Before my Contax SLR bodies and lenses were stolen, the kit included the 135 2.8. This was alsways sort of the "Roddney Dangerfield" of Zeiss Contax T* lenses. No respect. Perhaps because it was quite reasonably priced. I was very fond of it and never experienced the "harsh" bokeh. It was especially good for landscapes, or informal group portraits of 4 to 6 people. Well worth the price. Bob in Seattle >From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [LRflex] Re: 1st. attempts: Bird Photos >Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:02:20 -0700 > >Eric > >I guess I am in the minority. I find the background quite harsh. Is this >a >characteristic of that lens you have noticed in the past or is this just >due >to the particular situation and juxtaposition (wow never used that word in >casual converstaion) of the branches and flowers for this particular tree? >When I was using CZ lenses on my old Rollei SL-35, I never noticed such a >harsh bokay. I didn't have the 135 Sonar, just the 135 Tessar. > >That said, you have done a better job than I could ever hope to do at >capturing those little critters. > >Aram > > > >From: LEICAFLEX <leicaflex@xxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [LRflex] 1st. attempts: Bird Photos > >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:35:24 -0700 > > > >Hi all, > > > >This forum has inspired me to try bird photography - thanks to Doug > >Herr, Douglas Sharp and everyone else: > > > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/For-the-Birds/23_Sun_Bird_8X10 > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/For-the-Birds/24_Sunbird_AC_8X10 > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/For-the-Birds/33_15_Sunbird_Flight_Crop > > > >Typically I shoot with a Leicaflex SL or R7, but sorry to ruffle some > >feathers by saying that I used an off-topic non-digital system, i.e. > >Zeiss Sonnar 135mm HFT lens at full 2.8 aperture on the Rolleiflex > >3003. (I used full aperture to blur out the background and check out > >the Zeiss "bokeh".) The reason for going off-topic was because I had > >12 frames left in the roll of Fuji Superia 400ASA and the brief > >respite from rain on Easter Sunday in the Bay Area called for > >immediate action! These were taken at my front yard, processed by > >Long's Drugstore and scanned with their Fuji Frontier machine into > >TIFF files. A lot cheaper than a DMR! > > > >I don't have time right now to try my own scanner, but I used PS > >Elements to remove some of the Fuji Frontier scan artifacts with > >gaussian blur - these artifacts look different from film grain, more > >like a mottled texture. Anyone have input on this? PS Elements > >unsharp mask was applied to bring back some detail and Auto contrast > >function was applied. I then cropped all 3 shots - the most cropped > >was the bird in flight. The Sunbird II shot was laterally inverted > >because I preferred the orientation of the bird on the right and red > >flower splotches on the left. I don't even know if this is a Sunbird. > >Maybe someone can correct me. > > > >Well, what do you guys think of my initial birding adventure? I kinda > >like the CZ lens' contrasty colors. > > > >Cheers, > >Eric Chan > >------ > >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > >Archives are at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > >_________________________________________________________________ >Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! >http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ _________________________________________________________________ Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/