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p.127 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Paul Yi wrote:
I'm in deep trouble ....
I'm glad I'm not in your shoes. Nice acquisition Paul.
I'm in deep trouble ....
I'm glad I'm not in your shoes. Nice acquisition Paul.
May 27, 2013 at 08:33 PM
p.127 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Voigtlander 180/4 APO Lanthar SL in Nikon mount.
May 27, 2013 at 11:39 PM
p.127 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Looks nice Paul.
I just picked up a like new FD chrome nose 135/3.5
A Nikkor AIs 24/2.8
And a well loved FD SSC 24/1.4 Aspherical, I think I'm going to have fun with this one.
I just picked up a like new FD chrome nose 135/3.5
A Nikkor AIs 24/2.8
And a well loved FD SSC 24/1.4 Aspherical, I think I'm going to have fun with this one.
May 28, 2013 at 07:53 PM
p.127 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
dcjs wrote:
Please share some images if you can. I've been interested in this lens, but have found few examples (some of them very promising).
I will,as soon as I get back home.
Peire wrote
Rollei HFT Tele Tessar 135/4.I will,as soon as I get back home.
May 29, 2013 at 05:51 AM
p.127 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
My Elmarit-R 35 arrived from Igor, who is the man.
Saw this on eBay: Minolta Maxxum APO 200/4 Macro. It's on my list of AF lenses I'd like to own if they weren't silly expensive (along with the 400/4.5 and 600/4). The 200 is far more difficult to come by than the other two, so when it pops up in great condition, they're priced like... well, like this one.
Saw this on eBay: Minolta Maxxum APO 200/4 Macro. It's on my list of AF lenses I'd like to own if they weren't silly expensive (along with the 400/4.5 and 600/4). The 200 is far more difficult to come by than the other two, so when it pops up in great condition, they're priced like... well, like this one.
Jun 05, 2013 at 08:29 PM
p.127 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
freaklikeme wrote:
My Elmarit-R 35 arrived from Igor, who is the man.
Igor's Camera Exchange is one of my favourite places to buy stuff. He's a star in my Lens$db database.
My Elmarit-R 35 arrived from Igor, who is the man.
Igor's Camera Exchange is one of my favourite places to buy stuff. He's a star in my Lens$db database.
Jun 05, 2013 at 08:37 PM
p.127 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
Igor's Camera Exchange is one of my favourite places to buy stuff. He's a star in my Lens$db database.
Oh, yeah. Every time I deal with him, I feel the need to promote him. I feel like he has the same values in lenses that I do, because I fully agree with his ratings and never feel like I've overpaid for a lens. KEH and Adorama can be a little hit and miss, but they're great about returns. B&H... if it's 9 or above, I know what I'm getting. Below that things seem too subjective and inconsistent, though, again, great about returns. Everyone one else I call first.
freaklikeme wrote
My Elmarit-R 35 arrived from Igor, who is the man.Oh, yeah. Every time I deal with him, I feel the need to promote him. I feel like he has the same values in lenses that I do, because I fully agree with his ratings and never feel like I've overpaid for a lens. KEH and Adorama can be a little hit and miss, but they're great about returns. B&H... if it's 9 or above, I know what I'm getting. Below that things seem too subjective and inconsistent, though, again, great about returns. Everyone one else I call first.
Jun 05, 2013 at 08:46 PM
p.127 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Rokkor 58mm 1.2 Canon mount
Jun 05, 2013 at 09:59 PM
p.127 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Canon FDn 200 F2.8 IF lens. Using it on OM-D .
Harry Palmer
Harry Palmer
Jun 06, 2013 at 07:09 AM
p.127 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Mint Canon FD SSC 55/1.2 (with mint Canon T90 body which I'm gonna sell)
Canon FDn 35/2,mint C/Y Zeiss Distagon 28/2.8 MM.
Canon FDn 35/2,mint C/Y Zeiss Distagon 28/2.8 MM.
Jun 08, 2013 at 07:23 AM
p.127 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Distagon 28/2.8 MMmmmm indeed 
Jun 08, 2013 at 05:27 PM
p.127 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
lenticular11 wrote:
Distagon 28/2.8 MMmmmm indeed
I guess I will have to give this lens another chance some day. The problem I have with it is all the talk about stopping it down to f/8 -f/11 for distance shots. And I think I remember curvature of field issues.
In contrast the R28 latest, was at optimum at f/4 - f5.6.
Distagon 28/2.8 MMmmmm indeed
I guess I will have to give this lens another chance some day. The problem I have with it is all the talk about stopping it down to f/8 -f/11 for distance shots. And I think I remember curvature of field issues.
In contrast the R28 latest, was at optimum at f/4 - f5.6.
Jun 08, 2013 at 07:20 PM
p.127 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just arrived today: Tominon 114/4.5 in a Seiko shutter, all housed in a classic "professional" Polaroid 180 Land Camera...
PS: Hello Jim!
PS: Hello Jim!
Jun 08, 2013 at 07:26 PM
p.127 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I'm going to give another version of the Nikkor 35mm PC lens a spin. This time a 60s version, non-AI. Maybe have it next week with adapter for the EOS system. My last one was a newer AIS- vintage model (black knob) but I tried using on Nikon D7000 body and was less than pleased by the combo.
