I kind of fell into most of them. Our photo department got funding for new film cameras and had a sale. That’s where I got my F2 with motor drive and 80-200/4.5 for $15. After the sale was over, about 40 lenses were going to be trashed. I offered them $10 and I got them. Very rough condition, but the glass was good. The rest were mostly finds from garage sales and estate sales. Couple local auction houses. The big surprises were from people hearing that I liked old cameras and I’d come in one day and find a box on my desk. One of those had essentially the same kit used in the movie Rear Window. All Exacta gear. I still have the Zeiss Jena 2/58 and A Schact Ulm 3.5/135. I sold the body and the telephoto that I think was a 400mm and paid for all the spending money for my honeymoon. Right around 2008, a friend was opening a vintage camera shop and since he didn’t have a lot of stock, I had most of my lenses on consignment there. He did okay and I sold nearly all of them I had put up there. His wife died young to cancer and he followed 6 weeks later. He just stopped living. Nothing we did helped. I still have the remaining lenses that didn’t sell.
kwoodard wrote:
I kind of fell into most of them. Our photo department got funding for new film cameras and had a sale. That’s where I got my F2 with motor drive and 80-200/4.5 for $15. After the sale was over, about 40 lenses were going to be trashed. I offered them $10 and I got them. Very rough condition, but the glass was good. The rest were mostly finds from garage sales and estate sales. Couple local auction houses. The big surprises were from people hearing that I liked old cameras and I’d come in one day and find a box on my desk. One of those had essentially the same kit used in the movie Rear Window. All Exacta gear. I still have the Zeiss Jena 2/58 and A Schact Ulm 3.5/135. I sold the body and the telephoto that I think was a 400mm and paid for all the spending money for my honeymoon. Right around 2008, a friend was opening a vintage camera shop and since he didn’t have a lot of stock, I had most of my lenses on consignment there. He did okay and I sold nearly all of them I had put up there. His wife died young to cancer and he followed 6 weeks later. He just stopped living. Nothing we did helped. I still have the remaining lenses that didn’t sell. ...Show more →
Interesting story. Sorry to read about your friends' deaths though.
Jim, are you are missing the 105/2.5? That s one cracker of a lens. Great snow captures!
Morten, excellent series and great colors.
Marbella, Spain:
This town gets a flood of tourists during the summer with a Cannes type atmosphere. It was quiet and the weather not so great early December. A rather large rock formation in the distance caught my eye.
This is a 100% crop, first time I have seen Gibraltar.
JaKo wrote:
Focusing @f/1.2 was never easy, specially with (D)SLR in low light. Even with split screens and KatzEye Optics and similar aids it was not even close, IMO to EVF at decent resolution and magnification level.
BLLX wrote:
Here's some shot with Df + 20/2.8 ai-s
Wow, some excellent shots, Morten! I always struggled to really capture Winter Light when I lived in Denmark, especially as coming from Canada, I had perhaps different expectations on snow&ice levels and the type of nature to be found. Maybe it was the lack of daylight at this time of year (never seeing the sun during working hours), and somewhat the grey/wet weather Denmark often has in the Winter, but I always found it hard to get out and photograph until the Spring/Summer. You have a good eye, and really made good use of a super-wide-angle.
serge07 wrote:
Jim, are you are missing the 105/2.5? That s one cracker of a lens. Great snow captures!
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Marbella, Spain:
...A rather large rock formation in the distance caught my eye.
Great shot of Gibraltar, and all the other fabulous scenes you have posted!
Thank you for the pics and the nice comment.
Now about that 105... Now you've done it. That's like telling someone they might have dropped a washer into the oil pan in their car. It will bug them forever!
I do not have that 105. One Thousand and One Nights has 96 entries and I just haven't had time to pick up all of them yet! And I was warned several times to be careful of my wallet!
The truth is though, I have practically no use for a portrait lens, wouldn't know what to do with it. I do have a Tamron 90mm macro which I picked up for scanning my old slide collection. Were I ever in a situation that demanded a length between the 55 and the 200 I could always use that. Probably. Maybe. Of course I couldn't post the pics here. I have a hard enough time convincing myself of the subtle differences between my old 50 and the newer 55, as long as the 50 is stopped down.
OTOH, I saw an inexpensive specimen of the 105 in a camera shop listing online today. No! I will not go there! At least not yet! Don't tempt me! First I need to fish that washer out of my engine's oil pan.
