Showing posts with label tessar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tessar. Show all posts

Friday, February 4, 2011

1954 Carl zeiss jena Tessar 50/2.8: When is film not film?



A quick update/quiz before I go to bed, I found a great shot that I had forgotten to post

its a 1954 Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm /2.8 Tessar (that I got for super cheap as it has a few dings in it,) and I took this nice sunset shot using Fuji Provia , the old film , or is it?

Ill leave this up for a day and see if anyone can figure out the trick :)

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Sunrise with 1954 CZ Jena tessar 50mm f2.8

This was the only bright part of the day, the sunrise peeked under the overcast for less than 5 minutes, so I was outside with my KX and the Carl Zeiss Tessar lens I have that cost me 40 dollars off a guy in Greece. I did the post processing while listening to Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack, so perhaps thats why I made it in an anamorphic aspect ratio

The lens is single coated and prone to flare, but I like it , and I dont know why,but  it has a great rendering that the more modern lenses dont do, is it more contrast? less definition? I dont know , but it was made when black and white photography was the norm, so when used to take colour, it seems to really generate excellent images