By Clint L.
Category: photography
Portraits with Soviet lenses
In this article tested few Russian lens, Helios 44/77/81/89/103, Jupiter 8/9/12, MIR 24, Zenitar-M 50 f1.7, Tele-Zenitar 135mm f/2.8
Russian lens Mix Helios 81N Helios 77-M4 Helios 89 Helios 44-M7 Helios 44-2
Helios soup. It contains:Helios-81N (50mm f/2, Nikon F). Probably the sharpest and more contrasty of all. That also makes it a bit more modern-looking, though it definitely is Helios. That extra bit of sharpness is useful when placing subjects off center and when using longer focusing distances. Helios 44 and Biotar 58 fall apart in those […]
Leica R3 Summicron 90 f2
Leica R3 Summicron 90 f2 with Kodachrome. Made by Christian
Leitz Summilux-R 50mm f1.4
Actress Mariana Cinat at the theater, playing with props from another play, and in the dressing room.May, 2019.Leitz Summilux-R 50mm f1.4 Made by Adolfo
Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 55mm f1.4
Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 1.4/55 + Praktica BX20 + Kodak Vision 3 500T motion picture film. Made by Adolfo
Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical
Writer Leila Sucari in her room, with white cat Kusturica. They stare at black cat Greta, outside the window (all of this of course related to Emir Kusturica and his film “White Cat, Black Cat”). by Adolfo
Leitz Wetzlar Elmaron 150mm f2.8
This morning I went out to work only with this projector lens mounted on the a6000 with a macro bellows. I thought I’d take pictures like the first two in the series… I found myself taking pictures of landscapes because the atmosphere was beautiful… To tell the truth with a 150mm f2.8 more than photographs […]
Kinon Superior 50mm f1.8 projection lens
The Kinon Superior 5cm f1.8 projection lens. Pretty wild, but I think it might make a good portrait lens, with some highlight glow but very sharp in the center. Just put some rubber tape around the barrel and friction fit it into a 17-31mm M42 helicoid. First test shot , uncropped on full frame. Quite […]
Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 55mm f1.4 Zebra
All Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 1.4 55 have a M42 mount. All lenses come with the typical black-silver “Zebra” look. One thing you need to now about Zebra lenses is that they are radioactive (I kid you not!). Zeiss engineers experimented with using different elements to enhance the sharpness of the lens. Pancolar lenses were produced with Thorium, […]