Hin's Photo Corner

2014-07-23 Posted by Hin Man

A picture taken by the Canon FD 55mm f/1.4 SSC on Sony A7.

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And some casual test shots with Sony A7 today in my neighbor's garden with wild flowers.

All flower pictures are shot in f/2.0 with Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 SSC and Sony A7. This 50mm has good image quality and it is not expensive to find a good copy with perfect optics. My copy is in outstanding condition. Comparing to the Takumar 50mm f/1.4, the Canon is bigger and heavier and the focusing ring is perhaps a bit tighter than the Takumar but image quality is pleasing. This Canon lens has a warmer tone than the Takumar but overall I am well pleased with the lens for its color and bokeh.

2014-07-20 Posted by Hin Man

I cleaned up my Industar 50-2 50mm f/3.5. A few product shots on the small pancake.

Industar 50-2 50mm f/3.5, a Russian M42 pancake, sony a7

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Industar pancake with companies.

Some casual test shots with Industar 50-2 50mm f/3.5 and Sony A7

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Industar 50-2 50mm f/3.5 -- a Russian M42 pancake

The lens is decent and it has a film look quality.

Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 45mm f/2.8 and Kodak Retina Reflex IV

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Schneider Xenar 45mm f/2.8 is a pancake that can be converted to M42 and stays as pancake in terms of size.

Among the three Schneider Xena 45mm f/2.8, Xenon 50mm f/1.9 and the Tele-Xena 135mm f/4.0 that I have tried, the best image quality comes from the Schneider Xenon 50mm f/1.9. The performance on the 135mm f/4.0 is excellent but the long minimal focusing distance at 14 feet make it harder to use unless your subject focus is far. The 45mm f/2.8 is the cutest one as an altearnative pancake with reasonable performance.

A word of caution on the DKL mount, many of the DKL to M42 or DKL to K mount adapters are priced in the $35 to $50 range many of them are poorly made with all sorts of failing issues after few usage. I ran through three DKL to M42 adapters to get one good one out of three. They all work initially and after a few mount, they lose the tight mounting or fail to lock the DKL lens into place.

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Xenar pancake on top, M42 to DKL adapter, M42 to Konicar AR, Konicar AR to Sony E, Sony A7 on bottom
A pancake with three adapters .... Oh my but still quite small

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Shot with Schneider Xenar 45mm f/2.8

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Kodak Retina IV, the film rewind is at the bottom. And the shutter release is not on the top plate but on the body and I find it easy to hit the shutter

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Schneider Xena 45mm f/2.8 pancake was gone

The Schneider Xenon 50mm f/1.9 is very good when I tried it on Sony digital bodies.

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The body has a leaf shutter and it is amazing to watch the leaf shutter in action working with the shutter release.

2014-07-18 Posted by Hin Man

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Some square crops with Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 8-element and Sony A7. Some of the shots don't have the critical focus but I like the color and bokeh in my first day with the lens. They are shot with Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 8-element in f/1.4 and f/2.0 with Sony A7. I went through great length of trouble with repeated return of 8-element version of the Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4. When I finally get a good copy, it is worth the efforts, the tiny Super-Takumar have good color, contrast and off-focus rendering is smooth and pleasing.

I tried two other lenses to shoot similar scene the next day with Contax G Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm f/2.0 and Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 SSC. The Takumar wins hand-down on the bokeh and color though the Canon is not too bad to my surprises. The Canon has a much warmer tone and more glowing edges at wide open aperture. I hate my Contax experience not because of poor quality but I use it with a Deo TechArt AF v2 adapter and it just kills the experience with AF hunting. But even if I have a perfect adapter, my biased opinion goes straight to the 8-element version of the Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4.

2014-07-15 Posted by Hin Man

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Some wild flowers shots in my neighbor's garden. They are shot with Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 8-element in f/1.4 and f/2.0.

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2014-07-13 Posted by Hin Man

Here are few test shots on a dancing horse this afternoon. The horse is an absolute beauty and I saw him all by himself dancing on a party where there is a DJ and people singing. I assume it is a boy and the horse will dance all by itself as soon as music is on and his steps paced with the music. The lighting is harsh in the mid-afternoon around 3.

All shot with Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 8-element.

I always get mixed up with the wording among SMC, Super-Multi-Coated and Super-Takumar and I used them quite often wrongly in posting.

2014-07-10 Posted by Hin Man

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Sony A7 and Rikenon p 50mm f/1.4. Shots taken in San Francisco around AT&T park after SF Giants game on Embarcadero street.

All shot with Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 85mm f/1.9 and Sony A7

Hin's Photo Corner

Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 SSC and Sony A7

Industar 50-2 50mm f/3.5 -- a Russian M42 pancake

Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 45mm f/2.8 and Kodak Retina Reflex IV

Takumar Beauty with Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 8-element and Sony A7

Neighbor's Garden with Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.8 8-element

Dancing Horse with Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 8-element

Rikenon P 50mm f/1.4 and Sony A7

Takumar Beauty -- Portraits with S-M-C Takumar 85mm f/1.9

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