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Vintage lens and vintage film simulation on my Fuji xt5 and you get a vintage delivery vehicle. Harris Teeter purple van

#weirdcarmastodon #photo #fujix #fujifilm #soligor #fujica #lens #purple #photography

A delivery van for Harris Teeter, purple and pink

“I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin′ down on a sunny day?“

Dew on grass, shot in Montenegro. Guess this could anywhere, but the place WAS special indeed.

#photography #nature #rain #grass #durmitor #montenegro #beauty #macro #detail #bokeh #water #drops #regen #tau #soligor #sony

I missed that moment in the early morning when the sun floods everything with the rose light of a new day. So just some later sun on frosted branches, shot with a Soligor 200mm from back in the day… not tad sharp, but it’s got the right vibe…

#soligor #winter #morningsun #sun #light #wood #vintage #goodmorning #snow #frost

Good morning all

#landscapephotography #soligor #lumixs5

The real gem in this bag of below-entry-level duds is a nice and crisp #Soligor MC C/D 28mm f/2.8.

Buttery smooth manual focus, great field of view (never shot 28mm), and a dream when combined with my new-ish #NikonF3 💞

#AnalogPhotography #CameraPorn #GAS #NikonF3HP

Black and white image of a Nikon F3HP with a Soligor 28mm f/2.8 lens attached.

In der #Mittagspause mal eben ein bisschen die Neuerwerbungen vom gestrigen #Flohmarkt austesten: Das #Soligor schlägt sich auch auf meiner #Nikon #D800 ganz gut. Natürlich kann man bei einem 40+ Jahre alten Budget-Objektiv auch keine Schärfewunder erwarten, aber etwas abgeblendet oder im Macrobereich ist es ganz OK.

#Soligor3570mmf2535 #NikonD800 #vintageLens

Auf dem #Flohmarkt ein #Objektiv mitgenommen, ein #Soligor C/D Zoom-Auto F2.5/3.5 f=35-70mm. Nicht davon irritieren lassen, dass es auf meiner #Canon steckt, es hat eigentlich einen #Nikon AI Anschluss. Auf der Crop-Kamera macht es ganz nette Bilder, mal sehen was meine FX Nikon zu Hause dazu sagt.

#Soligor3570mmf2535 #VintagePhotography #VinatgeLense

Bleeping cranes! And I don't mean of the avian variety, I'd be fine with those :ablobcatgrumpy: They make it look like the sunset was under construction!!

Coincidentally, taking these shots made me realize that maybe having red accentuation selected for the focus peaking isn't the smartest of choices of mine when there's so much natural fringing in red going on in the scene I'm shooting heh.

#Photography #Sunset #Urbanlandscape #Silhouette #Canon #IBIS #Telephoto #VintageLens #Handheld #ManualFocus #Soligor

A shot towards west-north-west where the sun sets at the end of May at our geographic latitude. The sun has just set right behind our tallest mountain that is obstructed by an enormous construction crane. It was a beautiful sunset otherwise and the photograph shows stark contrasts between a pitch black silhouette of a suburban landscape, some tree canopies and distant hills and mountains, intensely orange horizon interspersed with broken clouds casting streaks of shadow, and the top half of the image are denser clouds reflecting darker orange light at its bottom and transiting towards cerulean blue of the twilight sky at their deck.

A zoomed-in shot of the previous photograph at a slightly later time, focused on the enormous construction crane obstructing the view towards our tallest mountain. Colours are slightly more intense than at the previous image, partially because of the frame being narrower while pointing towards the most vivid part of the sky and partially because it got a bit darker in the meantime which increased contrast of the scene.

And here it is advertised in the late 60s. Looks sketchy, but these were fine lenses made by Kenko. They also were sold under Kenko and Soligor branding, probably more.