I need to share a sentiment with everyone here: This thread has been so much fun and your community have been so welcoming. Also I've learned a lot. Along with that fun I've seen beautiful pictures of places and things I will likely never see in person. I've seen sunset/sunrise/noon (or whatever time of day it was) in Denmark, beautiful flowers in South Africa, gorgeous buildings in Spain, snowfall in Ohio (okay, I've been to Ohio, just not in winter), mountains in Provence, and a bunch of other places I don't recall just now. It has been a real treat. May it last long and prosper! (Do I really need a 105mm f/2.5?)
It is a winner in my opinion - a lens I will continue to keep and cherish.
jimmuller wrote:
Great shot of Gibraltar, and all the other fabulous scenes you have posted!
Thank you for the pics and the nice comment.
Now about that 105... Now you've done it. That's like telling someone they might have dropped a washer into the oil pan in their car. It will bug them forever!
I do not have that 105. One Thousand and One Nights has 96 entries and I just haven't had time to pick up all of them yet! And I was warned several times to be careful of my wallet!
The truth is though, I have practically no use for a portrait lens, wouldn't know what to do with it. I do have a Tamron 90mm macro which I picked up for scanning my old slide collection. Were I ever in a situation that demanded a length between the 55 and the 200 I could always use that. Probably. Maybe. Of course I couldn't post the pics here. I have a hard enough time convincing myself of the subtle differences between my old 50 and the newer 55, as long as the 50 is stopped down.
OTOH, I saw an inexpensive specimen of the 105 in a camera shop listing online today. No! I will not go there! At least not yet! Don't tempt me! First I need to fish that washer out of my engine's oil pan....Show more →
I can't tell if that non-ai description is significant, since I'll be using it with FTZ. The SN is 676159, which marks it as a "K" version in that lens list, Sept '74 to '77. It may be multi-coated but the dates of that SN sequence and the previous SN range marked as multi-coated overlap.
I wasn't looking seriously so I didn't make note of them but I recall seeing others available for slightly higher price, with an AI designation IIRC.
So what am I looking at here? Or rather, what should I be looking for?
Serge and Colin, excellent collaboration on the 105! Jim, I own the AIS and love it. However one of my reasons for the AIS was the built in hood, especially since I don’t have a developed eye for rendering evaluation. Once in a blue moon I think I know what that truly means, but many times I can’t explain it or put a strong preference for one rendering vs another in online photo evaluation. I very much enjoy the 105 F2.5 AIS.
Just do it. You're going to anyhow, so get it, and point that lens at anything.
Rules? what rules?
jimmuller wrote:
Great shot of Gibraltar, and all the other fabulous scenes you have posted!
Thank you for the pics and the nice comment.
Now about that 105... Now you've done it. That's like telling someone they might have dropped a washer into the oil pan in their car. It will bug them forever!
I do not have that 105. One Thousand and One Nights has 96 entries and I just haven't had time to pick up all of them yet! And I was warned several times to be careful of my wallet!
The truth is though, I have practically no use for a portrait lens, wouldn't know what to do with it. I do have a Tamron 90mm macro which I picked up for scanning my old slide collection. Were I ever in a situation that demanded a length between the 55 and the 200 I could always use that. Probably. Maybe. Of course I couldn't post the pics here. I have a hard enough time convincing myself of the subtle differences between my old 50 and the newer 55, as long as the 50 is stopped down.
OTOH, I saw an inexpensive specimen of the 105 in a camera shop listing online today. No! I will not go there! At least not yet! Don't tempt me! First I need to fish that washer out of my engine's oil pan....Show more →
best bet for you is either the AI, or AI-s. AI-s has the built in hood, never had any problems with it sliding, has shorter focus throw than AI.
jimmuller wrote:
Well, now you've done it. My sweetie took one look at your pics and said get one. (Where is my wallet? It seems to have slipped away.)
I can't tell if that non-ai description is significant, since I'll be using it with FTZ. The SN is 676159, which marks it as a "K" version in that lens list, Sept '74 to '77. It may be multi-coated but the dates of that SN sequence and the previous SN range marked as multi-coated overlap.
I wasn't looking seriously so I didn't make note of them but I recall seeing others available for slightly higher price, with an AI designation IIRC.
So what am I looking at here? Or rather, what should I be looking for?
And I was warned several times to be careful of my wallet!
