Sony A7/A7r with old lenses

[Vivek]

Here's a Texas sized cam. Shoots 6x8 cm. RF coupled with a bright line finder (the red dot is Kodak logo!).

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A7r, Tamron Adaptall 105/2.5 f/2.5

 

[MikeEvangelist]

Thanks to a conversation with Vivek, I dug up three old Pentax 110 lenses (18mm, 24mm and 50mm) and am trying them on the A7R. You can get these lenses for about $15-20 each. I'm using an inexpensive Fotasy adapter.

They are the cutest little lenses you ever saw.

And I'm surprised at how well they work. To my amazement, all three can cover the APS-C image area with only minor falloff. This yields a 15MP image. There's no aperture, so you have to shoot at ƒ2.8 all the time.

Here's the 18mm mounted on the camera, a snapshot with that same lens, and a 100% center crop from another shot.

 

[MikeEvangelist]

The 24mm Pentax 110 lens is even tinier. For those who've never handled a Pentax 110, it's hard to visualize how small they are. Here it is compared to the Sony 24-70mm FE.

 

[hakkalo]

CZJ Tessar 7.5cm F2.8 (c.1933)

 

[Mark Muse]

How old is "old"? This as the CY 45/2.8 Tessar pancake on my A7II.

Hackberries at Dusk ::

 

[Mark Muse]

This one with a Contax G 45/2.0 Planar.

More Hackberries ::

 

[Mark Muse]

This with the Contax G 90/2.8 Sonnar.

Jazz at the Museum ::

 

[hakkalo]

Argus Cintar 50mm F2.8

 

[Vivek]

Leitz Elmar from 1933!

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A7r, Elmar 3.5cm f/3.5, The Hague

 

[Eoin]

Some Alt lens fun for the weekend. I have no idea how these will perform but for about €100 each it's worth a punt.

 

[gurtch]

Leitz Elmar from 1933!

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A7r, Elmar 3.5cm f/3.5, The Hague

I have an uncoated Leica 50mm f2 Summar. Used wide open, this lens produces some "dreamy" images that would be difficult, if not impossible, to reproduce with software. Please keep publishing old lens shots, I really enjoy them.
Best regards
Dave in NJ

 

[hakkalo]

Bausch & Lomb Rapid Rectilinear (c.1930)

 

[hakkalo]

Above picture was taken by this vintage lens

 

[hakkalo]

Bausch & Lomb Rapid Rectilinear + green filter

 

[Vivek]

Leitz Hekor 2.8cm f/6.3.

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[Chuck Jones]

Above picture was taken by this vintage lens

No wonder there is a lot of movement in the photo above. You had the lens set on "Brilliant" instead of "Moving Objects!" :ROTFL:

 

[hakkalo]

Aldis Anastigmat 2" F3 Micro-Photo

 

[hakkalo]

Unnamed Petzval Type Brass Lens

 

[Vivek]

Leitz Hektor 2.8cm f/6.3 (on 7s):

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[hakkalo]

Aldis Micro-Photo 2" F3