mirekti Posted May 9, 2015 Share #21 Â Posted May 9, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I took this 'contre-jour' and developed in B&W. Not quite sure I handled the contrast too well... I didn't understand the point of this post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Hi mirekti, Take a look here 90mm / 135mm for portrait. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Peter Kilmister Posted May 9, 2015 Share #22 Â Posted May 9, 2015 I didn't understand the point of this post.It was taken with a 90mm summarit, the same lens that I used for the portraits of people and a pony posted earlier. Shows what a diverse uses the lens has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted May 9, 2015 Share #23  Posted May 9, 2015 Vintage longer-focal length lenses are much better than their wide-angle counterparts. It's hard to find a bad one; most are center-sharp and good enough edge-to-edge. Spherical aberration and field-curvature  are easier to correct  for long focal lengths. "for whatever reason" Telephoto lenses are not as popular for RF's, and prices are low compared with fast-normals and wides. As a result, I've picked up a number of them...  Personal favorites: Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5 (Sonnar formula, The Classic Portrait lens) https://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/sets/72157649628167035  Canon 100/2 (Double Gauss design, 58mm filter size, great lens) https://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/sets/72157647345676389  Nikkor 8.5cm F2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/sets/72157648457066008  9cm F4 collapsible Elmar, same optics as post-war coated Rigid. Summicron 90/2, first version (lower contrast, softer) Minolta 85/2.8 (almost unknown, uses 40mm filters, hard to find use ebay search "WALZ" and "Canon") This lens is smaller, heavy Brass. https://www.flickr.com/photos/90768661@N02/sets/72157650434385155  The uncoated 9cm F4 Elmar, contrast too low for the M Monochrom- too much veiling flare. Canon 85/2- BIG and HEAVY- optically good, lower contrast. Canon 85/1.8: great optics, but very-very hard to get the RF calibration correct. Zeiss 8.5cm F2 Sonnar: great lens, very hard to get RF calibration correct with adapter. I "hacked" an inexed-cam into a custom adapter.  135- The late Canon 135/3.5 and Nikkor 13.5cm F3.5, and Tele-Colinar 135/3.8. (The latter was $10! very sharp and great contrast, almost unheard of)  I have a lot of others, including the 135/2.8 Elmarit. The latter is big, heavy, hard to focus- not for everyone, I love it.   These were between $100 and $400. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted May 10, 2015 Share #24 Â Posted May 10, 2015 The Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, Wide-open on the M Monochrom. Y52 filter, straight export to Jpeg with LR6. Â Spring 2015 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 10, 2015 Share #25 Â Posted May 10, 2015 The Nikkor 10.5cm F2.5, Wide-open on the M Monochrom. Y52 filter, straight export to Jpeg with LR6. Lenshacker, Â Your picture reminds me of a train in a siding; the caterpillar being the train and the short branch being the siding facing onto the main line. (Yes I'll keep taking the pills. ) Â Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted May 10, 2015 Share #26  Posted May 10, 2015 Plan view of course. Everyone sneezing out of the left-hand windows perhaps? Or dust clouds as it hits the buffers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenshacker Posted May 11, 2015 Share #27  Posted May 11, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sneezing from all the Pollen here!  Spring 2015 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr  Azalea's in Bloom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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