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p.169 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I picked up a Contax 21mm f2.8 Distagon MMJ... now I just need to get an adapter.
May 10, 2014 at 10:21 AM
p.169 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
molson wrote:
I picked up a Contax 21mm f2.8 Distagon MMJ... now I just need to get an adapter.
May I suggest a Leitax mount is the most appropriate for this beauty?
I picked up a Contax 21mm f2.8 Distagon MMJ... now I just need to get an adapter.
May I suggest a Leitax mount is the most appropriate for this beauty?
May 10, 2014 at 10:31 AM
p.169 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
May I suggest a Leitax mount is the most appropriate for this beauty?
I didn't know Leitax made Fuji X or Sony NEX mounts... I ordered a Novoflex.
molson wrote
I picked up a Contax 21mm f2.8 Distagon MMJ... now I just need to get an adapter.I didn't know Leitax made Fuji X or Sony NEX mounts... I ordered a Novoflex.
May 10, 2014 at 10:33 AM
p.169 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
molson wrote:
May I suggest a Leitax mount is the most appropriate for this beauty?I didn't know Leitax made Fuji X or Sony NEX mounts... I ordered a Novoflex.
Oops! I figured you were putting it on a DSLR.
Leitax does have Leica-R for X and E, and so it's only a matter of time.
jcolwell wrote
molson wrote
I picked up a Contax 21mm f2.8 Distagon MMJ... now I just need to get an adapter.Oops! I figured you were putting it on a DSLR.
Leitax does have Leica-R for X and E, and so it's only a matter of time.
May 10, 2014 at 11:07 AM
p.169 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
Oops! I figured you were putting it on a DSLR.
Nope... I don't own any of those now.
Oops! I figured you were putting it on a DSLR.
Nope... I don't own any of those now.
May 10, 2014 at 11:47 AM
p.169 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I picked up the Sigma 30mm Art for my a77. IMO it's the most underrated lens out there. For around $550 you get an unbelievably beautiful lens.
May 10, 2014 at 04:58 PM
p.169 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Rokkor 55mm 1.7...love the look and feel of this lens...I just don't like it goes from 1.7 straight to 2.8...wish 2.0 was in there.. Looks great on the X-T1
May 10, 2014 at 10:10 PM
p.169 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just bought a replacement Rokkor HH 35/1.8
May 10, 2014 at 10:16 PM
p.169 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Voigtlander 35 1.2
Voigtlander 40 1.4
FE 35 2.8 ZA
FE 55 1.8 ZA
Too much GAS
Voigtlander 40 1.4
FE 35 2.8 ZA
FE 55 1.8 ZA
Too much GAS
May 10, 2014 at 10:41 PM
p.169 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Nikkor 24/2.8 AIS in great condition for use on A7 and on GH4 for video. Took a few snaps today on A7 and looks pretty good across the frame at f/4 and f/5.6.
May 10, 2014 at 10:53 PM
p.169 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
esanchez wrote:
Rokkor 55mm 1.7...love the look and feel of this lens...I just don't like it goes from 1.7 straight to 2.8...wish 2.0 was in there.. Looks great on the X-T1
yeah, i always hated that about rokkors and olympus OM lenses. if you feel like modding it, you can actually remove the aperture ring (don't lose that ball bearing!) and file a notch or two into it for an extra click stop or two between f/1.7 and f/2.8.
i just got a jupiter-9 (terrible build but beautiful painterly look):
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/13970610849_7e782f5fea_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/13924996868_ff68a3c10d_o.jpg
and i've been missing the unique look and small size of the olympus pen f 42/1.2 that i sold recently, so i picked up a beater copy to use for portraits and funky stuff. unfortunately, it has a bit of fungus growing around the edges i'll have to see if i can take care of:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/14153935681_0878428471_o.jpg
it does a much better job of simulating the petzval look on my a7 than the recent lens designed to be a fake petzval
:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2913/14134085426_1ab80b85b5_o.jpg
Rokkor 55mm 1.7...love the look and feel of this lens...I just don't like it goes from 1.7 straight to 2.8...wish 2.0 was in there.. Looks great on the X-T1
yeah, i always hated that about rokkors and olympus OM lenses. if you feel like modding it, you can actually remove the aperture ring (don't lose that ball bearing!) and file a notch or two into it for an extra click stop or two between f/1.7 and f/2.8.
i just got a jupiter-9 (terrible build but beautiful painterly look):
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/13970610849_7e782f5fea_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/13924996868_ff68a3c10d_o.jpg
and i've been missing the unique look and small size of the olympus pen f 42/1.2 that i sold recently, so i picked up a beater copy to use for portraits and funky stuff. unfortunately, it has a bit of fungus growing around the edges i'll have to see if i can take care of:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/14153935681_0878428471_o.jpg
it does a much better job of simulating the petzval look on my a7 than the recent lens designed to be a fake petzval
:http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2913/14134085426_1ab80b85b5_o.jpg
May 10, 2014 at 11:15 PM
p.169 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Cool. The 42 does a much better job covering the frame than the 25 did. Did you have to crop any?
May 10, 2014 at 11:45 PM
p.169 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
freaklikeme wrote:
Cool. The 42 does a much better job covering the frame than the 25 did. Did you have to crop any?
that shot is uncropped, as are the ones i just posted in the a7(r) thread.
Cool. The 42 does a much better job covering the frame than the 25 did. Did you have to crop any?
that shot is uncropped, as are the ones i just posted in the a7(r) thread.
May 10, 2014 at 11:49 PM
p.169 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I like the vignetting. It suits the overall draw very well.
I added a couple of Zeiss lenses, a C/Y Distagon 35/2.8 and a Hasselblad S-Planar 135/5.6.
I added a couple of Zeiss lenses, a C/Y Distagon 35/2.8 and a Hasselblad S-Planar 135/5.6.
May 11, 2014 at 12:39 AM
p.169 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I bought a Zeiss/Contax Distagon 28mm f2 MMG on eBay this morning, to go with yesterday's 21mm f2.8 MMJ. I'm hoping I have better luck with these lenses and the Novoflex adapter than I did trying to use my ZE lenses on the Metabones...
May 11, 2014 at 03:25 PM
p.169 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Bought a
Canon nFD 200mm f2.8
and a
Canon nFD 100mm f4 Macro incl. 1:1 Adapter
for my A7.
100 Bucks each in nice condition.
Ah and an
Olympus OM 55mm f1.2
Used the 55mm for some portraits in a tighter space and .. I like the lens !
Cant wait to to check out the possibilitys of the other lenses too...
Canon nFD 200mm f2.8
and a
Canon nFD 100mm f4 Macro incl. 1:1 Adapter
for my A7.
100 Bucks each in nice condition.
Ah and an
Olympus OM 55mm f1.2
Used the 55mm for some portraits in a tighter space and .. I like the lens !
Cant wait to to check out the possibilitys of the other lenses too...
May 12, 2014 at 12:59 AM
p.169 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Canon nFD 35-105/f3.5
May 12, 2014 at 05:29 AM
p.169 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
another MC Rokkor PF 85/1.7 and Oly Zuiko 50/1.4,then Oly Zuiko 35/2.8 and Nikkor AI 135/3.5 - all as new,that's why it was so difficult to resist.My 5 wives and 20 kids will starve .
.May 12, 2014 at 06:18 AM
p.169 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
LightShow wrote:
Just bought a replacement Rokkor HH 35/1.8
Good move.I did the same last year.They are very special.I like their crispness most of all.
Just bought a replacement Rokkor HH 35/1.8
Good move.I did the same last year.They are very special.I like their crispness most of all.
May 12, 2014 at 12:12 PM