View Full Version : Voigtlander Euroscop Hybrid 16" lens images
Jim Fitzgerald
21-Apr-2008, 22:30
Some of you have asked to see some images from this $60.00 Hybrid lens that I put together. I shot some images at F-32, F-64 and F-16, and F-64 in that order. This lens has a lot of character. I printed these on some 1976 Azo in Ansco 130. Let me know what you think of my cheap lens. Still need to do some portraits with this lens.
Jim
Stephanie Brim
21-Apr-2008, 22:32
Wow...I love it. I'd like to see portraits. :)
Jim Fitzgerald
21-Apr-2008, 22:37
Thanks, Stephanie. I just need to find some young attractive female victims, I mean models.
Jim
Dirk Rösler
22-Apr-2008, 00:21
Promising - good work. Portraits should look nice too.
ljsegil
22-Apr-2008, 03:26
Wow Jim,
Great images, great look, great site, there is more to your pictures than just the lens; fine work you have done here.
Best,
LJS
Jim Fitzgerald
22-Apr-2008, 06:33
Thanks, everyone. I love the fact that I can use this lens on both the 8x10 and 11x14. It has a very nice look to it. I will post some portraits when I can.
Jim
Mark Sawyer
22-Apr-2008, 08:43
Lovely work! I suspect that as you become more and more familiar with the lens, you'll draw more and more out of it. As LJS insightfully said, there's more to the work than just the lens, but that hybrid Euryscop has a wonderful look that I think is an influence. And there has to be some satisfaction in putting together and working with a one-of-a-kind lens...
It's exciting to think of a finished portfolio from it!
it's that last image, of the path through the trees, that does it for me. just something about the combination of lens and subject. nice!
Brian Bullen
22-Apr-2008, 17:05
Jim, these have a wonderful feel to them, very nice indeed. Thanks for posting.
Jim Fitzgerald
22-Apr-2008, 17:58
Thanks again everyone. I do love this lens. I'm making a set of waterhouse stops out of brass for it. I'm keeping the cardboard ones just in case.
Matt, this spot is up Highway 33 just past the Wheeler Gorge campground on the right side as you go up 33.
Jim
wow, i know exactly the spot you mean! there's a bridge on the 33, and you can pass under the bridge or start on the east side. a couple-mile loop...i've shot 35mm there, but never yielded anything decent. i wouldn't have recognized it if you hadn't have told me. i keep meaning to haul the monorail up there...
Jim Fitzgerald
22-Apr-2008, 19:20
Matt, all of the images are taken there. Nice spot if you go early. It got crowded about 10:30 Am when I was done. There are a lot of great spots off of the 33. I have some of my best stuff from there.
Jim
Jim Galli
22-Apr-2008, 20:05
Nah, you're not going to make me homesick for So. Cal., but I'll bet the back side of Refugio road where it winds down to Solvang is pretty right now. Spanish moss and oak. Makes you think you're driving through Georgia. ;)
Jim Fitzgerald
23-Apr-2008, 06:11
Nah, you're not going to make me homesick for So. Cal., but I'll bet the back side of Refugio road where it winds down to Solvang is pretty right now. Spanish moss and oak. Makes you think you're driving through Georgia. ;)
Jim, I know that road well. There is a nice park off of that road. Nojqui park. Great limestone waterfall and trail. The oaks and moss are great. I haven't managed to get a good shot in there but I can keep trying. I'll bet I'll stop a few cars when I set her up!
Jim
Jim Galli
23-Apr-2008, 07:01
Jim, I know that road well. There is a nice park off of that road. Nojqui park. Great limestone waterfall and trail. The oaks and moss are great. I haven't managed to get a good shot in there but I can keep trying. I'll bet I'll stop a few cars when I set her up!
Jim
I've never gotten a good shot of that falls. Maybe the 5X14 tipped on it's side :p
No, I was thinking the road that leaves Refugio beach and goes up over the mountain past Ronald Reagan's ranch and down the other side. It comes out just east of Solvang. Seems any of those oaks would make a worthy picture, they are so grand. Did it burn badly in there. It's been many years now.
Jim Fitzgerald
23-Apr-2008, 20:40
Jim, now I know what you mean. The fire was a bit east of there. There are some grand oaks in there. I think that is highway 154? Unless I'm just missing something on this one which very well could be.
The falls in there are tough to get. The 5x14 would be a good option. I have a shot in the gallery on APUG of the trail that leads up to the falls. Hell I'll just post it here. I think I shot this with my TRT.
Jim
Jim Fitzgerald
30-Apr-2008, 05:35
Ok, so I had one sheet of Efke-25 left and I thought I should use it on the Calla. This is shot wide open at about F-7.7. 8x10 contact print on some 1976 Azo in Ansco 130. This print really glows! Man am I in love with this lens!!
Jim
Jim Galli
30-Apr-2008, 07:58
Ok, so I had one sheet of Efke-25 left and I thought I should use it on the Calla. This is shot wide open at about F-7.7. 8x10 contact print on some 1976 Azo in Ansco 130. This print really glows! Man am I in love with this lens!!
Jim
Doesn't get any simpler than that! Very nice.
Update on my Euryscop #5 with 82mm Diopter; No magic. I doubt I'll make any images with it. I tried #1, #2, and #4 diopters. #2 comes closest and I may play a bit more with it but it didn't look extra-ordinary in any way.
Jim Fitzgerald
30-Apr-2008, 20:37
Jim, thanks. It doesn't get any easier. This is my "go to portrait lens" My 21 year old is graduating from USC on the 16th of May and I'm going to try and get a portrait of all three of my son's using this lens.
Sorry to hear about the Euryscop #5 not working out yet. I'm sure the little green men will send something to help you out.
Jim
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