[Theme] Df (D750)+ Rodenstock Heligon 100mm f/1.6

[charlie]

Thanks everyone, for sharing your methods of mounting.

A succulent in my backyard with the Heligon and D700.

[charlie]

And my cat

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Digging 100 mm f/1.6 images from the archive ... D200 IR, 100 mm f/1.6 Rodenstock Heligon, Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)

[Jakov Minić]

Charlie you images turned out stunning, especially the third one of the series!
Bjørn, simply has a tendency to leave me silent when he shows his photos as is the case again!

Since I am terrible in archiving and have huge difficulties in retrieving images, I have to rely on the scientific approach of stumbling on to them.
Here is the first image I took with the Heligon when I visited Erik in Copenhagen. Now it all came back to me. I was taking Erik to see Primus perform. Then he showed me the Heligon, I mounted it and took this snapshot. It wasn't clear at the time that I would fall in love. That came soon afterwards when we went out for a stroll and I realised the bokeh potential

[charlie]

Primus!?! I haven't listened to them in years. I think I saw them back in the 90's some time. Memory is hazy.

[Jakov Minić]

You should have seen Erik's face at the concert. He was rather surprised by the energy that was present 

[John Geerts]

Perhaps it's also minimalistic 

[Jakov Minić]

John, this is beautiful! It belongs to both threads. I am glad you posted here, but there's no rule stating that you can't post it elsewhere

[John Geerts]

Thank you Jakov. Well perhaps there is something like forum pollution if posting the same image in multiple threads     Although it happens quit a lot an image can qualify in more topics.

In this case the typical 'Heligon-look' might be more appropriate.

[Jakov Minić]

John, your photo is so good that it can never be called pollution!
That's all I wanted to say

[Jakov Minić]

This is D700 + Heligon, but that doesn't matter that much I guess... it's all about the Heligon 
After these types of images I took in CPH I fell in love

[John Geerts]

That are true reasons to fell in love, Jakov   

[Jakov Minić]

Have  nice weekend NG!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The 100/1.6 has a sibling looking very similar but slightly faster (f/1.5). It is little known even to the Heligon fans probably because - unlike the f/1.6 model - it has too short back focal distance ('register') to be useful with DSLRs.

I'm flying down to Copenhagen today to team up with Erik for a nerd-y weekend. One major project is adapting the 100/1.5 to various mirror-less systems for which it very likely will shine. Informal tests indicate it has even smoother bokeh than the already butter-like rendition of the 100/1.6.

I think anyone interested in this particular Heligon should take notice and acquire one right now, before it sees a price hike ...

[Alex Cejka]

Te results from using this lens I see here are just awesome. I have googled this lens and got next to nothing. No idea where to look for it. Perhaps you have better chance to find one in Europe?