Arrow Posted February 3, 2019 Share #821 Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Also Thambar, more focussed ... somehow sharp, but low contrast. 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! Edited February 3, 2019 by Arrow 1 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=3677398'>More sharing options...
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Milan_S Posted February 3, 2019 Share #822 Posted February 3, 2019 Leica m240 with the LTM Thambar 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! 6 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=3677612'>More sharing options...
ianman Posted February 3, 2019 Share #823 Posted February 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Arrow said: the point of this lens is the low contrast, unsharp, glowy rendering capacity, when needed I think that stating that the Thambar is unsharp is doing it a disfavour. If you focus correctly, the image is sharp, even if when opened up, optical aberrations add a certain and controllable layer of haziness. But IMHO this should not give free rein to miss focus. A poorly focused photograph is going to look exactly like that... poorly focused, whether taken using a Thambar or a Super Duper Apsh APO. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted February 3, 2019 Share #824 Posted February 3, 2019 Look at this magnificent photograph and tell me that this lens is not sharp !! On 5/27/2018 at 7:12 PM, wattsy said: White helleborine. F5.6 on Macro adaptor. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted February 4, 2019 Share #825 Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) Here is an example of the onions shot using a tripod at f9 without center filter. The lens can be sharp 😎 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! Edited February 4, 2019 by Arrow 2 1 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=3677735'>More sharing options...
Arrow Posted February 4, 2019 Share #826 Posted February 4, 2019 Rider in the snow ... 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! 14 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=3677788'>More sharing options...
Arrow Posted February 4, 2019 Share #827 Posted February 4, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) having fun driving in deep snow ... 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! 4 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=3677790'>More sharing options...
Peter Zapp Posted February 4, 2019 Share #828 Posted February 4, 2019 It resembles the look of photographs from the 1930s. I believe the pricing is to not distort the value of the vintage Thambars circulating in Europe, in the US and in Japan, rather than to make the look more affordable or to reflect cost. When the Voigtländers LTM and later the current generation of Summarits came out, I did not understand either. Back then in my area I could find plenty of second-hand M-lenses in any condition, including mint or near mint. At least enthusiasts in emerging markets, with no vintage inventory, now can just order new from the catalogue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 4, 2019 Share #829 Posted February 4, 2019 33 minutes ago, Peter Zapp said: I believe the pricing is to not distort the value of the vintage Thambars circulating in Europe, in the US and in Japan, rather than to make the look more affordable or to reflect cost. Why would Leica care about disrupting the market for vintage Thambars? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianman Posted February 4, 2019 Share #830 Posted February 4, 2019 Because I would throw a tantrum if they did ! 😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ando Posted February 4, 2019 Share #831 Posted February 4, 2019 Am 28.12.2018 um 16:47 schrieb Arrow: Nemo the broomstick Dust my broom! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted February 4, 2019 Share #832 Posted February 4, 2019 29 minutes ago, Ando said: Dust my broom! 😁 had to look that phrase up 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 4, 2019 Share #833 Posted February 4, 2019 I question the need for a £5200 Thambar, when I can do this with a £500 1958 50mm/f1.5 Summarit - and this is before cleaning and servicing. Now the Summarit is not a very easy lens to use and you have to be careful to avoid flare and veiling glare, with light direction and a large hood but of course, the Thambar is not an easy lens either. I should have my father's original Thambar but sadly, my mother either gave it away or threw it out after he died. Wilson 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! 8 1 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=3678213'>More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 4, 2019 Share #834 Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) Nice iris, Wilson. Its an interesting effect in your photo but it isn't like a Thambar at full throttle. Edited February 4, 2019 by wattsy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan_S Posted February 4, 2019 Share #835 Posted February 4, 2019 one more of the old Thambar in LTM mount, every time i shoot with this lens i discover it's magic... 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! 8 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=3678354'>More sharing options...
pico Posted February 4, 2019 Share #836 Posted February 4, 2019 Is not the Thambar lens really one f*cked-up design promoted as virtue 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted February 5, 2019 Share #837 Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, pico said: Is not the Thambar lens really one f*cked-up design promoted as virtue A while ago, I gave a talk on aesthetic innovation and the role of breeches of symmetry as a decisive development factor in the arts. That is precisely what the Thambar does provide. It breaches the symmetry of what is commonly associated with, and expected, within a representational photographic concept. Yes, the breech of representational symmetry is, indeed, the Thambar´s virtue. Having said that, when I first came across the Thambar and its pictorial results, my instant reaction was: what utter kitsch 👻 That circumstance provides for the aesthetic challenge! 😎 Edited February 5, 2019 by Arrow 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0luke1 Posted February 5, 2019 Share #838 Posted February 5, 2019 Brilliant. Now that you have pointed it out, I’ll never think of it any other way. It’s why a smear of vaseline (or the Iris picture) isn’t the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 5, 2019 Share #839 Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Arrow said: A while ago, I gave a talk on aesthetic innovation and the role of breeches of symmetry as a decisive development factor in the arts. That is precisely what the Thambar does provide. 😎 I can appreciate that. For years I entertained the idea that a symmetric object is interesting when its symmetry is broken because deviation indicates a history. In that regard a crushed soda can evinces a history, inferred events. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow Posted February 5, 2019 Share #840 Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, pico said: I can appreciate that. For years I entertained the idea that a symmetric object is interesting when its symmetry is broken because deviation indicates a history. In that regard a crushed soda can evinces a history, inferred events. Splendid! That is a very good example of the difference between the concepts of quiddity (Aquinas) and haecceity (Scotus) in the context of individualisation and creation of meaningfulness of the outerwise ephemeral or mundane entity. Edited February 5, 2019 by Arrow 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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