Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Lluis. Interesting that I have Contax II and III bodies. I also have pre-war 1.5 and 2.0 Sonnars a well as a pre-war 135 f4. Looking for a 85 Sonnar, I may do this in a Contarex mount as they focus closer. Yes, I will post images relatively soon. Contrast isn't really an issue whether you increase development time in the silver universe or adjust the tone curve in the digital universe. On Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 2:00 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Don, > > I like very much the Contax series II and III, in fact my first ?serious? > pictures I took was with my father?s Contax IIIA, the Zeiss lenses are > amazing, your Biogon performs very well and the color rendition is > wonderful, I had a Sonnar 50mm f 1.5, I was using it on my Leica?s M with > an Amedeo adapter, the color rendition was very likely yours, in B&W it > offers a lower contrast than the M lenses. > > The Contax IIIA was a little difficult to focus, the focus path is very > small and the magnification is only 0.66x, the magnification with the > Contax II and III is 0.75, much better. I remember that the 50mm f 2 Sonnar > was also very good on the Contax. > > Thanks for sharing these interesting shots, I hope you will do more. > > Best! > Lluis > > > > El 4 des 2023, a les 12:00, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va > escriure: > > > > Greetings to all. Last week we had some discussion about using vintage > > lenses on our digital cameras. This week I took a walk around the > > neighborhood with a prewar 35mm Zeiss Biogon originally in a Contax > mount. > > I did have the lens CLA'd by Harry Scherer maybe 15 years ago while also > > overhauling a Contax II. > > > > First is an example of only OK performance at infinity: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/extension.jpg.html > > > > Next is a close image at f2.8: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/got+treats.jpg.html > > > > Last is an intermediate distance image, this time at f5.6: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/turkey+legs+added+to+extend+the+holiday.jpg.html > > > > If you recall this is the lens whose rear element protrudes so far > rearward > > that it is unusable on the postwar Contax line. There is possibly three > > stops of falloff in the edges on my R V sensor but overall is a fair > > performer and an excellent performer considering no coatings and 86+ > years > > old. > > > > All the best. > > > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information