Show us your "GLOW" shots...

[kross]

hallo everyone, please post your glow shots here stating lens & film used....

heh.... thanks to gommy for the "poison" here are some "glow" shots to share...
man i love this lens...

nikkor-sc 5cm f1.4, kodak bw400cn






cheers...

[gommy]

Wow, you got one already?!!
This poison spreads very fast.
All very nice shots, Kross.

Originally Posted by kross hallo everyone, please post your glow shots here stating lens & film used.... heh.... thanks to gommy for the "poison" here are some "glow" shots to share... man i love this lens... nikkor-sc 5cm f1.4, kodak bw400cn cheers...

[Hacker]

The pictures look really nice, but they are not the signature of the Nikkor 5cm. More like a Summarit or Summar.

[kross]

Originally Posted by gommy Wow, you got one already?!! This poison spreads very fast. All very nice shots, Kross.

Thanks man!

well no choice, poison very potent... besides, i'm way behind the Q for yours so i guess i
just go hunt for 1. LTM copies can be pretty hard to find!! mine doesn't have the black ring
though... anyway, it's the characteristic of the lens that i'm interested in....

[kross]

Originally Posted by Hacker The pictures look really nice, but they are not the signature of the Nikkor 5cm. More like a Summarit or Summar.

thanks hacker....

eh....what should the signature of a nikkor 5cm be? u mean the flare aka "glow" or the
bokeh?

[gommy]

Originally Posted by kross Thanks man! well no choice, poison very potent... besides, i'm way behind the Q for yours so i guess i just go hunt for 1. LTM copies can be pretty hard to find!! mine doesn't have the black ring though... anyway, it's the characteristic of the lens that i'm interested in....

great hunter! got your catch quickly

[Hacker]

Originally Posted by kross thanks hacker.... eh....what should the signature of a nikkor 5cm be? u mean the flare aka "glow" or the bokeh?

5cm should be sharp in the center with very pleasant bokeh further out to the frame. The lens is nice, but the glow seems too much, more like a lens with lots of scrathes (giving it the soft look) rather than from the design of the lens itself. It should be like your last picture. The ssecond picture has too much also (on the scissors).

Nothing wrong, but seems like a Summar or Summarit which gives that kind of rendering (they often have no coating), adding to some flare.

[brian]

Hello kross... are all these shot wide open at f1.4? I see the same characteristics on my Nikkor 5cm f1.4 S.C for the Nikon S mount as well (silver barrel), but only when wide open. Stop down a stop or two and it will tend to be more "normal". Since the Nikkors around this age are quite well coated I doubt your lens elements are badly scratched or has excessive wipe marks like Leicas of the same era.

Summarit 5cm f1.5 though... I dont know what to say. At first I thought it glows a lot, but recent few rolls showed that shooting into bright light source it flares more than it glows. Like there's excessive internal reflection causing the photo to whiten out... Doesn't look like it comes out dreamy like the photos in this thread. Disclaimer: I'm still trying to understand the Summarit, and I can tell you, to create the Nikkor look, shoot Summarit with Lucky SHD100 film!...

[gommy]

Originally Posted by brian Hello kross... are all these shot wide open at f1.4? I see the same characteristics on my Nikkor 5cm f1.4 S.C for the Nikon S mount as well (silver barrel), but only when wide open. Stop down a stop or two and it will tend to be more "normal". Since the Nikkors around this age are quite well coated I doubt your lens elements are badly scratched or has excessive wipe marks like Leicas of the same era. .....................

Originally Posted by Hacker 5cm should be sharp in the center with very pleasant bokeh further out to the frame. The lens is nice, but the glow seems too much, more like a lens with lots of scrathes (giving it the soft look) rather than from the design of the lens itself. It should be like your last picture. The ssecond picture has too much also (on the scissors). Nothing wrong, but seems like a Summar or Summarit which gives that kind of rendering (they often have no coating), adding to some flare.

