Archive 2014 · Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
p.9 #2Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
^^^ Your model has beautiful eyes, Jack.
Jul 09, 2014 at 09:16 PM
p.9 #3Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Nice R80 images Jack! You nailed the focus on the second!
A couple of my own R80 images to complement Jack's! Both wide open as well...minimal PP and no sharpening
Gregg
My oldest, Mason from the 4th
a friends daughter
A couple of my own R80 images to complement Jack's! Both wide open as well...minimal PP and no sharpening
Gregg
My oldest, Mason from the 4th
a friends daughter
Jul 09, 2014 at 09:40 PM
p.9 #4Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Thanks freaklikeyou!
As always, it's luck, timing and luck, again.
This is what I saw 3 minutes before running upstairs and grabbing my camera. Light was setting just right, and I am no 'strobe' or umbrellas photog, just a guy chirping my way into a shot.
http://www.kozera.ca/photos/images/_DSC3698_640.jpg
As always, it's luck, timing and luck, again.
This is what I saw 3 minutes before running upstairs and grabbing my camera. Light was setting just right, and I am no 'strobe' or umbrellas photog, just a guy chirping my way into a shot.
http://www.kozera.ca/photos/images/_DSC3698_640.jpg
Jul 09, 2014 at 09:46 PM
p.9 #5Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
^^^Beautiful "natural" lighting...Love it!
Jul 09, 2014 at 09:49 PM
p.9 #6Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
I've posted these in the "Leica-R lens thread" as well...
It's been really bad weather here the past days, so I've not been out that much trying out my new lens. Finally I got myself a 85mm-ish lens: The 80 Summilux-R for the A7:
(t-) rain window
Sony A7 - Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4/80mm
80mm, 1/640, f/2, ISO 100
Rainy morning
Sony A7 - Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4/80mm
80mm, 1/40, f/11, ISO 250
Part II
(The river can take it all, no problem so far)
Sony A7 - Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4/80mm
80mm, 1/200, f/11, ISO 800
It's been really bad weather here the past days, so I've not been out that much trying out my new lens. Finally I got myself a 85mm-ish lens: The 80 Summilux-R for the A7:
(t-) rain window
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Sony A7 - Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4/80mm
80mm, 1/640, f/2, ISO 100
Rainy morning
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Sony A7 - Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4/80mm
80mm, 1/40, f/11, ISO 250
Part II
(The river can take it all, no problem so far)
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Sony A7 - Leitz Wetzlar Summilux-R 1:1.4/80mm
80mm, 1/200, f/11, ISO 800
Jul 11, 2014 at 03:32 AM
p.9 #7Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
i actually sold my only mandler lens yesterday – the 350/4.8. it served me well, but is so big that i rarely use it lately. 
here's a few shots i took with it just before sticking it in the box:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3897/14631312184_63430d8b40_o.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5538/14613737986_146ff31923_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3914/14633449645_39c9711e96_o.jpg
last bird with it:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3842/14631311964_236f82ba1e_o.jpg
also, a few hawk shots with it from last week:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/14612610763_a44d1e8f5c_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3901/14405881040_1fa3d965e6_o.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2914/14405953499_e7dacc955f_o.jpg
here's a few shots i took with it just before sticking it in the box:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3897/14631312184_63430d8b40_o.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5538/14613737986_146ff31923_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3914/14633449645_39c9711e96_o.jpg
last bird with it:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3842/14631311964_236f82ba1e_o.jpg
also, a few hawk shots with it from last week:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/14612610763_a44d1e8f5c_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3901/14405881040_1fa3d965e6_o.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2914/14405953499_e7dacc955f_o.jpg
Jul 12, 2014 at 12:12 PM
p.9 #8Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
It is a pity, you have really made some outstanding images with it. The bird shots really display the Mandler character as I see it. But I also understand your point. I went through a clean out phase some time ago and let go of some fantastic glass - I simply wasn't using it enough.
