WHAT LENSES WOULD ADVISE

[giulio1986fi]

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Hey There,

 

What lenses would you advises to reach these results?

How about the 50mm Lux or Apo?

Or do you think they are taken with a 35mm?

 

Many Thanks,

Best,

 

Giulio.

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[evikne]

I don't think they are taken with a modern lens. Looks more like a 50mm Summilux pre-ASPH for example. 

[giulio1986fi]

Thank you, focal lens wise, would you say 50mm more than 35?

[giulio1986fi]

6 minutes ago, evikne said:

I don't think they are taken with a modern lens. Looks more like a 50mm Summilux pre-ASPH for example. 

Really, don't you think since they are so sharp are taken with the modern lenses?

[evikne]

2 minutes ago, giulio1986fi said:

Really, don't you think since they are so sharp are taken with the modern lenses?

No need to underestimate older lenses. They can be very sharp, especially when stopped down a little bit. But I don't see any of the biting sharpness and high resolution you get from modern lenses. Although the pictures are detailed, I think the rendering is still quite gentle.

[anickpick]

Hedi Slimane is a master photographer. He has a very specific style, knows how to handle the light. He often uses medium format cameras, but yes, he uses Leica M too.

As the photos are cropped, it is impossible to say, which lens he used. I am sure he could have realized that look with any fast modern Leica lens.

[Tp2000]

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1 hour ago, giulio1986fi said:

Really, don't you think since they are so sharp are taken with the modern lenses?

I have a rigid summicron (v2) and it holds up vs other lenses brilliantly on modern digital sensors. You’ll see differences around contrast and sharpness into the corners, but for most work, it’s brilliant and the rendering is beautiful. 
 

I wouldn’t say an apo is going to get you to results above - to be honest in the world of Lightroom and photoshop you can pretty much create any look with any lens. 
 

 

[mmradman]

The last one [the band] was taken with flash.  All are taken in different light so it is not like for like comparison.  In common [apart form the last one] all seem ot have been taken with lens stopped down as there is fair amount of sharpness in depth.  As few other posts suggest it could have been any lens, old or new.   My first impression/first picture was 50mm stopped down - maybe f4 or f5.6.  Light add more to the image than any particular make of lens or camera sensor. 

I suspect this kind of query is born out of internet chatter where lenses are given mythical qualities as being particular brand.  Modern and some legacy Leica M lenses are among the best optics available particularly fully opened but as the pictures seem to be taken with aperture closed down difficult to say.

[Erato]

Here's some clue for you. I hope that helps -- on P.4, the bokeh is a pentagon.
P.1 -- the Model is Rianne Van Rompaey@Celine
And the man with a cigar is Jean-Luc Godard.

 

https://www.hedislimane.com/diary/

 

[a.noctilux]

1 to 6 square format with (as Erato stated above) pentagon high light,

for me Hasselblad with Zeiss lens(es)

look at the detailled and thin dof even stopped down, not with 24x36.

[Aryel]

5 minutes ago, a.noctilux said:

1 to 6 square format with (as Erato stated above) pentagon high light,

for me Hasselblad with Zeiss lens(es)

look at the detailled and thin dof even stopped down, not with 24x36.

+1 but what does pentagon highlight means? Was thinking a rolleixflex could work too but you'd need a close up lens....

[a.noctilux]

Take a look at Planar Zeiss lenses for Hasselblad, you'd see pentagon opening of aperture close down a bit.

 

http://allphotolenses.com/lenses/item/c_3528.html#

 

Edited March 19, 2021 by a.noctilux

[Keith (M)]

3 hours ago, giulio1986fi said:

Hey There,

What lenses would you advises to reach these results?

How about the 50mm Lux or Apo?

Or do you think they are taken with a 35mm?

Many Thanks,

Best,

 

Giulio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent photographs and interesting discussion.   Out of interest, are these your own photos?  If they are you obviously know the answer!  If not, shouldn't copyright be acknowledged?

[Aryel]

5 minutes ago, a.noctilux said:

Take a look at Planar Zeiss lenses for Hasselblad, you'd see pentagon opening of aperture close down a bit.

 

https://www.kenrockwell.com/hasselblad/80mm-f28-c/810_7553-front.jpg

 

I see, thanks a lot. The part I do not understand now is how do you see this in the picture?

Sorry 🙈

[a.noctilux]

5 minutes ago, Aryel said:

I see, thanks a lot. The part I do not understand now is how do you see this in the picture?

Sorry 🙈

The link to KR pic didn't work so I added another link.

 

How I see, I don't know.

The obvious high light pentagon ( or ninja stars on Contax lenses or 50 Summilux asph. ) was something that bothered me when I used Zeiss/Planar lenses.

Edited March 19, 2021 by a.noctilux

[Aryel]

3 minutes ago, a.noctilux said:

The link to KR pic didn't work so I added another link.

 

How I see, I don't know.

The obvious high light pentagon ( or ninja stars on Contax lenses) was something that bothered me when I used Zeiss/Planar lenses.

I opened from here and it worked: www.kenrockwell.com/hasselblad/80mm-f28-c/

Thanks a lot, I think I see it now: highlight completely on the right of the image

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Is this correct?

Apologies to the op.