#Spiratone #kenko #soligor #lenses #photography #vintageads

Picture of the lens and description. $49.96 including leather case and one custom fitting

In the same issue, the staff reviewed a few of the new Soligor / AIC products, including the dual focal lenses. Overall, the 85mm seemed to have been most appreciated. Same finding on my end, the 85mm is the sharpest / easiest to focus. Available for many camera mounts including Fujica, except the 1.5x adapter which was more limited. Fit and finish was also praised, not surprising as the C/D line was their top tier

#soligor #lens #cameras #photography #pentax #fujica #nikon #canon #minolta

Continuing on the Dual Focal lens (unlike a varifocal, they stay in focus as the focal length changes), Soligor put a lot into these lenses, they thought this would be a game changer for them and the industry. They even did a full page advert in Popular Photography, extolling the virtues of the dual focal, especially the price. Weights seem a little off from what i measured for the Fujica mount. Maybe pentax mount version was lighter.
#photography #lens #soligor #PopularPhotography

Two lenses in one… for the price of one. Advertising for the 28+35mm and the 85+135mm dual focal lenses. Multicoated

@990000 it doesn't operate quite like a zoom. Less parts. I like it and it takes fine pictures. Some reviewers seem to have had bad experiences. Not me, but I like most manual lenses for digital.

Here is a picture taken with the dual focal Soligor set at 85mm, on a Fujifilm XT-5 with IQ set at L 1:1 (square ratio, having fun with that ATM) 27 mega pixels.

#photography #urban #sun #lens #soligor #fujifilm #fujica #fujiXT5

Garden hanger with a glass sun, in front of a brick wall

Basically, the lens has a switch to go from 85mm on the "wide" side, and if you press the button, you can rotate the ring and convert it into a 135mm prime.

There has to be a catch, right? Can't have your cake and eat it too. And it comes in the form of minimum focusing distance; 2 meters. It is also a little harder to focus at 135mm than say a Fujinon 135mm 2.5 EBC prime lens. But, you can take a lot of shots with the flexibility of 2 focals.
#photography #lens #prime #zoom #soligor #tokina

Lens focal length window showing a green 85 in a green rectangle

Focal switch in the process of change, showing a red stripe in the window

Window on the lens now showing a green 135 in a green rectangle

It is a Soligor (AIC) dualfocal lens. MC means it is multicoated and C/D means computer design. The mount is a Fujica AX, so it can be used on Fuji Fujica AX-1, AX-3, STX1 etc, or with an adapter on most mirrorless cameras. It was made by Sun Optical in the early to mid 80s and sold as Sun and as Soligor. It did deliver better quality than a typical inexpensive zoom of the era, but not quite at the level of primes, especially fujinon.

#photography #lens #sun #fuji #fujica #soligor #fujinon

Prime lens have a fixed focal length, say, 85mm. Zoom lens have a range of focal lengths, say, 70-140mm. Advantage zoom, you don't need to change lenses all the time as you need to get closer/farther. Disadvantage: They are bigger and heavier and in general their image quality is not as good and the bokeh is not as good looking in general.

But what is this, a lens that states 85mm + 135mm. Not a zoom. What is it?

#photography #lens #camera #prime #zoom #Soligor #AIC #fujica

#solarphotography So is this a #sun spot?
My second attempt at some solar photography. #Nikon #D90, 450mm #Soligor, f32, 100/s #astronomy

Japanese navy? Nah, just an #OpticalIllusion! Or is that what they'd want us to think?? 🙄 The second image shows #sunspots better. Taken seconds apart. Today's #sunset produced a bit cleaner red hues, the air seems cleaner, too.

#Phantom #Projection #Duplication #Reflection #Silhouette #Photography #Castle #Tower #EarlierToday #FensterFreitag (on a Sunday) #Urban #Landscape #Cityscape #Canon #600mm #Soligor #VintageLens #Vivitar #Teleconverter #SooC #NoFX #Unprocessed #SlowAperture #Handheld #IBIS #Telephoto #MonochromeInColor

A photo of a sunset taken straight into the Sun, setting near the city castle and projecting the second, phantom Sun and a silhouette of a residential building's rooftop side by side with the real Sun onto the double pane window the photo was taken through.

