Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Neal Impressive pictures and with a Russian Lens! Now you really got me thinking. Sincerely Joseph Low Singapore - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Neal Friedenthal Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:02 PM To: Rollei users group; leica users group Subject: [Leica] Playing with a Russian lens on a German body Well I broke down and bought a real Contax, a IIa, just couldn't pass it up it was in beautiful condition with a perfect 50mm f2 Sonnar. However I also picked up an Orion-15 28mm f6 russian contax lens. This is probably the rarest of the Kiev Contax lenses and it wasn't cheap by Kiev standards, just around $300, but the collector in me took over. It is an interesting lens in that it is not coupled to the range finder, but with a maximum aperture of f6 the rangefinder is really not needed, just a close estimate on the distance and the DOF takes care of the rest. Again the quality of the Russian optics is remarkable and with the smoothness of the Zeiss body it made for a pleasant afternoon at a local train yard. http://photoneal.com/photos/misc/tn/tracks1.jpg.html http://photoneal.com/photos/misc/tn/door1.jpg.html http://photoneal.com/photos/misc/tn/drums1.jpg.html http://photoneal.com/photos/misc/tn/wt1.jpg.html The final shot directly into the sun including the sun was a deliberate attempt to see what kind of reflections the lens would have, as you can see they are minimal. Comments always welcome Neal F - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html