Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice bokeh and smooth nice rendition of color and contrasts Lluis > El 10 oct 2016, a les 22:47, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va > escriure: > > A few days ago I posted a comment about wanting to use my f1.4 MC Rokkor > (Minolta SRT-101) lens with my Ms. Steve and others pointed me to the > Fotodiox > MC/MD to M adapter...So I got one! > > For a joke (well may be not too much of a joke) I strapped it on to my Fuji > X-Pro1 and this is the result: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/ForJimMC-Rokkor_Fuji-1.jpg.html> > > f1.4 MC Rokkor + Fotodiox MC to M converter plus Fuji M to Fuji mount on > the X-Pro1. > Exposure about 1/55th at f2.8 (the metadata shows 1/55 at F1.0 - but it > ain't so). > > Detail rendition is quite good on this eclectic shot with a smooth picture > frame > (containing a picture of Stirling Moss in a DBR3); the ornately carved > capital > of a 19th(?)C Indian pillar, now inverted and re-modelled as a candle > holder!; a > bunch of empty 12-bore cartridges (don't ask); the broken base of a Roman > 1st(?)C pot from Austria; a late 20thC marquetry clock and finally at the > extreme right the edge of a model Jaguar XK120. The point is that it > renders the > varying textures and detail well; remarkably so given that its on a modern > digital camera! oh, and there's bokeh out the window! > > :-) > > Many thanks Steve and all the others who suggested it. > > Thanks for taking the time to look. > > Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information