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p.19 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
My latest acquisition arrived. Unfortunately, I probably need to wait another week or so before the Leitax mount for it arrives. There was some kind of delay, and it won't be shipped until Monday. This will plug a gap in my 21/50MP/100MP line which I don't often use, but need to have filled just the same.
100MP for size comparion. The Contax 80-200/4 looks large when seen on its own, but isn't really.
http://throughthelensdarkly.com/forums/CW_20110430_NikonD3_38153.jpg
100MP for size comparion. The Contax 80-200/4 looks large when seen on its own, but isn't really.
http://throughthelensdarkly.com/forums/CW_20110430_NikonD3_38153.jpg
Apr 30, 2011 at 03:09 PM
p.19 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I don't know if this counts as an alt, but I don't know where else to stuff this photo, so here it is. It is a Hudora Big Wheel OC 205. I don't know what OC means. Over-clocked?
Having a small daughter and a full-time job, I have very little time for photography, so I have to do everything I can to squeeze the maximum time out of nothing, like getting blood from a stone. Since some of the places I like to go are inaccessible by car and take some time to walk to, and since I can't really focus well on photography when I am bicycling, I picked this up. With this, I can get somewhere along a paved or firm dirt path about twice as fast as on foot, and if I am carrying my tripod, I can just put the strap on the scooter when I get to my destination, and carry it over my shoulder. It could use a bit of suspension over bumpy stretches (like the sidewalks of Berlin
), but I'll survive. Now I just need to use both legs equally, so I don't end up with one big and one small leg
http://throughthelensdarkly.com/forums/CW_20110430_NikonD3_38142.jpg
Having a small daughter and a full-time job, I have very little time for photography, so I have to do everything I can to squeeze the maximum time out of nothing, like getting blood from a stone. Since some of the places I like to go are inaccessible by car and take some time to walk to, and since I can't really focus well on photography when I am bicycling, I picked this up. With this, I can get somewhere along a paved or firm dirt path about twice as fast as on foot, and if I am carrying my tripod, I can just put the strap on the scooter when I get to my destination, and carry it over my shoulder. It could use a bit of suspension over bumpy stretches (like the sidewalks of Berlin
), but I'll survive. Now I just need to use both legs equally, so I don't end up with one big and one small leg http://throughthelensdarkly.com/forums/CW_20110430_NikonD3_38142.jpg
Apr 30, 2011 at 03:28 PM
p.19 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I was just bidding on a ZF.2 35/2 which I really didn't want to have to buy at this time, and got outbid in the last seconds. The successful bid was 506 Euro, which is a truly fantastic price. I am almost kicking myself that I didn't bid a little more.
May 01, 2011 at 12:08 PM
p.19 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
mpmendenhall wrote:
New purchase: Mamiya M645 Teleconverter 2x N
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20110428_m645_tc.jpg
I bought it just so I could try some really abusive teleconverter stacking on my 200/2.8 APO
Test shot, full frame, 200mm/f2.8 @ f4 + Mamiya 2x + Canon 2x II + Canon 1.4x II = 1120mm/f22
Just saw this. That is truly nuts!
New purchase: Mamiya M645 Teleconverter 2x N
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20110428_m645_tc.jpg
I bought it just so I could try some really abusive teleconverter stacking on my 200/2.8 APO
Test shot, full frame, 200mm/f2.8 @ f4 + Mamiya 2x + Canon 2x II + Canon 1.4x II = 1120mm/f22
Just saw this. That is truly nuts!
May 01, 2011 at 12:10 PM
p.19 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
carstenw wrote:
I bought it just so I could try some really abusive teleconverter stacking on my 200/2.8 APO
Test shot, full frame, 200mm/f2.8 @ f4 + Mamiya 2x + Canon 2x II + Canon 1.4x II = 1120mm/f22Just saw this. That is truly nuts!
