[rollei_list] Re: Sharpness and Old Tessars
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:02:42 -0500
I have piles and piles of work fone with an old uncoated Leitz Elmar....
a tessar type, and it is, if anything, sharper than the Biotars, the
Primoplans, and, sadly, some of the Xenons. I measure a lens by whether
it "takes off" for me, does good work in my hand, and sometimes a bit of
flare (Biotar) bakes a great portrait. BTW, I have a # of Biotars in
different mount (I have Contax D's, among other things, ) and they are
spectacularly different from each other.
My favorite old glass, per "what it can do for me"? The old uncoated
collapsible f2 Sonnar for Contax II. a third of my show-gallery stuff is
off that combination.
and the coated f1.5 sonnar? As good as my Nikons. Customers think so
too.
Ruddy, here in Columbia there is a j-school, and the kiddies are full of
attitude, to the degree it severely restricts their ability to do a good
job with their cameras. I use the old stuff, and take fiendish delight
in getting in their beardless faces with it -- and whipping their butts.
Like I say in STREET PHOTOG, its how you play it. An old one pointed in
the right direction at the right time beats the tar out of the latest
digital scheisskamera -- that isn't.
best to all
PJ Nebergall
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:03:54 -0400 Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Ruddy Roye wrote:
>
> > Why do I hear so many photogs run away from tessar lens
>
>
> Umm, ignorance? Stupidity? The desire to have large pieces of glass
> to
> compensate for their small... brains? ;-)
>
> I really can't say I've run into all that much prejudice against
> Tessars. The large format f/9 Nikkors are Tessar-types and they have
> a
> killer rep. In terms of pix, just about everything shot on Speed
> Graphics over the years have been shot with Tessar-type lenses.
>
> Generally, modern photographers look for lens speed more than
> anything
> else, and that may have a great deal to do with such an ill-informed
>
> prejudice. At f/8, you would be hard pressed to see the difference
> between a good MF Tessar and just about any other MF lens...
>
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
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