at last! the Summitar from 1948

[Kalkadan]

Ok - I finally got one.  And these are scans from the first roll - Portra 400.

I has amazing clarity for something made in the same year I was ...  :cool:

shot on the IIIf and metered with the VCII and my app on the iPhone (mainly the iPhone)

Mount Warning on the left looming over the Tweed River Valley (like a histogram!)


an exhibit at the Murwillumbah Art Gallery, Tweed River @ 2.0 or 2.8


just what it says - wide open


early morning light - about f11


at f11


at f5.6 - those trees again! focus on the fine branches in the foreground to bring out the delicate light on the leaves


my seat in the coffee shop @ f2.0 or 2.8

[radiophoto]

Bravo, Dan, these are wonderful. The colors are excellent, especially your indoor photos.  Nice exposures there, and on your outdoor ones as well.  1948 is nearly ancient for a lens, but not for you and your sharp photog's eye.

[jamesmck]

Dan - Very nice performance from lens, photographer, and film.  I have a 1946 Simmitar, and am very fond of it.  Below is an example on Kodak Portra 160VC.

James

[rgeorge911]

James - I recognize those horses!

Dan - nice work. 

I love these old lenses.  I have an uncoated Summitar that is just unbeatable, in my opinion.

Reed

[br1078lum]

Dan, you have so many wonderful things to photograph, I'm surprised it took you this long to get a Summitar.  But then I haven't got one yet, so I'll have to work on that.  Beautiful shots on that Portra.

PF

[Kalkadan]

thank you Pete, James, Reed and PF for your very kind comments.

James, your Summitar is older than me!  A very good shot to show its virtues with colour and general rendition.  There is indeed something about it which is difficult to describe - a picture is worth a thousand words, as someone once said  :rolleyes:

[jamesmck]

James, your Summitar is older than me! 

Well, I am older than mine, and it is in far better condition than I.  You are right about the pleasant rendition of the Summitar.

James