Canon "sonnar" pics

To whoever may be interested, I'm posting three wide-open pics I shot this afternoon with the Canon

50mm f1.5 I just purchased from Tom Tsai. (thanks, Tom!)

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All three are full-frame, no cropping. Shot on Fuji 800 NPZ, which isn't the sharpest film in the world. ;-)

B&W conversion via PS Gradient Map, Mild sharpening and contrast tweaks, that's it. Lens was mounted

via adapter to a Hexar RF.

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I must mention that the lens is a little jewel. Solid chrome plated brass, heavy as h*ll. It takes the oddball

40mm filter, but Tom pointed out an ebay seller who offers a cheap 40-40.5mm adapter. On the plus

side, the external diameter of the lens is a perfect fit with the older Leica swing out polarizer (as are the

VC 21 and 25, FWIW.)

beautiful shots of the little girl (?daughter/grand daughter). Its really the guy behind it that

matters the most i guess. I'd frame those up if i were u.

Really like the black and white. Nice work!

First shot is very nice. Looks like a damned nice lens. Close range bokeh seems nicer than long range. Lovely girl, too!

Beautiful shots

Kevin,

 

You make that lens shine ! You are making me miss it already ;-)

 

Simply lovely shots of your daughter, beautiful model and photos. I agree that both should be destined for framing. The second shot in particular has such a charming whimsical quality and classic look to it. Congrats :-)

Your B&W winners. Excellente!

Thanks for the comments, guys!

 

One thing I noticed is that the "sonnar look" of this lens is somewhat less pronounced than

that my Jupiter 3. Of course the sad thing about the Jupiter is I can't reliably focus up close

and wide open with it.

 

I'm anxious to try a slower, finer grained film with this lens. I'll post more when I get 'em.

kevin, i can;t decide if the lens is better or the photographer..either way, I envy you.;)

They are pretty good. Makes sane people question razor-lens mania.

Nice Bokeh.

Kevin, as mentioned I really like your photos.

<br>I've posted these before but here are some other samples of 'wide-open' shots with an old 1.5 Sonnar.<br>

I'm not quite as good as focusing as you are though :)

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Contax IIIa, Sonnar 50/1.5

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<br>Contax IIIa, Sonnar 50/1.5

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<br>Contax IIIa, Sonnar 50/1.5

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Rich, I saw your photos when I searched the archives and they helped convince me to seek

out one of these lenses. Cheers! :-)

Kevin -- Very good ones. Rich - I saw those earlier, but they're <i>still</i> good. :-)