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p.109 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Mescalamba wrote:
Hehe, nice one.
Lens, camera and KatzEye focusing screen. Actually my first own "worth something" alt lens. And probably not last (infectious bug that Zeiss one).
Hehe, so now you will be out there, focusing on 3D-looking things 2-5m away with an interesting background, at f/1.4-f/2
Try a stitch as well.
carstenw wrote
You bought a Zeiss 50/1.4 and a right-way-mirror?Lens, camera and KatzEye focusing screen. Actually my first own "worth something" alt lens. And probably not last (infectious bug that Zeiss one).
Hehe, so now you will be out there, focusing on 3D-looking things 2-5m away with an interesting background, at f/1.4-f/2
Try a stitch as well.Feb 06, 2013 at 02:53 AM
p.109 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
Feb 06, 2013 at 09:56 AM
p.109 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
carstenw wrote:
Hehe, nice one.
Lens, camera and KatzEye focusing screen. Actually my first own "worth something" alt lens. And probably not last (infectious bug that Zeiss one).Hehe, so now you will be out there, focusing on 3D-looking things 2-5m away with an interesting background, at f/1.4-f/2 Try a stitch as well.
Good guess, kinda what Im doing right now. Im doing stitches pretty much since I have digital camera, so I will just continue, so far it looks quite nice.
Mescalamba wrote
carstenw wrote
You bought a Zeiss 50/1.4 and a right-way-mirror?Lens, camera and KatzEye focusing screen. Actually my first own "worth something" alt lens. And probably not last (infectious bug that Zeiss one).
Try a stitch as well.Good guess, kinda what Im doing right now. Im doing stitches pretty much since I have digital camera, so I will just continue, so far it looks quite nice.
Feb 06, 2013 at 11:10 AM
p.109 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Toha wrote:
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
Im quite curious, what does ZF-I mean?
Side-note: I would kill for that lens..
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
Im quite curious, what does ZF-I mean?
Side-note: I would kill for that lens..
Feb 06, 2013 at 11:11 AM
p.109 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
It was made for industrial applications, hence the name 'ZF-I'. It features locking screws to set apertures and focus at fixed position so that people can use the lenses to make really precise measurements and comparisons.
Optically, it's essentially the same as the ZF/ZE/ZS/ZK lenses. However, it has a chrome finish on the body, most likely to differentiate it from the mainstream series.
The short article here might explain it better than I can
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2007/11/8/zeisszfi
Optically, it's essentially the same as the ZF/ZE/ZS/ZK lenses. However, it has a chrome finish on the body, most likely to differentiate it from the mainstream series.
The short article here might explain it better than I can
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2007/11/8/zeisszfi
Feb 06, 2013 at 11:38 AM
p.109 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Here's an Auto Mamiya/Sekor 21mm f/4 SX lens that I just received, and a sample image from a 5DII, 1/800 sec, f/8, ISO 200. It's very sharp in the centre, less sharp at the edges.
The first photo shows the 21mm f/4 SX mounted on a 5DII, followed by an example full image, resized to 800 x 533. The next photo is an edge crop from a 2000px x 1333px version of the same image, to illustrate how the edge region looks on an image sized for display on a large, high resolution monitor. The third image is a 100% crop of this edge region. The entire image would proably be just fine for 8" x 12" prints, but the edges aren't so great when pixel peeping.
The 5DII mirror hangs on the shroud around the rear element for subject distances of from about 5m to infinity (about 1/3 of the focus ring range). The mirror releases fast & easy when you set the focus distance to about 5m.
The Mamiya/Sekor SX mount has an aperture ring overhang, or raised edge, of about 1.5mm that has to be ground off before you can get infinity focus on a standard M42 adapter, as shown in the last photo.
The first photo shows the 21mm f/4 SX mounted on a 5DII, followed by an example full image, resized to 800 x 533. The next photo is an edge crop from a 2000px x 1333px version of the same image, to illustrate how the edge region looks on an image sized for display on a large, high resolution monitor. The third image is a 100% crop of this edge region. The entire image would proably be just fine for 8" x 12" prints, but the edges aren't so great when pixel peeping.
The 5DII mirror hangs on the shroud around the rear element for subject distances of from about 5m to infinity (about 1/3 of the focus ring range). The mirror releases fast & easy when you set the focus distance to about 5m.
The Mamiya/Sekor SX mount has an aperture ring overhang, or raised edge, of about 1.5mm that has to be ground off before you can get infinity focus on a standard M42 adapter, as shown in the last photo.
Feb 06, 2013 at 11:56 AM
p.109 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Going for broke, eh? There is no tomorrow, do it today!
Feb 07, 2013 at 02:15 AM
p.109 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
SMC Pentax M 28/2.8,Takumar Bayonet 135/2.5,Canon FD 135/2.5 SC,Rokkor MC 28/2.8, (second),MD 28/3.5,Rokkor MC PG 50/1.4 (second),Sigma Mini Wide II 28/2.8,Cosina AF Macro 100/3.5 Nikon.I was 5 minutes too late to buy 58/1.2 MC Rokkor for only 190 Euro 
Too bad.
Too bad.Feb 09, 2013 at 03:05 PM
p.109 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Toha wrote:
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
wait how is that silver?
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
wait how is that silver?
Feb 09, 2013 at 03:34 PM
p.109 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Apparently "I" are silver.. Or at least this type is. They could do regular in silver too, would match some cams nicely.. (true, mostly film cams, still worth it).
Feb 09, 2013 at 04:25 PM
p.109 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
^^ Was it a software update that bricked your camera? ^^
Feb 10, 2013 at 04:47 PM
p.109 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
carstenw wrote:
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Feb 10, 2013 at 04:59 PM
p.109 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Toha wrote:
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
Sweet! I'd not heard of those. Now I covet them!
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
Sweet! I'd not heard of those. Now I covet them!
Feb 10, 2013 at 05:30 PM
p.109 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Taylor Sherman wrote:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpgSweet! I'd not heard of those. Now I covet them!
It does look pretty.
Toha wrote
Love the images produced by this lens and it's my most expensive (alt) manual focus lens >_<. I reckon it's worth it though and the fact that it's a ZF-I makes it all the more special.http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8451097092_8e870264f7_z.jpg
It does look pretty.
Feb 10, 2013 at 06:02 PM
p.109 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
XsigmaSD wrote:
^^ Was it a software update that bricked your camera? ^^
Hehe, it is a chocolate sculpture Or, was...
^^ Was it a software update that bricked your camera? ^^
Hehe, it is a chocolate sculpture
Or, was...Feb 10, 2013 at 08:10 PM
p.109 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
nice compact pentax super takumar 50mm 1.4 screw mount from the mid 60's. Very well balanced on the fuji X-E1
mid 60's radioactive lens by bellyface, on Flickr
mars by bellyface, on Flickr
mid 60's radioactive lens by bellyface, on Flickr
mars by bellyface, on Flickr
Feb 11, 2013 at 01:13 AM
p.109 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
A Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f/2 in Exatka mount. I had to modify the mount a little bit in order for it to clear the mirror on my 6D. Only had to take off ~0.009".
Feb 13, 2013 at 01:40 PM