I smell the scent of roses
Image by PeterThoeny
A new toy arrived from Russia: An ultrafast f/0.7 vintage X-ray lens, the Canon Lens X 60mm f/0.7. This lens was used for X-ray machines before the digital area. This lens is a tank, weighting 2.7 kg. Front diameter is 101 mm, back 55 mm. The flange focal distance is less than 10 mm, e.g. too short for Sony E-mount, which has 18 mm.
Duct tape to the rescue to test the lens! I simply used duct tape to attach the camera to the lens, works great, and is surprisingly sturdy. With this setup the focus distance is about 19.5 cm. So this lens has a fixed focus distance, can’t focus to infinity, and is always fully open. Ready for some test shots!
I walked around the home hunting for scenes to capture. I took this shot in the barely lit living room without flash.
See shots of the lens, and more test shots on the Quality HDR Photography Facebook page: bit.ly/2LqC5Lq
This lens is as fast as the legendary Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7, that was made for NASA, and was used by Stanley Kubrick to shoot his film Barry Lyndon: bit.ly/2LpV0WY
I processed a paintery, a soft, and a photographic HDR photo from two RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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— ƒ/0.7, 60 mm, 1/8, 1/30 sec, ISO 200, Sony A7 II, Canon Lens X 60mm f/0.7, HDR, 2 RAW exposures, _DSC8327_9_hdr2pai5sof1pho1e.jpg
— CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
