LocalHero1953 Posted August 21, 2018 Share #681 Posted August 21, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) That's the sort of portrait the Thambar is for! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted August 24, 2018 Share #682 Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) I would just like to say a big thank you to all the contributors to this thread. I was interested in this lens when it was first re introduced but was initially put of by all sorts of negatives such as ,”won’t work on a M9 because of the metering “ and lots of similar comments etc. Consequently became very undecided about it. After following this thread and a pm to one of the contributors who has used it very effectively,I now own a Thambar . No problem on my M9 or Monocrom and first results are very interesting.Not ready to post any results yet.Just thank you for lots of interesting posts and a very informative pm. Edited August 24, 2018 by Guest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted August 28, 2018 Share #683 Posted August 28, 2018 One of my first with my Thambar taken back in April. I don't remember the setting but probably f2.2 no filter. Conversion to monochorme and slight crop in Iridient otherwise straight out of the camera. M9, Thambar (LTM, 1935) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted August 29, 2018 Share #684 Posted August 29, 2018 Recovered Surveillance 1941 Triptych M-A Thambar-M ND3 & APO-Summicron-M 50mm LHSA ADOX Color Implosion & Portra 400 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/279589-thambar-crazy/?do=findComment&comment=3581695'>More sharing options...
daveco Posted August 29, 2018 Share #685 Posted August 29, 2018 What fun it must be to have this lens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted September 1, 2018 Share #686 Posted September 1, 2018 1941 Studebaker Rod M-A Thambar-M ND3 ADOX Color Implosion Grain + Glow, Back to 1941 We Go Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/279589-thambar-crazy/?do=findComment&comment=3584178'>More sharing options...
epand56 Posted September 2, 2018 Share #687 Posted September 2, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) The fact that somebody builds a lens like this, really surprise me. But the fact that somebody else could buy and use this lens leave me totally astonished. We live in crazy times. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted September 2, 2018 Share #688 Posted September 2, 2018 1941 Studebaker Detail M246 Thambar-M ND3 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/279589-thambar-crazy/?do=findComment&comment=3584982'>More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2018 Share #689 Posted September 3, 2018 What fun it must be to have this lens! As I am sure many others will agree, the Thambar would not be everybody’s choice .However it’s a fascinating piece of kit which will no doubt give me and many more ,hours of pleasure. Even some of the original ones in “well used condition” are fetching silly money . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted September 3, 2018 Share #690 Posted September 3, 2018 Small White (Pieris rapae). Probably around F4 to F5.6 at minimum focussing distance (which, as many of us have found, minimises the "glow" quite considerably). 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted September 3, 2018 Share #691 Posted September 3, 2018 Even some of the original ones in “well used condition” are fetching silly money . I don't know if it's silly money. I saw one recently (LTM version) for sale at roughly a third of the price of the latest and greatest M10-P. This is for a lens that is about 75 years old and still works as the day it was made... and could go on working more or less indefinitely. I don't think there will be many M10-Ps around in 75 years. That is the value of the object. Then there is the value of the work being produced. Just look at some of the work posted here by Wattsy, Milan and Ernest and I think few people could dispute that some really beautiful, interesting work can be produced with this lens. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2018 Share #692 Posted September 3, 2018 I don't know if it's silly money. I saw one recently (LTM version) for sale at roughly a third of the price of the latest and greatest M10-P. This is for a lens that is about 75 years old and still works as the day it was made... and could go on working more or less indefinitely. I don't think there will be many M10-Ps around in 75 years. That is the value of the object. Then there is the value of the work being produced. Just look at some of the work posted here by Wattsy, Milan and Ernest and I think few people could dispute that some really beautiful, interesting work can be produced with this lens. Sorry,poor choice of words by myself. I looked at buying an original one when the new edition was introduced and found an original one complete with the metal tube with screw cap.( my understanding was that some where exported too hot climates with the metal tube instead of the leather case). Due to rarity value this was more expensive than the new version.Others with less collector appeal where more modestly priced.I am more than happy with my brand new one and will be delighted to get comparable results to any of the contributors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted September 4, 2018 Share #693 Posted September 4, 2018 A bit of flowery schmaltz. Probably F4. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted September 8, 2018 Share #694 Posted September 8, 2018 Small White (Pieris rapae). Probably around F4 to F5.6 at minimum focussing distance (which, as many of us have found, minimises the "glow" quite considerably). Artful, controlled bokeh! Very painterly. I appreciate your specific technical tips. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted September 10, 2018 Share #695 Posted September 10, 2018 Primarily M-A Thambar-M CS ND3 ADOX Color Implosion Color Field Diptych Study Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 10 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/279589-thambar-crazy/?do=findComment&comment=3590458'>More sharing options...
otho Posted September 10, 2018 Share #696 Posted September 10, 2018 Rothko? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted September 10, 2018 Share #697 Posted September 10, 2018 Rothko? Yes, Rothko's a bell that can't be unrung, but there are a number of other bells in color field abstraction that can't be unrung, too: Gottlieb, Hofmann, Newman, Still, Motherwell, Reinhardt, Gorky, and even Pollock. With painting as opposed to photography, the painter decides on the statement that the signature of color makes on a surface, whereas the photographer selects from what is given and abstracts from that visual reality as a starting point. I am interested, just as the color field painters, in the interplay of color as well as texture, alone, for the most part, excluding documentation of recognizable people, places, and artifacts. Nothing new, but I am entertained by the excursion, always looking for that aha! kick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted September 10, 2018 Share #698 Posted September 10, 2018 Recollection Red Triptych M-A Thambar-M CS ND3 ADOX Color Implosion (Sandwiched a bit of blur into this one.) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/279589-thambar-crazy/?do=findComment&comment=3590891'>More sharing options...
Pono Posted September 24, 2018 Share #699 Posted September 24, 2018 With hindsight, I think the photo I just posted has too much contrast. I've gone a bit overboard in the post processing. I tend to prefer more subtlety, something the Thambar-M (with its inherent low contrast) is suited to – as long as you avoid the temptation to try and correct it in post. Again, around F2.8 or so without the filter. I liked them all Thanks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Posted October 17, 2018 Share #700 Posted October 17, 2018 Safe, At Last M-A Thambar-M CS ADOX Color Implosion Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/279589-thambar-crazy/?do=findComment&comment=3614408'>More sharing options...
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