Flowers with ICA Toska 215

Some of you might know that I am learning and testing my cameras and lenses mostly in the garden. No graphs or charts, just plain flowers. Lately I realized that 100 years old ICA A-G produces some interesting results with NEX-F3 assistance. The lens is Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1:6.3  F=13.5 cm. It is sharp and contrasty wide opened, excellent performance for the lens that was designed and built when colour photography even didn’t exist. With APS-C size sensor this lens becomes about 200 mm long but thanks to camera bellows the rig is almost perfect for close up photography. You can see my hack here.

* 2012-07-03 update: more pictures added

A Stormy Lake Project (with ICA A-G 1912)

This project was about capturing "life by the lake" with a 100 years old camera and NEX-F3 "digital back" attached. I was concerned if my skills would be adequate to capture the spirit of the cottage life with  this strange camera setup.

All images were shot on the tripod with an old folding camera and Sony NEX-F3 attached. You can see my gear setup here. Sometimes colours were off (easy fix) and I missed more than 50% of fast moving objects, but I had a lot of fun!