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p.1 #1 · Rokkor Forum

should we change the name of the Alt forum to just "The Rokkor Club"?
It seems 90% of the talk here lately is "Rokkor this, Rokkor that"... "Subtractive conversion", "stuck aperture", "ebay listing", "pile of lenses", how many 58's do you have?", and the like....

just wanted to point out the hysteria, and see if i'm the only one who thinks it's a little bit off the deep end.

Dec 02, 2008 at 07:45 AM

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p.1 #2 · Rokkor Forum

I think that a sub division might be in place.

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Dec 02, 2008 at 08:13 AM

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p.1 #3 · Rokkor Forum

ISO1600 wrote:
should we change the name of the Alt forum to just "The Rokkor Club"?

just wanted to point out the hysteria, and see if i'm the only one who thinks it's a little bit off the deep end.

Waddaya mean hysteria?

58/1.2 rokks!

JayT

Dec 02, 2008 at 08:23 AM

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p.1 #4 · Rokkor Forum

haha yeah, might as well have a Rokkor subforum.

3-4 years from now, we're all going to look back at the 58/1.2 as the "C/Y 21 of 2008"...

Dec 02, 2008 at 08:28 AM

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p.1 #5 · Rokkor Forum

Yes we might. But it will still produce amazing photos...

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Dec 02, 2008 at 08:52 AM

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p.1 #6 · Rokkor Forum

So next month you could change your profile to 'I rant'.

Dec 02, 2008 at 10:24 AM

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p.1 #7 · Rokkor Forum

iso1600 is just a bit angry these days

We should let him have his fits :P

That said, I would love a underforum of rokkors, passwordprotected, so I don't have to read "I hate the bokeh of the rokkor!!!!"-messages from two certain individuals in each thread :P

Dec 02, 2008 at 11:10 AM

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p.1 #8 · Rokkor Forum

These people should Beharie, er, I meant, behave.

ROFLMAO

Dec 02, 2008 at 11:13 AM

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Dec 02, 2008 at 12:13 PM

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p.1 #10 · Rokkor Forum

Hahahahaha

Dec 02, 2008 at 12:25 PM

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Dec 02, 2008 at 12:41 PM

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p.1 #12 · Rokkor Forum

This thread needs another Rokkor shot!

Dec 02, 2008 at 12:44 PM

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p.1 #13 · Rokkor Forum

One more

Dec 02, 2008 at 01:05 PM

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p.1 #14 · Rokkor Forum

may i join

Dec 02, 2008 at 01:09 PM

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Dec 02, 2008 at 01:23 PM

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p.1 #16 · Rokkor Forum

I suggested this in another thread, good to see someone put it out there!

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Dec 02, 2008 at 01:44 PM

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p.1 #17 · Rokkor Forum

might as well turn this post to post your best Rokkor shot

Dec 02, 2008 at 02:19 PM

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p.1 #18 · Rokkor Forum

It's the rokkor fanboy club. ;-) I am a member too.

Notice how more of these are coming out of the woodwork on ebay lately? Some in rather dodgy condition too, IMO.

-ED

Dec 02, 2008 at 02:40 PM

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p.1 #19 · Rokkor Forum

Fanboy: A person who is completely loyal to a game or company [or lens?] regardless of if they suck or not.

We are not fanboys, because if the Rokkor sucked we would not like it.

Dec 02, 2008 at 02:55 PM

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p.1 #20 · Rokkor Forum

Before the moniker Alternative Gear and Lenses was arrived upon, some of the ideas floated about by the moderators was "Adapter Hack", "Adapter Mod", etc.

Back then it was primarily a German man's club. Nice to see it expanded to a more global perspective.

Dec 02, 2008 at 03:09 PM

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p.1 #21 · Rokkor Forum

+1

This alt lens forum isn't the wide informative source it used to be

The Rokkors dominate much more than they should. Some of them (like the 24/2.8, 35/1.8, 85/1.7,...) are nothing special, and a pain to convert, but get a lot of spin here.

An adapter hack forum would be good.

ISO1600 wrote:
should we change the name of the Alt forum to just "The Rokkor Club"?
It seems 90% of the talk here lately is "Rokkor this, Rokkor that"... "Subtractive conversion", "stuck aperture", "ebay listing", "pile of lenses", how many 58's do you have?", and the like....

just wanted to point out the hysteria, and see if i'm the only one who thinks it's a little bit off the deep end.

Dec 02, 2008 at 03:25 PM

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p.1 #22 · Rokkor Forum

pdmphoto wrote:
This alt lens forum isn't the wide informative source it used to be

I disagree. It's rare to find an unanswered question here. Maybe all the 'relevant' questions have already been answered.

pdmphoto wrote:
The Rokkors dominate much more than they should.

You can't be serious if you're talking about my precious

Serious now, it is always a personal way to measure FWIW.

pdmphoto wrote:
An adapter hack forum would be good.

I agree. And a 'lens cursing' forum too.

Dec 02, 2008 at 04:15 PM

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p.1 #23 · Rokkor Forum

hahahahah +1 to the "lens cursing" forum!

Dec 02, 2008 at 09:26 PM

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p.1 #24 · Rokkor Forum

Many would say that most of the posts are about Zeiss, or Leica. I think the Rokkor "craze" will settle down and we'll be back to other brands (in another year or so.) Kinda depends on what else new comes along. I'm thinking ZE I guess.

Dec 02, 2008 at 09:43 PM

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p.1 #25 · Rokkor Forum

it comes and goes. Sometimes it's big Zeiss stuff or others, now it seems to be big on Rokkor stuff. Whatever the current trend is, the forum will reflect that

Dec 02, 2008 at 09:57 PM


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