The R80 really has a unique signature but I feel it is a bit long a lens on the Ricoh GXR - the only camera I have to accommodate it. I am too slow for working that lens effectively so it was a brief love affair with the R80. I have also realized I am more of a Planar type of guy. It is a bit too expensive just to keep around for the odd shot so I will try to trade it in for a 50 Summarit which will be more in line with focal length and size for my kit. The R80 balances really well on full frame but I am probably not investing in full frame anytime soon.
The R80 really has a unique signature but I feel it is a bit long a lens on the Ricoh GXR - the only camera I have to accommodate it. I am too slow for working that lens effectively so it was a brief love affair with the R80. I have also realized I am more of a Planar type of guy. It is a bit too expensive just to keep around for the odd shot so I will try to trade it in for a 50 Summarit which will be more in line with focal length and size for my kit. The R80 balances really well on full frame but I am probably not investing in full frame anytime soon.
Jul 13, 2014 at 02:17 AM
p.9 #9Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Very nice *parting* shots with the 350 4.8! Sad to see you get rid of it Sebboh.
Here's one cross posted from the Leica R thread, with the 90mm f2 Summicron.
SunWorship by maryland_photos, on Flickr
Here's one cross posted from the Leica R thread, with the 90mm f2 Summicron.
SunWorship by maryland_photos, on FlickrJul 13, 2014 at 06:43 PM
p.9 #10Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
One of my trusted mule, Bjorn. He did not come with the pot’o’gold option. With the Summilux-M 35 Pre-A.
a7_Lux35_Pot_o_Bjorn by thisgunforhire70, on Flickr
Another with the lux. The drama slider went to 11 on this one in post.
a7_Lux35_Escape by thisgunforhire70, on Flickr
And finally one with the Elmarit-M 28 vIII. You go first.
a7_ElmaritM28_LetsGo by thisgunforhire70, on Flickr
a7_Lux35_Pot_o_Bjorn by thisgunforhire70, on FlickrAnother with the lux. The drama slider went to 11 on this one in post.
a7_Lux35_Escape by thisgunforhire70, on FlickrAnd finally one with the Elmarit-M 28 vIII. You go first.
a7_ElmaritM28_LetsGo by thisgunforhire70, on FlickrJul 14, 2014 at 01:19 AM
p.9 #11Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
freaklikeme wrote:
No shame in that.
Thank you. You're images are excellent, by the way. I see I still got to learn a lot
No shame in that.
Thank you. You're images are excellent, by the way. I see I still got to learn a lot
Jul 14, 2014 at 06:19 AM
p.9 #12Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
So, I finally managed to bring out the R80 on the Ricoh GXR. Visited a friend and played around with his beautiful daughters. It was hard nailing focus and the kids were seldom still but I got a few keepers.
I love the lens but it isn't easy to work it on the GXR. I was let down by the slow buffer and missed quite a few I am sure I would have gotten away with, had the buffer been larger.
HannaR80 by koruNZ, on Flickr
This shot was in the open shade, on the porch.
Edit: made them too large and took them down a notch...
Edited on Jul 17, 2014 at 12:54 PM · View previous versions
I love the lens but it isn't easy to work it on the GXR. I was let down by the slow buffer and missed quite a few I am sure I would have gotten away with, had the buffer been larger.
HannaR80 by koruNZ, on FlickrThis shot was in the open shade, on the porch.
Edit: made them too large and took them down a notch...
Edited on Jul 17, 2014 at 12:54 PM · View previous versions
Jul 17, 2014 at 12:48 PM
p.9 #15Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Early this week I made a lens trade for a 90mm f/2.8 Leica Elmarit-R Version 2 I didn't even know when I made the trade that this lens was a Mandler design. I had to look up the serial number to find out what it was. The adapter for my Sony A7r just arrived today and this is the first landscape shot taken with the lens.
http://jendale.smugmug.com/Other/Home-and-yard/i-SzMwL7K/0/X3/DSC04872-X3.jpg
http://jendale.smugmug.com/Other/Home-and-yard/i-SzMwL7K/0/X3/DSC04872-X3.jpg
Jul 17, 2014 at 06:10 PM
p.9 #16Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Kry27 wrote:
Thank you. You're images are excellent, by the way. I see I still got to learn a lot
Thanks, Roland. Much appreciated. And I think you're doing quite well. I like those B&Ws.
freaklikeme wrote
No shame in that.Thanks, Roland. Much appreciated. And I think you're doing quite well. I like those B&Ws.
