I think these two normal shots regarding f stop and shutter speed are not bad for a 76 years old lens- camera combo; the the Contax II is still very pleasant to use: http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/8609170129/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/8610275748/in/photostream/ Carlos 2013/3/31 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>: > A friend of mine forgot I only process B&W MF film and gave me an Ilford Pan > 100 35mm film as present. I finally decided to use it and to process it as > exception. I loaded this film in the 1937 Contax II camera provided with the > 1937 uncoated Sonnar 1,5/50; last Good Friday I had the idea to shoot some > nocturnal pictures in the city downtown when I noticed there was a > representation of Christ's passion in front of the cathedral, city lighting > was turned off in the area and only the representation reflectors with > colors light were working, the light quality and light power changed every > second and it was impossible to use a lightmeter. I wanted to try some shots > and set the exposure f1,5 and 1/25th shutter speed for the ISO 100 B&W film. > Whilst this original Sonnar 1,5/50 is a sharp lens from f 2.8 and above > (like the Rollei 35 Sonnar 2.8/40), it also has an infamous fame about focus > shift at f 1,5 specially, and it is true according some serious tests, > focus comes closer at f 1,5 and it would be necessary to compensate the > focusing distance to correct this problem obtaining a sharper image this > way; anyway this was not a real problem for the '30s and '40s > photojournalists since it allowed to capture printable images under very bad > conditions. BTW, the following two images were captured in the worst > condition without flash and using the available light, the Ilford Pan 100 > was processed in the TMax RS developer (it's not the best developer for this > film IMO), I did not compensate the distance for the focus shift, I had no > time to think about it: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/8605812531/in/photostream/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/8605811125/in/photostream/ > > Carlos --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list