[rollei_list] Re: SL66 and weight
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:53:02 -0500
Goodness Jerry hundreds of times.
But I have a terrible feeling that I have called someone's baby ugly...
I take it back... he old 50 Dist is a fabulous lens. In fact, there
was no reason in the world why Zeiss recalculated and updated it with
a floating element quite a few years ago. And that darkening you see
in the corners below f/8? That is your imaganation...
So how did I do? ;-)
Eric Goldstein
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On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Eric,
>
> Have you ever used that 50mm T* Distagon?
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
>
> On 2/20/2011 3:28 PM, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>>
>> Hi Peter -
>>
>> Many of my photographs over the years have left those who have seen
>> them gasping. It's one reason why I bumped up my personal liability
>> insurance...
>>
>> The 50 mm Dist for the SL 66 and the original formulation for the
>> Hasselbrad is an old design and is not IMO a particularly well
>> corrected or good looking lens. Guess YMMV.
>>
>>
>> Eric Goldstein
>>
>> --
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Peter Mattei<petermattei@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I shot my brother's wedding with a 50mm on the SL66 and it left people
>>> gasping. All, I think can be attributed to the different perspective
>>> and,of
>>> course zero grain in the snapshots. The 50 is compact and forgiving. It
>>> handles backlight well and has a beguiling out-of-focus field. Nothing,
>>> though, beats using an SW for select shots at a wedding. I was lucky to
>>> use
>>> one for a wedding here in San Diego. Dance-floor shots as well as the
>>> requisite, "Bride Exiting the Limo" shot turned-out spectacularly.
>>>
>>> I used to shoot the SL66 hand-held all the time...about five years ago it
>>> began to get heavier. Hmmm....
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Jerry Lehrer<glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> CARLOS,
>>>>
>>>> I have yet to find anyone to say any bad words about the f2.8 -80mm
>>>> Planar, whether it
>>>> be on a Rolleiflex TLR, a Hasselblad or a Rollei 66.
>>>>
>>>> I do have a Distagon for my Hasselblad, but it is a f4.0 -50mm wide
>>>> angle.
>>>> It is superb.
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/19/2011 1:53 PM, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2011/2/19 Jan Decher<jdecher@xxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Carlos,
>>>>>> Get yourself the much more compact 2.8/80mm Planar for your SL66 and
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> become much more hand-holdable and it will also render some of your
>>>>>> subjects
>>>>>> lovelier (better bokeh etc.).
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jan:
>>>>> There is a significant size and weight difference for the
>>>>> Distagon 4/80 and the Planar 2.8/80 really, I preferred the Planar
>>>>> 2.8/80 since I'd need the Compur leaf shutter rarely, but I found this
>>>>> SL66 and the Distagon 4/80 lens together in excellent condition for a
>>>>> reasonable price and bought them, if I have the chance to buy a Planar
>>>>> 2.8/80 I'll do it. I found this Distagon an excellent lens using the
>>>>> camera with tripod, very sharp.
>>>>> I'm a TLR man mainly and I'm tending to use the SL66 for close-up
>>>>> photography and some special DOF effect, but I like to try it for
>>>>> "normal " shots sometimes, the Planar 2.8/80 would be more comfortable
>>>>> for this purpose, thank you Jan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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