Zoomar | 600mm/f5.6 Sport-Zoomatar Image Thread

[f6cvalkyrie]

Hi, I bought this lens a few days ago from a local seller, but through EBay.
This is a VERY RARE lens, made in Germany by the successor of the former Kilfitt company.

You can see the lens mounted on the GH2 here :

Strangest Looking Lens

and these are a few early pics !









C U,
Rafael

[kinlau]

Pretty nice. How's the chromatic aberrations and purple fringing?

[f6cvalkyrie]

As you can see in the pics, there is some !
Hurts the eye when the lens is used fully open, but gets better with stopping down.
CA is inherent in this kind of lenses, and does not disturb much.
I could also correct it in LR, but I did not do so for these pics.

C U,
Rafael

[kinlau]

Thanks. It's quite obvious in #4, but that's a fairly challenging scenario. I find that going with a warmer white-balance helps to tone down the purple fringing.

[f6cvalkyrie]

I'm slowly getting used to this lens.
One needs to stop down to f11 or even f16 to have optimum image quality.

Here's yet a few samples :











More to come, for sure !

CU,
Rafael