[Alt-photo] Re: Lomography Resurrects the 19th Century Petzval Lens for Canon and Nikon SLRs

[John Brewer]

Hi Tom

They did have the optical configuration on their Kickstarter page but it's been pulled....

Happy new year list members

John

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> On 17 Dec 2013, at 05:19 pm, Tomas Sobota <tom at sobota.net> wrote:
> 
> Christina,
> 
> The actual maker of this lens is the Krasnogorsk factory near Moscow. They
> were the builders of the Zorki and Zenith cameras among others, as well as
> dozens of Russian lens designs. I bet that for these guys 1666 lenses, as
> you say, is not such a large batch. They always had a problem with quality
> control, but I guess that nobody will care too much about quality in these
> Petzvals.
> 
> I won't be buying one of these. On the one hand I already have three real
> Petzvals for my large format cameras, and on the other hand I agree with
> John Brewer in that this is a somewhat spurious business on the part of
> Lomography. What is news for me is that these lenses are not Petzvals. Is
> that so? Is there a diagram available somewhere to compare?
> 
> Oh yes, and the bokeh of the images that these lenses make is dreadful. For
> my taste, that is.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Christina Anderson <
> christinazanderson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Eric (and John)
>> Thanks for the link! I thought, when I first read the description and it
>> said "$300 will buy you a bit of history" I thought, what a great idea,
>> I'll sport for that. Then when you click on further, it says $499. Then
>> further the lens is now  $599! So that is a bit steep for trying something
>> out unless it is really good. So, John, I'm glad you say this, that it
>> isn't really a Petzval. Makes the 100% increase seem not worth it. But if
>> anyone buys it will you let us know if it is worth it?
>> 
>> Also, I noticed they got $1,000,000 already and production date for
>> pre-orders is pushed to May or later. By my calculations, at even the $600
>> price that is making 1666 lenses. Can you IMAGINE??? No wonder production
>> is pushed back.
>> 
>> Lenses are such a big deal. I have one lens that has its shortcomings but
>> is really a gorgeous lens--the Nikkor AF micro 60/2.8. It makes such a
>> difference when I use that lens. So I am a sucker for the allure of glass.
>> 
>> But still, Petzval...how intriguing an idea....I say as I dug out my Holga
>> lens for my D800 to go out for a shoot...
>> 
>> WOOHOO for Christmas break.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> Christina Z. Anderson
>> http://christinaZanderson.com/
>> 
>>> On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:20 AM, John Brewer wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Eric
>>> 
>>> Lots of people, mostly us wetplate guys, have issues with this. It isn't
>> a Petzval lens, that is it doesn't have two air spaced elements at the back
>> and two cemented elements at the front. Additionally Lomo used Kickstarter
>> to raise money, which while it conforms to Kickstarters rules it's a bit
>> immoral for a company of that size the raise money that way.
>>> The Lomo lens is faster than a lot of Petzval from the 19th century but
>> you can take out baffles of the older lenses.
>>> A much better option IMHO is
>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1162663202/the-petzvar-f-38-120-mm-medium-format-petzval-port/description
>>> Just my tuppence worth.
>>> Best wishes
>>> John
>>> 
>>>> On 16 Dec 2013, at 07:40 am, eric nelson <emanphoto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Kinda cool.
>> http://petapixel.com/2013/07/25/lomography-resurrects-the-19th-century-petzval-lens-for-canon-and-nikon-slrs/?fb_action_ids=603949566318750&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B177449689104403%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
>>>> 
>>>> or *http://tinyurl.com/m76r4rn <http://tinyurl.com/m76r4rn>*
>>>> --
>>>> *Eric Nelson Photography*
>> 
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