Jun 08, 2013 at 08:52 PM
p.127 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
JimBuchanan wrote:
I guess I will have to give this lens another chance some day. The problem I have with it is all the talk about stopping it down to f/8 -f/11 for distance shots. And I think I remember curvature of field issues.
Don't forget the lateral color.
The D28/2.8 has enough faults to give it personality, and few enough to keep it on my Top 5 list. Special strengths: central sharpness, and great ergos (I usually focus by scale).
lenticular11 wrote
Distagon 28/2.8 MMmmmm indeedDon't forget the lateral color.
The D28/2.8 has enough faults to give it personality, and few enough to keep it on my Top 5 list. Special strengths: central sharpness, and great ergos (I usually focus by scale).Jun 09, 2013 at 01:28 AM
p.127 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
rico wrote:
I guess I will have to give this lens another chance some day. The problem I have with it is all the talk about stopping it down to f/8 -f/11 for distance shots. And I think I remember curvature of field issues.Don't forget the lateral color. The D28/2.8 has enough faults to give it personality, and few enough to keep it on my Top 5 list. Special strengths: central sharpness, and great ergos (I usually focus by scale).
D 28/2.8 MM C/Y is my favourite 28mm on the NEX5N.And yes,it has it's faults to give him personality that I like so much. .BTW - I never stop down to f11 on the cropper save macro shots.
JimBuchanan wrote
lenticular11 wrote
Distagon 28/2.8 MMmmmm indeed The D28/2.8 has enough faults to give it personality, and few enough to keep it on my Top 5 list. Special strengths: central sharpness, and great ergos (I usually focus by scale).D 28/2.8 MM C/Y is my favourite 28mm on the NEX5N.And yes,it has it's faults to give him personality that I like so much.
.BTW - I never stop down to f11 on the cropper save macro shots.Jun 09, 2013 at 02:01 AM
p.127 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
dcjs wrote:
Please share some images if you can. I've been interested in this lens, but have found few examples (some of them very promising).
There you are dcjs:
Rollei HFT Tele Tessar 135/4 made in Singapore is a solid,full metal lens with very good to excellent image quality .It easily matches 135/2.8 C/Y MM Sonnar that I've got,being smaller,lighter and much less expensive.
It is sharp wide opened across the frame with some,not problematic,Lo/CA and pretty neutral bokeh.
NEX5N at f4
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795502.SEQ.1.jpg
NEX7 at f4
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795502.SEQ.0.jpg
Object separation and Zeiss look available from f4 (NEX5N)
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370796216.SEQ.0.jpg
but more of it can be seen stopped down to f8 (NEX5N)
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795503.SEQ.2.jpg
Despite mfd of 1.6m it is suitable for closeups shownig fine details very clearly with Zeiss look still there.
NEX7 at f5.6
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795504.SEQ.4.jpg
NEX5N at f4
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795527.SEQ.0.jpg
Hope this helps.
Peire wrote
Rollei HFT Tele Tessar 135/4.There you are dcjs:
Rollei HFT Tele Tessar 135/4 made in Singapore is a solid,full metal lens with very good to excellent image quality .It easily matches 135/2.8 C/Y MM Sonnar that I've got,being smaller,lighter and much less expensive.
It is sharp wide opened across the frame with some,not problematic,Lo/CA and pretty neutral bokeh.
NEX5N at f4
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795502.SEQ.1.jpg
NEX7 at f4
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795502.SEQ.0.jpg
Object separation and Zeiss look available from f4 (NEX5N)
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370796216.SEQ.0.jpg
but more of it can be seen stopped down to f8 (NEX5N)
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795503.SEQ.2.jpg
Despite mfd of 1.6m it is suitable for closeups shownig fine details very clearly with Zeiss look still there.
NEX7 at f5.6
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795504.SEQ.4.jpg
NEX5N at f4
http://zeissimages.com/gallery/951/med_U951I1370795527.SEQ.0.jpg
Hope this helps.
Jun 09, 2013 at 10:13 AM
p.127 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Peire wrote:
There you are dcjs: ...
Those images look very nice, thanks for posting. Of course sharpness is hard to judge at this size, but the overall look is just gorgeous. Perhaps the strongest "Sonnar signature" I've seen, and I think I like the images quite a lot better than what I've seen from the C/Y 135/2.8 I've owned.
Did you apply any vignetting correction? Illumination looks very even wide open, but again, hard to tell at the image size.
There you are dcjs: ...
Those images look very nice, thanks for posting. Of course sharpness is hard to judge at this size, but the overall look is just gorgeous. Perhaps the strongest "Sonnar signature" I've seen, and I think I like the images quite a lot better than what I've seen from the C/Y 135/2.8 I've owned.
Did you apply any vignetting correction? Illumination looks very even wide open, but again, hard to tell at the image size.
Jun 09, 2013 at 12:00 PM
p.127 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Thank you dcjs.
No.The lens does not show any vignetting in normal lighting/subjects.One may notice a very,very slight trace of it taking photographs of the sky wide opened.
Pictures are small but unsharp mask applied on the jpeg 800pix long was only 0,3/150.
No.The lens does not show any vignetting in normal lighting/subjects.One may notice a very,very slight trace of it taking photographs of the sky wide opened.
Pictures are small but unsharp mask applied on the jpeg 800pix long was only 0,3/150.
Jun 09, 2013 at 12:42 PM
p.127 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just bought OM Zuiko MC 28/2.
Jun 09, 2013 at 01:17 PM