zenza
Well-known
No posts in over 6 years! Anyone still using this lens? I just picked up a copy for a steal due to some internal dust (nothing worse than what I've seen in older Canon LTM lenses) and ran a test roll using it. Seems like a solid performer!
Canon P + Heliar 75/2.5 + Yellow 15 + Arista Edu 100
Canon P + Heliar 75/2.5 + Yellow 15 + Arista Edu 100
EVIL_Guy
Established
james.liam
Well-known
Great images! It really is a sleeper lens. You just need a well-calibrated RF. Or an EVF and you don’t care. Amazingly, I think Head Bartender still has new-old stock of the lens for sale.
astrobuoy
Established
I love mine! I feel like it's an extremely underrated (and surprisingly undervalued) lens. Some shots on my M10:
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
Hanging out in the alley?
Leica M240, 2.5/75mm Heliar
Leica M240, 2.5/75mm Heliar
Fall in the canyon
Leica M9, 2.5/75mm Heliar
Leica M9, 2.5/75mm Heliar
Bingley
Mentor
I bought this lens years ago, didn’t relate to the focal length, and sold it. Flash forward and five years ago I bought it again. This time it clicked. I love the small size and the beautiful rendering esp. w/ bw.
On the ferry by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Varenna by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
On the ferry by Steve Macfarlane, on FlickrVarenna by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Bingley
Mentor
Bingley
Mentor
Up on the roof... by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Escape from quarantine by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickrmike rosenlof
Insufficient information
I have this lens and like it a lot. Both photos here are from March 2014, 75mm/2.5 on a Leotax camera with HP5+ film.
EVIL_Guy
Established
Bingley
Mentor
A few more pics with this lovely lens… all taken with a Bessa R2A (which has 75mm framelines) on TMax 400:
Hurry by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Putto by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
The choice by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
Hurry by Steve Macfarlane, on FlickrPutto by Steve Macfarlane, on FlickrThe choice by Steve Macfarlane, on Flickr
raid
Dad Photographer
This lens seems to be an excellent performer overall. I still use the Lux 75 1.4 instead.
james.liam
Well-known
1+ ^^
Not only do you get ƒ/1.4 but by ƒ/4, the dreamy quality is gone and the image becomes tack-sharp.
raid
Dad Photographer
I try to use my Lux mainly wide open at 1.4. It brings out small details very well. I can take a photo of a lake or Gulf, and while the view appear as being plain and without details in the water, the resulting images may reveal many different shades and layers of details in the water color and texture.
Archiver
Mentor
I got a secondhand copy of this lens in about 2009 and used it with the Zeiss Ikon. M9 and Ricoh GXR. As nice as the images were, 75mm wasn't really my bag, even though I snapped up a super deal on a Summarit 75 a few years later. The Heliar came with me to Japan in 2010 but only took a small fraction of the images, most of which were by 21, 35 and 50. So I traded in the Heilar along with a couple of other lenses to get the Distagon 35, which was an excellent choice for me, because I use that lens all the time. Here are a few images from the Heliar 75.
M9 - Suspended in Time by Archiver, on Flickr
M9 - One Tree by Archiver, on Flickr
M9 - Suspended in Time by Archiver, on FlickrM9 - One Tree by Archiver, on Flickr