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Dr Klaus Schmitt

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Is that a crappy lens?
« on: August 02, 2015, 00:26:58 »
Got that lens, made a few tests. What do you think? Crappy?









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Dr Klaus Schmitt

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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2015, 00:28:36 »
forgot, it also does that...

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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2015, 01:24:35 »
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Not crappy at all, just different... :D

The bokeh seems to come from a lens with very wide aperture.

Or from one of these Russian old lenses ?

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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2015, 01:45:13 »
Quote from: rosko on August 02, 2015, 01:24:35
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Not crappy at all, just different... :D

The bokeh seems to come from a lens with very wide aperture.

Or from one of these Russian old lenses ?

 :)

Merci bien. But it is as German as it can possibly be, and indeed it is f2....
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2015, 02:17:25 »
Klaus. These are stunning images. The flowers are wide open I guess? The toad is f=4 or f=5.6?

German means Zeiss or Leica? or is it but a GDR "crappy lens"...?
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2015, 02:34:41 »
The first two look like watercolour paintings. Lovely!
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2015, 05:05:20 »
Not crappy, but perverse. It is certainly no APO lens (lots of CA on the toad pic too), but "enjoyable" and "perfect" are two moderately overlapping concepts. Now, what's that lens?
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2015, 10:53:58 »
One of Heligons?
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2015, 12:40:56 »
The circular out-of-focus highlights in the fourth photo make me think this is a mirror lens, but I don't know what it might be.  I did a casual internet search. but didn't find any German mirror lenses.  I'm confused..no reason to make an f/2 mirror lens, since size and weight is usually the driving consideration for those.
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2015, 13:08:47 »
I know now, I guess this is Meyer Optics. Isn't it? They have these 15 blade aperture dream bokeh
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2015, 14:28:06 »
Quote from: Frank Fremerey on August 02, 2015, 13:08:47
I know now, I guess this is Meyer Optics. Isn't it? They have these 15 blade aperture dream bokeh

If I am not wrong, Hugo Meyer made only one lens with maximum aperture f/2 : the elusive 5cm f/2 Kino-plasma. Not sure you can find one now. if so, make sure you have $10 00 (minimum) available on your bank account...

There's now a ''purchase fever'' for these lenses : the Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 doubled his price in less than 2 years. :P

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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2015, 15:45:42 »
Ok. 2.0 then it could be a Leitaxed R lens?
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2015, 16:17:15 »
It could be a Pentacon.


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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2015, 16:28:18 »
Will Klaus solve the riddle?
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Re: Is that a crappy lens?
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2015, 17:05:07 »
Indeed, the frog shot was stopped down! This is it...



Now just two are known to still exist....

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