thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@xylophilist check this one out (it’s breaking down for some of the more extreme aberrations, but still)

xylophilist, 5 months ago

@thomasfuchs Blimey. I might have to get the newt back in operation as well - was last seen suffering from coma and pinching galore :)

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@xylophilist it’s like turning god mode on

stfn, 5 months ago

@thomasfuchs @xylophilist I have the same feelings about BXT, it makes my old M42 lenses usable!

xylophilist, 5 months ago

@stfn @thomasfuchs Oh, now there's a thought - I have a Helios 58mm in M42. Classic, known for its soap-bubble bokeh. I wonder how BX handles that :D

stfn, 5 months ago

@xylophilist @thomasfuchs Try it out! I have a Jupiter 37A 135mm f/3.5 and it did wonders to it

xylophilist, 5 months ago

@stfn @thomasfuchs If it weren't a 90% humid night in the fog season in an oceanic climate area... :D

stfn, 5 months ago

@xylophilist @thomasfuchs Don't. Get me. Started. Tonight was the first proper clear night at my place since late October.

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@stfn @xylophilist hmmmmmmmmmm I should try my Super Takumar 135mm f/2.5

stfn, 5 months ago

@thomasfuchs @xylophilist ooh, the Super Takumars have always been the god tier of M42 lenses

xylophilist, 5 months ago

@stfn @thomasfuchs Yummy. I have a 300mm f/4 Takumar somewhere. Definitely worth a punt :)

stfn, 5 months ago

@xylophilist @thomasfuchs Nice! I've seen some works coming out of a Tair 300 f/4.5, this Takumar will surely deliver

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@stfn @xylophilist I may have the Tair as well lol, time for a shoot-out

stfn, 5 months ago

@thomasfuchs @xylophilist now for comparison you need to get some several-thousand-dollars Canon L 400mm

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@stfn @xylophilist lol, I buy those old lenses because they're cheap and fun :D

stfn, 5 months ago

@thomasfuchs @xylophilist Indeed they are! I got a good few of them from my dad. No I'm using a MITSUKI 200m f/4 for astrophotography, it's surprisingly good for the state it is in.

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@stfn @xylophilist also, mirror lenses are fun, this is a Nikon 500mm f/8

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@stfn @xylophilist The Tair btw

stfn, 5 months ago

@thomasfuchs @xylophilist it's the version from the famous "Zenit fotosnajper" kit <3

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@stfn @xylophilist yeah, I have the whole thing including the zenit camera, it's wild

stfn, 5 months ago

@thomasfuchs @xylophilist I've read that somebody in the 80s in Poland took it to a parade when the pope was visiting, just to take some pictures, and every possible policeman stopped him to check what is this thing

xylophilist, 5 months ago

@stfn @thomasfuchs I was wondering about using it for astro-landscape work too - a neighbour a couple of streets away mentioned the other day about using PI for processing aurora photos, which had simply never occurred to me 🤯 So why not go the whole hog? :)

thomasfuchs, 5 months ago

@xylophilist @stfn yeah don’t see why that shouldn’t work with some masks