007 From what I have seen, some modern wide angles vignette too, so it's not restricted to older models. Provided the hood is designed to be used with that particular lens, it should have no effect on the vignette. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted March 20, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 20, 2007 The hood you used is the correct one and a "slight" amount of vignetting is perfectly normal for just about any f2/35mm lens, even the most modern ones, as Andy Barton has correctly mentioned. Cheers, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Michel Komarnicki Posted March 20, 2007 Share #5 Posted March 20, 2007 Hi, Mine dates from 1960. Yes it does show some vignetting, and even some softness in edge details. Just enjoy using it. Jean-Michel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
echorec Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted March 20, 2007 Thanks for the replies, I certainly enjoy using it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xray Posted March 20, 2007 Share #7 Posted March 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) The one I had was soft at the edges and very noticable vignetting. Even my v4 did to a lesser degree. Very few lenses perform at their best wide open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjv Posted March 22, 2007 Share #8 Posted March 22, 2007 My versions 2 summicron vignetted quite a lot but it was a really special bit of glass. T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 22, 2007 Share #9 Posted March 22, 2007 Lovely child ! ...OK, vignetting is evident... I have a Summilx 35 1,4 from 1961 and can y say that AT F2 (not 1,4) does less vignetting than my 1971 Summicron 35 wide open. I think this is a good reason to consider a M8... imagine (or TRY at the PC) your shot cropped 1/8 of sides lengths at all its 4 corners: this means to have used a 18x27 "film", to say the dimension of M8 sensor... vignetting, I think, becomes almost invisible... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbesz Posted March 22, 2007 Share #10 Posted March 22, 2007 I admit to having no experience with an older lens, but the example image vignet you posted seems excessive. It could be that an image adjustment on your computer emphasized the vignet??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted March 22, 2007 Share #11 Posted March 22, 2007 The hood you used is the correct one and a "slight" amount of vignetting is perfectly normal for just about any f2/35mm lens, even the most modern ones, as Andy Barton has correctly mentioned. Its lens optics. If you hit the curves & contrast right you can show vignetting for any of the 35's I should imagine, even if it is not percievable in a normal print. It isnt something you can generate with say a 75. 35Lux with curves beasted...... [ATTACH]30547[/ATTACH] 75Cron do...............................[ATTACH]30548[/ATTACH] Um...the brute curve:D............ [ATTACH]30549[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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