A photo taken directly into the Sun, showing its sunspots. At least 5 larger clusters of spots are clearly visible, and there's a couple more fainter, smaller ones visible to a keen eye, too.

Three faces of the same #sunset, at 50, 100 and 600mm, recpectively (might not be uploaded and displayed in that order).

The colours in these images were obtained with a custom RGB tone curve profile in Picture Style Editor. I'm including a screenshot of it. Colours themselves weren't changed (in the profile), albeit the mentioned custom profile is based on "Landscape" one that Canon cameras have built-in and I do find the latter to not be linear about it on the colour wheel. But, the posted photos are, technically, straight out of cam! As meaningful as that is with digital cameras 😜

#DramaticSkies #Winter #Urban #Landscape #UrbanLandscape #Photography #Sunset #Dusk #Twilight #Silhouette #VintageLenses #Adapted #Konica #Hexanon #50mm #Teleconverter #Soligor #LongTelephoto #Zoom #Handheld #IBIS #Canon #R6 #SooC #IntenseColour #50mm #100mm #600mm

Intense crimson skies with streaks of gilded clouds are embellishing and adding dimensionality to a silhouette of an otherwise rather dull suburban landscape. This particular photo was shot at a focal length of 100mm.

Windowsill moth #orchid (Phalaenopsis) and christmas #cactus (Schlumbergera) are both blooming in white at the same time. The latter clearly didn't get the memo Christmas was over a month ago!

#macro #photography #vintage #Adaptarian #adapted #VintageLenses #FlashPhotography #Unprocessed #Sooc

Lenses used were #Nikon E 100mm f/2.8 and #Soligor C/D 60-300mm f/4-5.6 MC, both with attached #Vivitar MC7 2x Macro Focusing #teleconverter on a #Canon body with #Godox X2T in control of two external V860II #flash guns (both with a white diffuser attached).

Macro photography of a single white Phalaenopsis Orchid flower in bloom.

Macro photography of a single white Christmas Cactus flower in bloom.

Macro photography of a bunch of white Christmas Cactus flowers in bloom.

I have often read that the 35mm (full-frame equivalent) is the perfect all-around focal length. On a 35mm camera, this focal length is wide enough for a scene to fill a frame, but long enough to isolate an individual subject. I had often also read that a 50mm prime lens, the ‘nifty fifty’, is the most useful and complete all-round lens. Before the advent of zooms, most film cameras were fitted with 50mm lenses. It has been written that Henri Cartier-Bresson, whom many photographers hold in high esteem, used a 50mm lens for most of his photography. 50mm lens is such a great addition to your camera bag because it's a versatile piece of glass. The point is that it is a great walk around or travel lens because it can help you photograph anything from your dog to mountains to macro subjects and everything in between. May photographers erroneously claim that the 50mm lens on a full-frame camera has an angle of view that closely matches the field of view of the human eye1. I shoot mostly digital (APS-C) but I own an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II film camera. This searched an excellent, inexpensive 35mm prime lens an important one for me, and I only struck out once before finding something to be happy with. I'm getting a bit tired of saying "it's all-metal, substantial, great construction!" Just about every old lens I've come across would get high ranks for that. Nice features here: an A->M switch, so no modification necessary, smooth if a bit overly damped (hard to tell if it's just this example) focus with a beautiful throw of only over 180 degrees (allowing a useful distance scale), reasonably compact build and really nicely knurled focus and aperture rings. A bit of a ding here for a propensity to move the A->M ring when changing aperture and mounting/unmounting. But it's the pictures that matter. I use this lens primarily for street and landscape work but have done just about everything with it, including macro with extension tubes. It's held up exceptionally well in just about every department aside from a knack for flaring -- that convex front element catches light from all angles so that you might want a screw-on hood. I tend to use it around f/8 to f/11, which helps with sharpness, but even wide open. It's no slouch, though sharpness does fall off at [...] https://islandinthenet.com/soligor-35mm-wide-auto-m42/

#soligor

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