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HackingDutchman In reply to CEdwardsPhotos [2016-11-29 19:09:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks 

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HackingDutchman In reply to Ren-ail [2016-09-26 13:11:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you 

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HackingDutchman In reply to Wulthur [2016-09-25 10:39:28 +0000 UTC]

Indeed. They are really sharp. I was stunned about it at first.

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Wulthur In reply to HackingDutchman [2016-09-26 07:31:53 +0000 UTC]

It's not only the sharpness. These lenses have another kind of rendering colors. As you wrote, you took the picture with the Pancolar MC 50/f1.8 - I own the f2.0-version and it has also a special rendering.

Some years ago I compared for myself the Fujinon 50/f1.7, Pentacon 50/f1.8, Tessar 50/f2,8, Pancolar 50/f2.0 and Helios 58/f2.0 and the oldest of these calculations (the Helios) won by the look and the Pentacon slightly over the Pancolar by sharpness. As sharpness is not my main goal, I use mostly the Helios now.

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HackingDutchman In reply to Wulthur [2016-09-26 11:41:51 +0000 UTC]

I also have heard that a lot. However I shoot in RAW with custom settings for contrast en saturation to capture the most details in the darks and lights I possibly can. So colour rendering is not important for me personally.

I am now upgrading to a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART for the sharpness, so I am selling my Pancolar at the moment, as it holds no value anymore for me.

The Helios lenses (44, 44-2, 44M and 77M-4) are one of my all time favourite lenses just because of the bokeh. However, they are indeed not so sharp, that is the only drawback.

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Wulthur In reply to HackingDutchman [2016-09-27 20:13:47 +0000 UTC]

I shoot RAW too, but even if you use C1, many of the manipulations affect the whole picture. So you have a different proportion of the colors than with other lenses. It's like the "3-D-effect" with Zeiss lenses.

For the quick and dirty work I have the EF 50/f1.4 and for the important ones the Planar 50/f1.4 that has only AF confirm. The Sigma is - as I heard - way better than the EF, but for my purposes it is to much effort for to less improvement to sell the EF and buy the Sigma. My old lenses I uses nearly 100% with my little OM-D, because focus peaking rocks without cross section or micro prism view finder.

I'm going for Lenses with a special behaviour. So I signed for instance the Kickstarter for the new Daguerre from Lomography. Next friday I get my hands on it and I can't await it.

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HackingDutchman In reply to Wulthur [2016-09-29 20:50:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, every lens has it's own kind of ''special ability''. However I find lenses with effects like swirly bokeh or soap bubble bokeh more fun to use than lenses that have a special colour rendering because nowadays you can easily create colour effects. I think I am a bit of a bokeh-whore for that matter  

Focus peaking is heaven indeed! I am so happy that my A7R also got focus peaking. Before this camera I got a normal DSLR with no focus peaking. Now every shot with a manual lens is sharp.

That Daguerreotype looks really neat. I really like that you can alter the aperture yourself in every way you want.

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HackingDutchman In reply to FallisPhoto [2016-09-24 23:08:16 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, the Electric MC Pancolar aus Jena f/1.8 50mm M42 to be exact.

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