More images from Rokkor 85/1.7 attached to Sony A7S

I shot the 85mm through a double-glazed glass window (what a genius!) from the living room with the Sony A7S+Rokkor 85 combo attached to a tripod. The images are full frame, cropped 100% on a sharply focussed area and cropped 100% on an out of focus area.

The series were shot ar f1.7 progressing through f2.8, f4.0, f5.6 and f8.0 (I remembered to stop down this time) successively maintaining exposures as best I can by dialling in the appropriate shutter speeds as needed. Small exposure tweaks were added in CaptureOne to balance out the overall exposure.

Focussing is maintained throughout the images to assess sharply focussed areas, out of focus areas as well as the general look of these sections at different aperture settings.

The framing of the cropped images were kept similar as best as I can at 100% crop.

@f1.7

@f2.8

@f4.0

@f5.6

@f8.0

 You'll notice a whitish splodge on the top left of teh crop images, this could be reflection on the double-glazed glass window (possibly originating from a white light from my work desk at the back).

Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 85/1.7

I attached the lens to Sony A7R2 via a Neewer MD to Sony E adapter and shot off a few exposures out from the front door. Shots made at the same Iso: shutter speed varies slightly depending on the aperture choosen. Raw files converted on CaptureOne 20 and then further tweaked and resized on PS.

@f2.5

@f2.5 (actually @f1.7 wasnt stopped down*)

@f1.7

Minolta MC ROKKOR-PF 85/1.7

@f1.7 correctly stepped down

@f4.5 correctly stepped down

 *And I just learnt today that this Rokkor-PF 87/1.7 needs to be stopped down manually to get the effect you wanted with your chosen aperture ... I was wondering why the background of the shot @f2.5 and the shot @f1.7 looks weirdly similar. If not stopped down the shot will be taken at @1.7 (widest aperture)!

City of Gold OOFs

Getting buttery with OOFs from Minolta MC Rokkor-X PG 58/1.2 at f/1.2. I was hoping for a starry night, however this being winter and it's Norway ... that might might be pushing it a bit.

58/1.2 at f/1.2

58/1.2 stacked shots from f/1.2 and f/16

I'm not sure if this can be classified under photo technique, perhaps more likely to qualify under dicking around to kill time. In the old skool parlance this is called multiple exposure, where you turn the tab next to the winder of your film camera, crank it to cock the shutter but not advance the film to the next frame. Nobody has to do that these days on the digital cams, you just stack the shots in a software or blend the shots in PS for greater control. In a even older age, you just leave the glass plate as it was and expose again, might involve some exposure compensation someplace.

I kinda like the oofs at f/1.2 and it's giving me ideas with a picturesque brightly lit long bridge we have in town amongs other things.

Metabones Minolta MD to Sony E Mount

The box came from Hong Kong arrived via Fedex today. I immediately put it on the Sony A7S and did a quick test on the Minolta MD ROKKOR-X PG 58/1.2 and Minolta MC ROKKOR PF 85/1.7. These are rather hefty lenses.

Out of focus @f/1.7

In focus @f/16

Stacked of the two

MC ROKKOR-PF 85/1.7 (left) taken with the Mc ROKKOR-X PG 58/1.2 at f/1.2

Both  lenses fit well onto the Metabones adapter. As I was checking the lens I found out that a year or so ago I had bought a NEEWER NEX to Minolta MD adapter.

I think now I have a complete set of Metabones adapter for all of my favorite lenses:
Metabones EF to Sony E mount - all current EF mount lenses both Canonand Sigma
Metabones Leica M to Sony E mount - all vintage Leica M and Leica L39 screwmount lenses
Metabones Leica R to Sony E mount - all Leica R lenses
Metabones Minolta MD/MC to Sony E mount - all Minolta MD and MC lenses

Other than that I also have these from a couple of years ago:
Novoflex Minolta MC MD to NEX/E - use of MD/MC lenses
Novoflex Leica R to NEX/E - use of Leica lenses
Fotodiox FD to NEX/E - use of FD lenses
Neewer MD to NEX/E - use of MD/MC lenses

Other than that I also have these from much older period:
Elphoto Leica R to EOS
Nikon AIS to Leica M - use of AIS, AI Nikon lens
Nikon AIS to Leica Screwmount - use of AIS, AI Nikon lens


As far as lenses and perspectives are concerned I think I am well covered with plenty of overlap especially at about 50mm range due mostly the Leica vintage glass.