Luminous golden body is an antique atmosphere, a lens that produces special blur "Lomography × Zenit New Petzval Art Lens"

Lens designer in Vienna, Austria in 1840Joseph · Maximilian · PetzvalInvented byPetzval lens"Was mainly used as a lens for portrait for a long time. We upgraded that Petzval lens to modern camera specification "Lomography × Zenit New Petzval Art Lens"Will be released in June 2014 from Lomography. The picture taken with the new Petzval lens means that you can enjoy a distinctive appearance such as sharpness, clarity in the center, strong saturation, blurring swirling in the background, so I borrowed a sample and actually took pictures It was.

New Petzval (D) SLR Lens
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Lomography × Zenit New Petzval Art Lens's package is luxurious design.


Open the box with a box.


The set includes special leather pouch · Petzval lens photo book · 7 stop plate · special cleaning cloth · Petzval lens · special card.


The Petzval lens is made of the same brass as the original Petzval lens and is equipped with glass optics.


Looking from the side like this.


The weight of the lens is 720 grams.


The lens body is full of a premium feeling being engraved as "NEW Petzval SINCE 1840".


Unlike modern lenses, the focus adjustment is done with the knob appearing beside the fuselage.


The Petzval lens inherits the characteristics of the original Petzval lens that inserts a diaphragm plate with a hole of different size into the slot of the main body and changes the aperture value. In the photograph, not a drawing plate but a plate to prevent dust and dust etc. is inserted.


The attached diaphragm plate is a total of seven sheets F16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 2.2.


Each diaphragm plate is engraved with F value and can be distinguished at a glance.


I'll try using the Petzval lens immediately. Since the Petzval lens borrowed from this time in Lomography is for Nikon F mount, "Nikon D 4".


Petzval Lens fitting is OK as you use other lenses, turning the marks and turning until it clicks.


When I installed it, the Petzval lens of Gold gave an overwhelming presence to the body of the black Nikon D4, and it seems to draw attention when taking pictures with crowds.


It is like this when the lens cap is removed.


Before starting shooting, first insert the diaphragm plate. Using a plate with an open F value of 2.2, try to shoot a picture blurred like the background swirls.


Pull out the plate to prevent invasion of dust ......


It is OK if you insert it.


First of all, using the plate of the F 16 in the room is disgusting. I can not confirm blurred too much in the background.


Next time I took the aperture to F8 and shoot. Blur has become a little stronger.


This is a picture taken with F 2.8. It is very blurred than what I took with F8.


When you take a picture with the plate of F2.2, you can see that the background is blurred like a whirlpool.


Next, in order to ascertain that "how much spiral blurring is different from ordinary one", "AF - S VR Micro - Nikkor 105 mm f / 2.8 GCompare it with those shot with ".

It is a picture taken with Petzval lens on the top, AF - S VR on the bottom with 105 mm f / 2.8 G Micro - Nikkor. Both are strongly blurred in the background, but the Petzval lens is stronger and you can see that it is swirling. The difference in blurring is noticeable on the left side and the upper part of the stuffed toy, and you can see something like a line on what you shot with the Petzval lens.



The following two pictures are taken with Petzval lens, and the bottom is AF - S VR Micro - Nikkor 105 mm f / 2.8 G photograph. The pictures taken with the Petzval lens are strong from the center towards the outside, characteristic blurring has come out, and the AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm f / 2.8 G feels that the background is blurred evenly.



Here is also a picture taken with Petzval lens on the top, AF - S VR Micro - Nikkor 105 mm f / 2.8 G below. Distinctive blurring has occurred in the above picture taken with the Petzval lens.



I set a plate with an open F value of 2.2 on the Petzval lens, so I took a photograph that blurred in a spiral shape.


Stand on the slideDanbo.


Pashari with Jobs on his shoulder. The top part of the subject blurred like swirling.


Red backpack and Jobs.


I am blurred as the background of Danbo is twisted.


Next time, I tried shooting at night using the Petzval lens.



I do not quite understand why a spiral like blur could be confirmed with the photograph taken during the day, but the ball deformation is a good feeling.


"Lomography × Zenit New Petzval Art Lens" scheduled to be released in June is currently writing articlesLomography official online shopIt is under way at the reservation. Two kinds of Canon EF mount and Nikon F mount are going to be released, gold is 64,800 yen including tax, black is 7,500 yen including tax.