RetroCamera » asahi http://www.retrocamera.net Old retrocamera equipment in a digital photography world. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:13:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Preset Asahi-lens and flowers http://www.retrocamera.net/preset-asahi-lens-and-flowers.html http://www.retrocamera.net/preset-asahi-lens-and-flowers.html#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:24:42 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=1021 Flowers is a nice way to test new lenses, in my opinion. At the moment wood anemone (anemone nemorosa) is everywhere where I live. So I have tested the preset, early lens Asahi Takumar 105mm/2.8 on wood anemone, with an extensionring. Oh, and this also illustrates the hazards with photographing flowers – I put my chin on very nasty ants (myrmicinae) who bites ;)

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pennywort
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At the moment I can’t test the lenses very much since I have a work deadline today and a bad caugh that wants me to stay inside :( But I wanted to show you the beauty 135mm:

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My current M42 lenses, which I like:

  • Asahi Super-Takumar 85mm/1.9
  • Asahi Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm/1.8
  • Asahi Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5
  • MC Helios 44-3 58mm/2
  • Auto Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7
  • Tele-Tokina 105mm/2.8
  • Pentacon Auto 50mm/1.8
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Sup-Tak 85/1.9 on Spotmatic again
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Swans at lake Tysslingen

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Winter berries
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Spotmatic with Super-Takumar 85mm/1.9

Sup-Tak 85/1.9 on Spotmatic again

More about Super-Takumar 85mm/1.9 on PBase

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And you need to crawl to get good closups. It’s most often not fun looking at pictures taken with the ground as background.

If you click on the images, you go to the Flickr-page – just click the browsers backbutton to get back here.

Standing guard
Heather
Lingonberry and heather
Lingonberry
Lingonberry
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