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09/20/2010 11:18:44 AM · #1 |
This is cool.
Message edited by author 2010-09-20 11:20:08. |
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09/20/2010 11:23:21 AM · #2 |
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09/20/2010 12:11:32 PM · #3 |
Wow, he certainly got the look he was after! I'd have sworn they were done with vintage equipment if I didn't know they were shot using a modern body.
FWIW, adaptations like this are really not at all difficult. One needs to determine what the proper register distance is for the lens, and if it is greater than the register distance for the camera body, you are in business. Just make a mechanical adapter to give it the proper distance. If you don't get the distance correct and the lens is mounted too far from the sensor plane, it will not focus to infinity. If it is mounted too close, it will not focus close, perhaps not at all.
The results he gets with that lens sure underscore how the optical technology used defines the "look" of photos from that era, and here we have a very modern camera producing that look. Really cool.
This is one of the reasons that I love this lens. A modern Canon 85/1.8 would give technically better results, has AF, and would have cost me about the same... but the Zeiss gives a very special rendition for portraiture which I love.
ETA: I'd just love to see the original files on these to see what the individual color channels look like. I'd bet that it would be very informative as to what the optical aberrations are that lead to the observed qualities.
Message edited by author 2010-09-20 13:37:40. |
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09/20/2010 12:28:18 PM · #4 |
| Holy crap that is awesome. |
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09/20/2010 12:32:38 PM · #5 |
| those are indeed cool shots - excellent effect |
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09/20/2010 12:44:04 PM · #6 |
Older glass is very cool, and it is fun to tinker with making it work for digital. Here's one of my experiments that I have greatly enjoyed using, at least until my arms get tired.
Details are in the details.
That old lens on the 5D is an excellent combo. I wonder if it has an aperture? I don't see one in the photo of it. The 120 I use was a movie projector lens from the late 40's or early 50's and it seems to perform exactly as advertised, an excellent 120mm f1.8, though it has no aperture, shutter speed and iso combinations make it work for any light.
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09/20/2010 02:02:18 PM · #7 |
| Another fun thought... the 35mm SLR will be 75 years old in a little over 5 years (reckoning from the introduction of the Kine Exakta in 1936), so there are some very old SLR lenses out there as well. Exakta lenses can be successfully retrofitted to Canon EOS cameras, though it is a very thin adapter and some adapters may create problems with infinity focus with some lenses. |
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09/20/2010 04:18:31 PM · #8 |
I've been meaning to start hunting for old, old lenses... I have a collection of early 70's Minolta glass here that is in pristine shape... but I want something more funky.
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09/20/2010 04:26:09 PM · #9 |
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09/21/2010 12:37:14 AM · #10 |
Bump for the Aussie bunch.
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09/21/2010 01:06:43 AM · #11 |
| Thanks for showing us this, Steve, and thank you for bumping for the Aussies, Waddy. The technical stuff is way over my head, but I love the look of those shots. |
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09/21/2010 01:15:25 AM · #12 |
35mm is a handy focal length on full frame cams. I notice some vignetting in the images, and suppose that it would not cover a 4X5 well at all, so it is probably best that they didn't go through with building the film body for it.
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