Ya, Mine glows like that at f1.4 only. I think it is the characteristic of the lens. At f2.0, it is sharp! I love the "GLOW"

[kross]

Originally Posted by gommy Ya, Mine glows like that at f1.4 only. I think it is the characteristic of the lens. At f2.0, it is sharp! I love the "GLOW"

haha..... me too thanks to you!! here's the example of for wide open and stopping down 1 stop at f2...

f1.4


f2

Originally Posted by brian Hello kross... are all these shot wide open at f1.4? I see the same characteristics on my Nikkor 5cm f1.4 S.C for the Nikon S mount as well (silver barrel), but only when wide open. Stop down a stop or two and it will tend to be more "normal". Since the Nikkors around this age are quite well coated I doubt your lens elements are badly scratched or has excessive wipe marks like Leicas of the same era. yup, f1.4 Summarit 5cm f1.5 though... I dont know what to say. At first I thought it glows a lot, but recent few rolls showed that shooting into bright light source it flares more than it glows. Like there's excessive internal reflection causing the photo to whiten out... Doesn't look like it comes out dreamy like the photos in this thread. Disclaimer: I'm still trying to understand the Summarit, and I can tell you, to create the Nikkor look, shoot Summarit with Lucky SHD100 film!...

thanks brian.... i'm very happy with the nikkor coz it can use on any film or sensor and still gives that "glow" (i think)....haha...

Originally Posted by Hacker 5cm should be sharp in the center with very pleasant bokeh further out to the frame. The lens is nice, but the glow seems too much, more like a lens with lots of scrathes (giving it the soft look) rather than from the design of the lens itself. It should be like your last picture. The ssecond picture has too much also (on the scissors). Nothing wrong, but seems like a Summar or Summarit which gives that kind of rendering (they often have no coating), adding to some flare.

thanks hacker...
hmm.... my copy doesn't have any scratches.... anyway, i'm getting another one....

come on guys.... post some "glow" shots.... i would like to see some leica glow!!!

[brian]

ok ok coming... Here's one I posted on another thread here some months back. I have a couple more, but since I'm in China and can't access my own website from home, I can't upload the photo at all!!!



Nikon S2 with 5cm f1.4 S.C silver barrel at f1.4 wide open, shot at the junction of Xietu Rd/Luban Rd in Shanghai, for some of you, you might recognize that place as the location of a nice shopping centre dedicated only to us photo nuts.

And the one below is a Leica M6 with a Summarit f1.5 from the 50s. You should see Summarit with the XOONS hood on. Anyways, this was shot in the street around Ginza, Tokyo on Neopan 1600. Possibly wide open too, but my "manual EXIF" was not working that night so nothing was recorded.

[Hacker]

Originally Posted by gommy Ya, Mine glows like that at f1.4 only. I think it is the characteristic of the lens. At f2.0, it is sharp! I love the "GLOW"

Of course it is the characteristic of the lens, but the glow seems overly excessive. I have never seen anything like that before.

[OpenLens]

Originally Posted by kross f2

Looks like NY, NY in Taipei...like 15 min from my apartment

[brian]

Originally Posted by OpenLens Looks like NY, NY in Taipei...like 15 min from my apartment

I believe the scene you're talking about is the starbucks @ NY NY right?

[CanonRF]

Wow! nice glow! like neon light

[OpenLens]

Originally Posted by brian I believe the scene you're talking about is the starbucks @ NY NY right?

Yep

[gommy]

Kross, another lens that glows quite nicely at f1.4 is Summilux35mm(pre-asph). Saw the glow when I tried Camera23's during the 35mm test! A brand new Titanium one is on its way.

[kross]

Originally Posted by gommy Kross, another lens that glows quite nicely at f1.4 is Summilux35mm(pre-asph). Saw the glow when I tried Camera23's during the 35mm test! A brand new Titanium one is on its way.

gommy ah gommy.... double poison ah?

[gommy]

Originally Posted by kross gommy ah gommy.... double poison ah?

Yes! double poison. But the glow of Lux35mm is more subtle.....nice too!

[kross]

Originally Posted by gommy Yes! double poison. But the glow of Lux35mm is more subtle.....nice too!

any classic example taken with it?