The setup is also nuts to stabilize. The M200/2.8 doesn't have a lens foot on the lens, so the entire assembly was dangling off the end of the camera mount. I had a Gitzo 5-series with Wimberly gimbal under the camera, but I may as well have been using a bowl of under-cooked jello. Stuffing some socks between the teleconverter and a rail underneath, along with resting my arm over the assembly, helped a bit; I suppose one of the "long lens support" rail systems would help here. The image was noticeably jittery in the viewfinder, and no fun to focus either. I guess there's a reason that people pay for real long lenses instead of just stacking teleconverters ad-infinitum
mpmendenhall wrote
New purchase: Mamiya M645 Teleconverter 2x NI bought it just so I could try some really abusive teleconverter stacking on my 200/2.8 APO
Test shot, full frame, 200mm/f2.8 @ f4 + Mamiya 2x + Canon 2x II + Canon 1.4x II = 1120mm/f22
The setup is also nuts to stabilize. The M200/2.8 doesn't have a lens foot on the lens, so the entire assembly was dangling off the end of the camera mount. I had a Gitzo 5-series with Wimberly gimbal under the camera, but I may as well have been using a bowl of under-cooked jello. Stuffing some socks between the teleconverter and a rail underneath, along with resting my arm over the assembly, helped a bit; I suppose one of the "long lens support" rail systems would help here. The image was noticeably jittery in the viewfinder, and no fun to focus either. I guess there's a reason that people pay for real long lenses instead of just stacking teleconverters ad-infinitum
May 01, 2011 at 03:20 PM
p.19 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I am sure there is more than one reason And that is a great sentence: "I had a Gitzo 5-series with Wimberly gimbal under the camera, but I may as well have been using a bowl of under-cooked jello."
Try the setup on a Sony A900 with its built-in stabilizer. I would love to see the data going through that thing's brain at capture time.
And that is a great sentence: "I had a Gitzo 5-series with Wimberly gimbal under the camera, but I may as well have been using a bowl of under-cooked jello."Try the setup on a Sony A900 with its built-in stabilizer. I would love to see the data going through that thing's brain at capture time.
May 01, 2011 at 03:24 PM
p.19 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
carstenw wrote:
I am sure there is more than one reason And that is a great sentence: "I had a Gitzo 5-series with Wimberly gimbal under the camera, but I may as well have been using a bowl of under-cooked jello."
Try the setup on a Sony A900 with its built-in stabilizer. I would love to see the data going through that thing's brain at capture time.
it just needs one number: 1120mm. no need for complex calculation, one simple multiplication is all an IBIS system needs.
i tried a 1000mm f/11 mirror lens on an olympus dslr just to see if the IBIS would work. 2000mm equivalent at 1/160 handheld. wasn't particularly sharp, but that was more of an issue of shooting a lens that wasn't sharp on camera with a smallish sensor at high iso than motion blur.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3865120772_71305df860_b.jpg
found a better one, will have to look up the shutter speed on this:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/4135914190_669e173738_b.jpg
I am sure there is more than one reason
And that is a great sentence: "I had a Gitzo 5-series with Wimberly gimbal under the camera, but I may as well have been using a bowl of under-cooked jello."Try the setup on a Sony A900 with its built-in stabilizer. I would love to see the data going through that thing's brain at capture time.
it just needs one number: 1120mm. no need for complex calculation, one simple multiplication is all an IBIS system needs.
i tried a 1000mm f/11 mirror lens on an olympus dslr just to see if the IBIS would work. 2000mm equivalent at 1/160 handheld. wasn't particularly sharp, but that was more of an issue of shooting a lens that wasn't sharp on camera with a smallish sensor at high iso than motion blur.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3865120772_71305df860_b.jpg
found a better one, will have to look up the shutter speed on this:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/4135914190_669e173738_b.jpg
May 02, 2011 at 06:45 PM
p.19 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
3.5cm Summaron LTM and SBOO1 5cm finder for the NEX:
http://www.gibranstudio.com/summaron1.jpg
http://www.gibranstudio.com/summaron1.jpg
May 02, 2011 at 08:51 PM
p.19 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Tomorrow I'll buy a new "mother" for my alternative lenses.
Finally I'll jump from Canon EOS 5D to 5D Mark II.
Finally I'll jump from Canon EOS 5D to 5D Mark II.
May 05, 2011 at 08:46 AM
p.19 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
IDURITA wrote:
Tomorrow I'll buy a new "mother" for my alternative lenses.
Finally I'll jump from Canon EOS 5D to 5D Mark II.
IDURITA, Congrats!! Wait until you see what your OM Zuikos do with all those extra pixels! The resolving power of some of the OM Zuikos is truly amazing.
Tomorrow I'll buy a new "mother" for my alternative lenses.
Finally I'll jump from Canon EOS 5D to 5D Mark II.
IDURITA, Congrats!! Wait until you see what your OM Zuikos do with all those extra pixels! The resolving power of some of the OM Zuikos is truly amazing.
May 05, 2011 at 08:49 AM
p.19 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Way to go Rudi! Someday I'll do this jump.
May 05, 2011 at 11:03 AM
p.19 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
A Samyang 35/1.4 in EF mount should be lifting off from Poland and heading my way just about now.
May 05, 2011 at 11:28 AM
p.19 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?
May 07, 2011 at 04:23 PM
p.19 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Is that a first-gereration R28 or the one with the new optical formula? If it's the new one, P.M. me if you don't buy it, and I will. It's a fantastic lens.
