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**Rense** · 10-10-2009, 01:49 AM

Georg, those Zeiss Planar shots are just great! I like the first one very much, it has such a depth...!

georgweb · 10-10-2009, 02:50 AM

Thanks Rense,

I'm always in search of the middle format look. That Planar lens is certainly a good candidate cause it is really usable at f/1.4.
I still gotta dial into the lens' potential. Mechanical quality is nice and the old AE version gives you that sort of russian
heavy metal tank-like confidence .-)

Same lens same car full open no crop no PP on K100D

**Douglas_of_Sweden** · 10-10-2009, 05:13 AM

On macro converter:

On bellows:

Full open:

Crop

xjjohnno · 10-14-2009, 08:18 PM

A couple of pics taken with a very recently acquired Yashica DX 50 f1.4 in M42.
[IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.xjgarage.org/photos/october2009/slides/PICT8045.JPG[/IMGWIDELEFT]
[IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.xjgarage.org/photos/october2009/slides/PICT8161.JPG[/IMGWIDELEFT]
[IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.xjgarage.org/photos/october2009/slides/PICT8190.JPG[/IMGWIDELEFT]

georgweb · 10-23-2009, 04:33 AM

(xj)John(no), that Yash 50/1.4 looks really good, nice bokeh too imo.

Here's the successor to this lens, the ML (2nd) version

Yashica ML 1.4/50 on K100D, f/1.4. Shot through the net.

Keep them coming in, Georg (the other)

xjjohnno · 10-23-2009, 04:39 AM

That is one good lookink parrot pic George with pleasantly manic bokeh. I must keep a look out for the Yashica ML 50s.

georgweb · 10-23-2009, 05:32 AM

John; I guess you're just fine with your DX. The bokeh with the parrot comes partly from shooting through the net (which is visible in the background also). Mind you that the ML versions come in Y/C mount so you'd have to tinker and/or get a leitax adapter. To check infinity though you can handhold any Y/C lens into the PK mount and snap some pics (Carl Zeiss Contax lenses included).

M42 Auto Yashinon DX 1.7/50 (silver front ring) on K100D - a very contrasty lens

MrApollinax · 10-23-2009, 05:40 AM

Here are my contributions all taken with my K100DS

FA50 1.4

This one was my first acceptance into the PPG, with a fifty no less

A50 1:2

Sigma 50 2.8 Macro

Voe · 10-23-2009, 07:30 AM

Pentax SMC 50mm f/1.2 (K version) my best 50mm ever.

Being cool

Orange and blue

Dark rider

Forsaken brides

Blue · 10-24-2009, 07:11 AM

Here is another one with the FA 50mm f1.4 at a night game (no flash). No PP other than extracting and sizing.

**wtlwdwgn** · 10-24-2009, 11:39 AM

Some excellent images from an under rated focal length for digital. I've got one of one fifty used to take one of another fifty. M 50mm f/1.7 and Sumicron 50mm f/2 DR on an M2.

Blue · 10-24-2009, 02:15 PM

**Rense** · 10-25-2009, 02:25 PM

**Rense** · 10-28-2009, 08:05 AM

And some more with this same lens, but now mounted at some extension tubes (about 31mm in total?).

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

georgweb · 10-28-2009, 09:33 AM

Wonderful & well-exposed shots Rense. The colors and the background blur seem to improve with the extension - is it right to assume that you have stopped them down a good bit ?

The second to last photo makes me want to bite into the mushroom - I guess the first one though would make me a little tipsy if I tried.

Georg (the macro noob)

10-23-2009, 05:40 AM	#98
MrApollinax Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,529	Love this thread Here are my contributions all taken with my K100DS FA50 1.4 This one was my first acceptance into the PPG, with a fifty no less A50 1:2 Sigma 50 2.8 Macro

10-23-2009, 07:30 AM	#99
Voe Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sydney Photos: Gallery Posts: 719	Pentax SMC 50mm f/1.2 (K version) Pentax SMC 50mm f/1.2 (K version) my best 50mm ever. Being cool Orange and blue Dark rider Forsaken brides

10-24-2009, 02:15 PM	#102
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	A mini-series from the FA 50mm at night

10-25-2009, 02:25 PM	#103
Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55/1.8 @ f/1.8

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10-10-2009, 01:49 AM	#91
Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	Georg, those Zeiss Planar shots are just great! I like the first one very much, it has such a depth...!

10-10-2009, 02:50 AM	#92
georgweb Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,386	Thanks Rense, I'm always in search of the middle format look. That Planar lens is certainly a good candidate cause it is really usable at f/1.4. I still gotta dial into the lens' potential. Mechanical quality is nice and the old AE version gives you that sort of russian heavy metal tank-like confidence .-) Same lens same car full open no crop no PP on K100D

10-10-2009, 05:13 AM	#93
Douglas_of_Sweden Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Stockholm Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,374	On macro converter: On bellows: Full open: Crop

10-14-2009, 08:18 PM	#94
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	A couple of pics taken with a very recently acquired Yashica DX 50 f1.4 in M42. [IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.xjgarage.org/photos/october2009/slides/PICT8045.JPG[/IMGWIDELEFT] [IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.xjgarage.org/photos/october2009/slides/PICT8161.JPG[/IMGWIDELEFT] [IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.xjgarage.org/photos/october2009/slides/PICT8190.JPG[/IMGWIDELEFT]

10-23-2009, 04:33 AM	#95
georgweb Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,386	(xj)John(no), that Yash 50/1.4 looks really good, nice bokeh too imo. Here's the successor to this lens, the ML (2nd) version Yashica ML 1.4/50 on K100D, f/1.4. Shot through the net. Keep them coming in, Georg (the other)

10-23-2009, 04:39 AM	#96
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	That is one good lookink parrot pic George with pleasantly manic bokeh. I must keep a look out for the Yashica ML 50s.

10-23-2009, 05:32 AM	#97
georgweb Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,386	John; I guess you're just fine with your DX. The bokeh with the parrot comes partly from shooting through the net (which is visible in the background also). Mind you that the ML versions come in Y/C mount so you'd have to tinker and/or get a leitax adapter. To check infinity though you can handhold any Y/C lens into the PK mount and snap some pics (Carl Zeiss Contax lenses included). M42 Auto Yashinon DX 1.7/50 (silver front ring) on K100D - a very contrasty lens

10-24-2009, 07:11 AM	#100
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	Here is another one with the FA 50mm f1.4 at a night game (no flash). No PP other than extracting and sizing.

10-24-2009, 11:39 AM	#101
wtlwdwgn Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Billings, MT Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,853	Some excellent images from an under rated focal length for digital. I've got one of one fifty used to take one of another fifty. M 50mm f/1.7 and Sumicron 50mm f/2 DR on an M2.

10-28-2009, 08:05 AM	#104
Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	And some more with this same lens, but now mounted at some extension tubes (about 31mm in total?). #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

10-28-2009, 09:33 AM	#105
georgweb Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,386	Wonderful & well-exposed shots Rense. The colors and the background blur seem to improve with the extension - is it right to assume that you have stopped them down a good bit ? The second to last photo makes me want to bite into the mushroom - I guess the first one though would make me a little tipsy if I tried. Georg (the macro noob)

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