Well maybe I should retire for the day too after writing that ambiguous statement I did of course mean the 20cm f4 P and the 200 F4 Q for Bronica are bulky. And I am going to correct the original language, just before retiring
Slowcaptain wrote:
Thank you! Great images by the way.
Also that last caption took me a while to understand. No offense to anyone. I actually related it to the people in the photo.
Thank you! I love this lens, I was about to sell it recently and then I thought I better play with it more. Its such an amazing lens. The oof spots and separation are insanely unique. Wont be giving this one up anytime soon!
Slowcaptain wrote:
Thanks, both.
I was also suggested to look at series e 75-150 since size and weight are also a concern for me - I recently put Nikon 105mm VR Micro on Sony A6000 and that combination is a terrible, terrible idea.
Also, regarding 80-200, is 4.5 version with rectangular baffle at the end considered sharper than f4?
All right I’ll try to sum up what I recall. The Ai lens in the 80-200 F4.5 Ai series ran for a long time and the last iteration of the lens featured a rectangular optic at the rear of the lens. This latter lens is much better than the earlier rounded rear element.
versions.
The Ai-S version F4 with serial numbers 182798 – 328071 Aug 81 - 1998 are supposed to be as good or slightly better than
F4.5 versions. It has a 62 mm filter. Both these series are about 800-850 gr and much better optics than the 75-150.
The 200 F4 weighs in at 590 gr with a built in hood. I like it a lot.
Ken Hill wrote:
All right I’ll try to sum up what I recall. The Ai lens in the 80-200 F4.5 Ai series ran for a long time and the last iteration of the lens featured a rectangular optic at the rear of the lens. This latter lens is much better than the earlier rounded rear element.
versions.
The Ai-S version F4 with serial numbers 182798 – 328071 Aug 81 - 1998 are supposed to be as good or slightly better than
F4.5 versions. It has a 62 mm filter. Both these series are about 800-850 gr and much better optics than the 75-150.
The 200 F4 weighs in at 590 gr with a built in hood. I like it a lot.
The lighthouse at Cape St Francis. Cape St Francis became known to surfers of my age group as the home of the "perfect wave'' as it was described in the wonderful movie "The Endless Summer" produced by Bruce Brown. The nearby waves are still called "Bruce's Beauties. (28 3.5 PC)
The lighthouse at Cape St Francis. Cape St Francis became known to surfers of my age group as the home of the "perfect wave'' as it was described in the wonderful movie "The Endless Summer" produced by Bruce Brown. The nearby waves are still called "Bruce's Beauties. (28 3.5 PC)
The best-known rock relief in Mahablipuram is the Descent of the Ganges (also known as Arjuna's Penance or Bhagiratha's Penance), the largest open-air rock relief.
The Descent of the Ganges is considered one of the largest bas-relief works in the world. The relief, consisting of Hindu mythology, is carved on two 27-metre-long (89 ft), 9-metre-high (30 ft) boulders.
There are two primary interpretations: the effort needed to bring the Ganges from the heavens to earth, and the Kirātārjunīya legend and the chapter from the Mahabharata about Arjuna's efforts to gain the weapon he needed to help good triumph over evil.[80] A portion of the panel shows the help he received from Shiva to defeat the Asuras. Included in the panel are Vishnu, Shiva, other gods and goddesses, sages, human beings, animals, reptiles and birds.
According to another interpretation, an ascetic Bhagiratha is praying for the Ganges to be brought to earth. Shiva receives the river, to which all life is racing in peace and thirst. This theory has not been universally accepted because central characters are missing or are inconsistent with their legends. The absence of a boar from the entire panel makes it doubtful that it is single story, although scenes of Arjuna's penance and the descent of the Ganges are affirmed.[80] The granite reliefs, from the early or middle 7th century, are considered by The Hindu as "one of the marvels of the sculptural art of India."
I did of course mean the 20cm f4 P and the 200 F4 Q for Bronica are bulky. And I am going to correct the original language, just before retiring 
