Rangefinderforum

The history of Takumar lenses highlights a principle that is often overlooked when discussing photographic optics: the evolution of a lens does not necessarily depend on increasing the number of elements or completely redesigning its optical formula.

With the introduction of the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar lenses, Asahi focused above all on another crucial aspect: co...

AdoxHR-50 developed in Fujifilm Microfine, 1+1, 11 min 3 secs at 23 deg C. The negatives looked to my eye a bit thin and of low contrast. The first image below is straight from the scanner. The second has contrast etc adjusted, and has been sharpened.

Friends of Tom A: Let us keep his memory alive asking

WHAT WOULD TOM DO?

In that spirit I'm going to consider taking up pipe smoking .,,,,,
not really

but i am working on finding new ways to solve impossible problems like brewing a great cup of coffee

Picked up a Leica M240 with a 28mm Elmarit M f2 version 3 recently, my first digital Leica. I've been practicing zone focusing on a Fujifilm XE3 for a while, and it carried over easily; zone focusing is zone focusing no matter the body.

The bod...

I recently acquired some Medium format gear, including a Hasselblad 500 C/M and Rolleiflex SL66. They are truly beautiful mechanical marvels — except for the brutally harsh 5-bladed apertures on the Zeiss lenses. I can't wrap my head around why they would limit it to such a low number of blades, but I know a number of top manufacturers did this starting in the 60s, including Mam...