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Archive 2017What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
p.166 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Ah yes, I recall now, I sold it on eBay to a girl. I wonder what work she did with it.
I miss that Contax 645 AF and the 100 Makro. I still have the 35mm. I can't get myself to sell it. I still have some backs and accessories. Great system, only the dark matte screen let it down a bit. I always wanted to get a Maxwell-made screen, but at some point I thought that if I went to all the trouble of shooting, developing and scanning 120 film, then why not go to 6x6 and 6x7 and get so much more area...
I miss that Contax 645 AF and the 100 Makro. I still have the 35mm. I can't get myself to sell it. I still have some backs and accessories. Great system, only the dark matte screen let it down a bit. I always wanted to get a Maxwell-made screen, but at some point I thought that if I went to all the trouble of shooting, developing and scanning 120 film, then why not go to 6x6 and 6x7 and get so much more area...
Apr 09, 2014 at 04:39 PM
p.166 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
My Minolta XD11 arrived. It was supposedly from storage so hadn't been used. Was absolutely filthy, no lens cap and unfortunately had batteries still installed which had corroded. Tried some fresh batteries but it wouldn't fire...
Spent the last hour cleaning it it all up inside and out, tightened all the screws as well as the film speed dial which was very loose. Cleaned the viewfinder and focusing screen, scratched off the corroded lumps from the battery compartment cap and now I have an near mint, working XD11, not to mention a very cheap one. Will have to get some photos of it before I replace the light seals and give it a test roll. Looks beautiful and makes my X700 feel like a plastic mess. That one will be up on ebay asap, looking forward to shooting with the XD11, its a great all metal camera. Just a shame the seller didn't know what he was selling, and could have at least taken the strap off before shipping it so that the it didn't leave a few fresh scratches on one side...
Spent the last hour cleaning it it all up inside and out, tightened all the screws as well as the film speed dial which was very loose. Cleaned the viewfinder and focusing screen, scratched off the corroded lumps from the battery compartment cap and now I have an near mint, working XD11, not to mention a very cheap one. Will have to get some photos of it before I replace the light seals and give it a test roll. Looks beautiful and makes my X700 feel like a plastic mess. That one will be up on ebay asap, looking forward to shooting with the XD11, its a great all metal camera. Just a shame the seller didn't know what he was selling, and could have at least taken the strap off before shipping it so that the it didn't leave a few fresh scratches on one side...
Apr 09, 2014 at 05:04 PM
p.166 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Phillip Reeve wrote:
Your images with that lens always stood out in my eyes, looking forward for more :-).
+1.
briantho wrote
I'm sure the 100MP is every bit as good as freak is describing, but if I recall correctly carsten, you sold the real killer macro lens, the C645 Zeiss 120/4 APO... Or did you keep it after all? With the new Contax N to A7/R adapter, which now has AF/aperture compability with the NAM-1 for all C645 lenses, I'm glad I've kept mine together with the 80/2 and 140/2.8.+1.
Apr 09, 2014 at 05:07 PM
p.166 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Not really alt but just got myself the new "Zeiss" Sony FE 55 1.8, first autofocus lens for ages I've bought myself. Compact little beast, love it already.
Apr 11, 2014 at 05:49 AM
p.166 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Greggf heavily influenced my purchase of the ELPRO close up lens. Thank you Greggf as well as thanks to Kokusai for identifying the correct version to get (the ELPRO 3)! 
Also picked up the Voigtlander VME Close Up Lens Adapter for M to NEX/E mount. Going to tinker around with both the ELPRO and the VME this weekend.
ELPRO 3 and VME Close Up by Alpha Geist, on Flickr
Also picked up the Voigtlander VME Close Up Lens Adapter for M to NEX/E mount. Going to tinker around with both the ELPRO and the VME this weekend.
ELPRO 3 and VME Close Up by Alpha Geist, on Flickr
Apr 12, 2014 at 02:40 AM
p.166 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
That is a brilliant price for such a nice lens. Is there another?
Apr 13, 2014 at 02:40 PM
p.166 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Well, sort of, but probably not in the sense you're referring to. It has a bigger brother, the Nikkor-Q 200 mm f/4, which also cost me 30$ in equal condition (close to mint, very well taken care of). Who am I to separate two siblings, who have lived together for almost 50 years? Both sold by a woman in her sixties, they were her father's old gear. They have probably been stowed away for decades until she put them up for sale.
Apr 13, 2014 at 10:55 PM
p.166 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
sceptic wrote:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/13825999094_322eed4c44_c.jpg
Probably my best spent 30 USD
so lucky
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/13825999094_322eed4c44_c.jpg
Probably my best spent 30 USD
so lucky
Apr 15, 2014 at 07:27 AM
p.166 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
That just looks silly
Apr 17, 2014 at 06:25 PM
p.166 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
In "camera years", the lens is probably younger than the camera. It certainly behaves that way. 
It takes almost as long to get an image out of the 1Ds, as from a Polaroid.
P.S. in zones A, B and C, it's sharper than my Oly 21/3.5. Zone D, Oly takes it.
It takes almost as long to get an image out of the 1Ds, as from a Polaroid.
P.S. in zones A, B and C, it's sharper than my Oly 21/3.5. Zone D, Oly takes it.
Apr 17, 2014 at 06:30 PM
p.166 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Leica DR Summicron 50 - from the B&S - not yet shipped...
Apr 17, 2014 at 07:38 PM
p.166 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
After a year spent with Mamiya RZ67 ULD 50mm, I ordered RZ67 APO 500mm.RZ67 APO and ULD lenses are offered at very pleased prices, I think this is a big chance for someone who knows.
Apr 20, 2014 at 12:40 AM
p.166 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
MC Rokkor PF 85/1.7 with milled focusing ring,Sigma 24/2.8 EF mount ( Metabones III allows electronic aperture control,no AF),Hexanon AR 85/1.7.
Apr 20, 2014 at 04:48 AM
p.166 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Zeiss Luminar 63mm f/4.5 Now I need to find out how to adapt it to my Contax Bellows and the bellows to my D800 or A7, without breaking the bank. The adapters I have seen so far are in the 150 Euro ballpark!
Now I need to find out how to adapt it to my Contax Bellows and the bellows to my D800 or A7, without breaking the bank. The adapters I have seen so far are in the 150 Euro ballpark!Apr 20, 2014 at 01:21 PM
p.166 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Peire wrote:
Hexanon AR 85/1.7.
I assume you mean 85/1.8, in which case I congratulate you on a great lens. Very sharp from f/2.8 and very good build quality.
Apr 20, 2014 at 02:43 PM
p.166 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
carstenw wrote:
Zeiss Luminar 63mm f/4.5 Now I need to find out how to adapt it to my Contax Bellows and the bellows to my D800 or A7, without breaking the bank. The adapters I have seen so far are in the 150 Euro ballpark!
Is the Luminar an RMS thread? If so then RMS > M39/M42 etc adapters are cheap and readily available, as are Contax or Nikon M39/M42 adapters for the bellows.
Why is it going to cost 150 Euro ? I've had (several) adapters custom made for much less.
Zeiss Luminar 63mm f/4.5
Now I need to find out how to adapt it to my Contax Bellows and the bellows to my D800 or A7, without breaking the bank. The adapters I have seen so far are in the 150 Euro ballpark!Is the Luminar an RMS thread? If so then RMS > M39/M42 etc adapters are cheap and readily available, as are Contax or Nikon M39/M42 adapters for the bellows.
Why is it going to cost 150 Euro ? I've had (several) adapters custom made for much less.
Apr 20, 2014 at 03:03 PM