Jul 17, 2014 at 07:09 PM
p.9 #17Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
kosmoskatten wrote:
It is a pity, you have really made some outstanding images with it. The bird shots really display the Mandler character as I see it. But I also understand your point. I went through a clean out phase some time ago and let go of some fantastic glass - I simply wasn't using it enough.
The R80 really has a unique signature but I feel it is a bit long a lens on the Ricoh GXR - the only camera I have to accommodate it. I am too slow for working that lens effectively so it was a brief love...Show more →
thanks! i was sad to see the lens go, but hopefully someone else will use it more and i can replace it with a 280 apo when the kids are bigger.
lovely portraits with the R80, i have always wanted it's sister the m75. i too could never really get along with that focal length on aps-c.
here are a few shots with my favorite mandler lens that i've shot with do date (still need to try the 50/1 and 75/1.4 before it gets the all time award), the m 35mm lux pre-asph:
wide open:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14678689591_4b368d776d_o.jpg
f/2:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3835/14495239778_801da8e378_o.jpg
and wide open again:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/14681577742_5be7327e35_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/14495230259_180fd194af_o.jpg
incidently, this the only lens that has ever consistently won spousal approval.
It is a pity, you have really made some outstanding images with it. The bird shots really display the Mandler character as I see it. But I also understand your point. I went through a clean out phase some time ago and let go of some fantastic glass - I simply wasn't using it enough.
The R80 really has a unique signature but I feel it is a bit long a lens on the Ricoh GXR - the only camera I have to accommodate it. I am too slow for working that lens effectively so it was a brief love...Show more →
thanks! i was sad to see the lens go, but hopefully someone else will use it more and i can replace it with a 280 apo when the kids are bigger.
lovely portraits with the R80, i have always wanted it's sister the m75. i too could never really get along with that focal length on aps-c.
here are a few shots with my favorite mandler lens that i've shot with do date (still need to try the 50/1 and 75/1.4 before it gets the all time award), the m 35mm lux pre-asph:
wide open:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14678689591_4b368d776d_o.jpg
f/2:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3835/14495239778_801da8e378_o.jpg
and wide open again:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/14681577742_5be7327e35_o.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/14495230259_180fd194af_o.jpg
incidently, this the only lens that has ever consistently won spousal approval.
Jul 18, 2014 at 12:33 AM
p.9 #18Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Really, really nice images Derek. The curly hair in BW does it, though...
incidently, this the only lens that has ever consistently won spousal approval.
Dad's all over this forum will be climbing the ropes to get at the Lux 35 Pre-ASPH, now...
incidently, this the only lens that has ever consistently won spousal approval.
Dad's all over this forum will be climbing the ropes to get at the Lux 35 Pre-ASPH, now...
Jul 18, 2014 at 12:42 AM
p.9 #19Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Even some of the rejects have something to them:
LithR0123720 by koruNZ, on Flickr
This lens has me a bit torn between getting a FF camera for it and/or letting it go. I am not sure my eyes are up to the task anymore. I knew pushing past forty would be a grueling ordeal...
LithR0123720 by koruNZ, on FlickrThis lens has me a bit torn between getting a FF camera for it and/or letting it go. I am not sure my eyes are up to the task anymore. I knew pushing past forty would be a grueling ordeal...
Jul 18, 2014 at 01:51 AM
p.9 #20Through Walter Mandler Glass (on FF Only)
Nikon D3X with Mandler's 3-element Elmar 90. This is a Visoflex lens, so I can remove the head and attach it to the OUAGO focusser. Two OTQNO extension tubes were added for closeup capability. I don't usually shoot tabletop wide open, but you all want to see OOF areas, right? Even this far out of the envelope, sharpness is biting. It's hard to believe this design is 50 years old.
Jul 18, 2014 at 03:54 AM