Xenar? Oh, yeaaaaaahhhhh...

[scott]

Hi all -

I received a package, finally, from Moscow last week. From Alex, the 210/4.5 Xenar I'd wanted to try as a portrait lens for when the kids were home for break. Lens was aces - glass was nice, Compound shutter, though huge, worked well. I drilled out my last originally-minted-ten-years-ago cherry board, threw some tung oil and flat black paint on it, and had a ready-to-go lens. Was able to burn some film on the kids this afternoon (notice they're individual images - kids aren't playing nice in the sandbox, some things never change...):

img133a by Scott, on Flickr

img132a by Scott, on Flickr

img134a by Scott, on Flickr

img135a by Scott, on Flickr

I am really happy with this lens. Beautiful signature, wonderful bokeh, awesome tones. I'm hoping to shoot a bunch more film on the kids before they go back to school. Hurry...

Thanks Alex!

[alexvaras]

You are welcome, happy to see the lens is used and the new owner is happy with it!

Great photos, Scott!

[scott]

Thanks Alex. FWIW, both of these were wide open at 1/100. Really impressed with this lens.

I'm fixing to print these as diptychs and found on Amazon (the Source of Everything) 4x5" frames (!!!). I may have to try 4x5 contact prints soon...

[GrahamS]

I love it when a plan comes together.......

[melek]

Those backgrounds aren't swirly enough , although the portraits themselves are quite nice.

[PFMcFarland]

Nice work on the portraits, Scott. Good of Alex to make that lens available to you.

PF