-Jason
crazeazn wrote:
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?
It's a fantastic lens.-Jason
crazeazn wrote:
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?
May 07, 2011 at 04:31 PM
p.19 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Be sure to let us all know how you get along with this! I believe there are quite a few people interested in this lens.
helimat wrote:
A Samyang 35/1.4 in EF mount should be lifting off from Poland and heading my way just about now.
helimat wrote:
A Samyang 35/1.4 in EF mount should be lifting off from Poland and heading my way just about now.
May 07, 2011 at 04:33 PM
p.19 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Jason_Thames wrote:
Is that a first-gereration R28 or the one with the new optical formula? If it's the new one, P.M. me if you don't buy it, and I will. It's a fantastic lens.
-Jason
how can you tell if its 1/2/3 cam..i know its not ROM? they had a nikkor 105 2.5 and a 105 1.8 as well.
Is that a first-gereration R28 or the one with the new optical formula? If it's the new one, P.M. me if you don't buy it, and I will.
It's a fantastic lens.-Jason
crazeazn wrote
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?how can you tell if its 1/2/3 cam..i know its not ROM? they had a nikkor 105 2.5 and a 105 1.8 as well.
May 07, 2011 at 04:58 PM
p.19 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
crazeazn wrote:
It's a fantastic lens.
-Jason
how can you tell if its 1/2/3 cam..i know its not ROM? they had a nikkor 105 2.5 and a 105 1.8 as well.
The desirable last version uses an E55 filter and has that written on the front of the lens. It almost always has a built in/ slide out lens hood which is not removable. The tell tell sign though is the E55 on the front.
Jason_Thames wrote
Is that a first-gereration R28 or the one with the new optical formula? If it's the new one, P.M. me if you don't buy it, and I will. It's a fantastic lens.-Jason
crazeazn wrote
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?The desirable last version uses an E55 filter and has that written on the front of the lens. It almost always has a built in/ slide out lens hood which is not removable. The tell tell sign though is the E55 on the front.
May 07, 2011 at 05:08 PM
p.19 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Tariq Gibran wrote:
It's a fantastic lens.
-Jason
how can you tell if its 1/2/3 cam..i know its not ROM? they had a nikkor 105 2.5 and a 105 1.8 as well.The desirable last version uses an E55 filter and has that written on the front of the lens. It almost always has a built in/ slide out lens hood which is not removable. The tell tell sign though is the E55 on the front.
ahh, okay well its def not the new one.. i'm guessing the old one is no good no wonder
crazeazn wrote
Jason_Thames wrote
Is that a first-gereration R28 or the one with the new optical formula? If it's the new one, P.M. me if you don't buy it, and I will. It's a fantastic lens.-Jason
crazeazn wrote
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?ahh, okay well its def not the new one.. i'm guessing the old one is no good no wonder
May 07, 2011 at 05:10 PM
p.19 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
crazeazn wrote:
It's a fantastic lens.
-Jason
how can you tell if its 1/2/3 cam..i know its not ROM? they had a nikkor 105 2.5 and a 105 1.8 as well.
Cams for R lenses are shown on this page - Look at rear of lens and the red numbers:
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/LeicaR.html
Jason_Thames wrote
Is that a first-gereration R28 or the one with the new optical formula? If it's the new one, P.M. me if you don't buy it, and I will. It's a fantastic lens.-Jason
crazeazn wrote
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?Cams for R lenses are shown on this page - Look at rear of lens and the red numbers:
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/LeicaR.html
May 07, 2011 at 05:11 PM
p.19 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
crazeazn wrote:
It's a fantastic lens.
-Jason
how can you tell if its 1/2/3 cam..i know its not ROM? they had a nikkor 105 2.5 and a 105 1.8 as well.The desirable last version uses an E55 filter and has that written on the front of the lens. It almost always has a built in/ slide out lens hood which is not removable. The tell tell sign though is the E55 on the front.ahh, okay well its def not the new one.. i'm guessing the old one is no good no wonder
I don't think it 's a matter of the old one being "no good", just that the last version is exceptional.
Tariq Gibran wrote
crazeazn wrote
Jason_Thames wrote
Is that a first-gereration R28 or the one with the new optical formula? If it's the new one, P.M. me if you don't buy it, and I will. It's a fantastic lens.-Jason
crazeazn wrote
saw a Leica-R 28 f/2.8 elmarit yesterday for under $300? is that a decent deal? is the 28 thats a minolta design or the 24?I don't think it 's a matter of the old one being "no good", just that the last version is exceptional.
May 07, 2011 at 05:43 PM