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p.20 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
SMC Pantax A 28/2.8 $10
FD 50/1.8 silver nose breech $20 w/FTb attached
I was hoping to find a wider than 28mm lens when checking out yard sales, but didn't any.
FD 50/1.8 silver nose breech $20 w/FTb attached
I was hoping to find a wider than 28mm lens when checking out yard sales, but didn't any.
May 08, 2011 at 01:40 PM
p.20 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just picked up a Tokina 17mm 3.5 in Nikon mount for my Canon
May 08, 2011 at 08:07 PM
p.20 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
we should just rename the thread to: the enabler thread.
May 08, 2011 at 08:55 PM
p.20 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
this *IS* the enabler thread, no doubt!
May 08, 2011 at 11:06 PM
p.20 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
HBOC wrote:
Just picked up a Tokina 17mm 3.5 in Nikon mount for my Canon
Just picked up a Tokina 17mm f/3.5 for my D700.
Just picked up a Tokina 17mm 3.5 in Nikon mount for my Canon
Just picked up a Tokina 17mm f/3.5 for my D700.
May 08, 2011 at 11:19 PM
p.20 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Mattski1 wrote:
Just picked up a Tokina 17mm f/3.5 for my D700.
Do you already have it, or you just buy it? IF you have it already, how do you like it? I should have mine by Friday I would think.
HBOC wrote
Just picked up a Tokina 17mm 3.5 in Nikon mount for my CanonDo you already have it, or you just buy it? IF you have it already, how do you like it? I should have mine by Friday I would think.
May 08, 2011 at 11:32 PM
p.20 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Ed Sawyer wrote:
this *IS* the enabler thread, no doubt!
Oh, i can buy these alts, i mean after all they are alot cheaper than what everybody else is purchasing on the thread...besides it holds its value....
...ooo look now theres a thread with graphs show that the gear is appreciating!
this *IS* the enabler thread, no doubt!
Oh, i can buy these alts, i mean after all they are alot cheaper than what everybody else is purchasing on the thread...besides it holds its value....
...ooo look now theres a thread with graphs show that the gear is appreciating!May 09, 2011 at 12:03 AM
p.20 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
Look what just showed up at my door! A nice little Contax Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 85mm f/2.8 MMG [LNIB].
Nice! Is that one of the ones from ffordes.co.uk? I noticed they've recently had a whole pile of them in Mint- to literally new. Anyway, it's about time for someone to (re)start a Contax images thread (because alt lens prices aren't rising fast enough already).
Look what just showed up at my door! A nice little Contax Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 85mm f/2.8 MMG [LNIB].
Nice! Is that one of the ones from ffordes.co.uk? I noticed they've recently had a whole pile of them in Mint- to literally new. Anyway, it's about time for someone to (re)start a Contax images thread (because alt lens prices aren't rising fast enough already
).May 09, 2011 at 11:09 AM
p.20 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
mpmendenhall wrote:
Nice! Is that one of the ones from ffordes.co.uk?
Nope. It's from Jack's in Muncie IN. It cost me slightly less than the [M-] one at ffordes, after removing the VAT, of course.
I forgot to include the lens leather bag in the photo I posted. Too bad, it's très chic. I wonder if it was designed by Porshe, as were the Contax 139Q and Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8.
Hmmm. Turns out, the lens bag was made in Japan. Talk about a time of transition for Zeiss. The original box and lens are both 'Made in Germany'.
Nice! Is that one of the ones from ffordes.co.uk?
Nope. It's from Jack's in Muncie IN. It cost me slightly less than the [M-] one at ffordes, after removing the VAT, of course.
I forgot to include the lens leather bag in the photo I posted. Too bad, it's très chic. I wonder if it was designed by Porshe, as were the Contax 139Q and Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8.
Hmmm. Turns out, the lens bag was made in Japan. Talk about a time of transition for Zeiss. The original box and lens are both 'Made in Germany'.
May 09, 2011 at 11:18 AM
p.20 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
I forgot to include the lens leather bag in the photo I posted. Too bad, it's très chic. I wonder if it was designed by Porshe, as were the Contax 139Q and Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8.
Does the bag look somewhat like this?
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20110509_contaxbag.jpg
(not the bag from an 85/2.8, but possibly similar. Image taken with my most recent lens acquisition: Zuiko 18/3.5).
I forgot to include the lens leather bag in the photo I posted. Too bad, it's très chic. I wonder if it was designed by Porshe, as were the Contax 139Q and Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8.
Does the bag look somewhat like this?
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20110509_contaxbag.jpg
(not the bag from an 85/2.8, but possibly similar. Image taken with my most recent lens acquisition: Zuiko 18/3.5).
May 09, 2011 at 02:50 PM
p.20 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Nice lens you have there Jim, hope to see some pics from it.
May 09, 2011 at 03:23 PM
p.20 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
Hmmm. Turns out, the lens bag was made in Japan. Talk about a time of transition for Zeiss. The original box and lens are both 'Made in Germany'.
I suspect that Zeiss management was willing to admit you could make a nice bag in Japan a bit longer ago than nice optics
Now that Cosina is making the Zeiss Z* optics, I'm hoping for a Leica/Samyang relaunch of the Leica R line
Hmmm. Turns out, the lens bag was made in Japan. Talk about a time of transition for Zeiss. The original box and lens are both 'Made in Germany'.
I suspect that Zeiss management was willing to admit you could make a nice bag in Japan a bit longer ago than nice optics
Now that Cosina is making the Zeiss Z* optics, I'm hoping for a Leica/Samyang relaunch of the Leica R line
May 09, 2011 at 03:47 PM
p.20 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
LightShow wrote:
Nice lens you have there Jim, hope to see some pics from it.
Thanks James.
Nice lens you have there Jim, hope to see some pics from it.
Thanks James.
May 09, 2011 at 04:30 PM
p.20 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
mpmendenhall wrote:
... I'm hoping for a Leica/Samyang relaunch of the Leica R line
Yes, but where will they get their lens bags made? Perhaps in Germany.
... I'm hoping for a Leica/Samyang relaunch of the Leica R line
Yes, but where will they get their lens bags made? Perhaps in Germany.
May 09, 2011 at 04:31 PM
p.20 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I got this a couple of days ago:
Leica Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH
http://peltarion.eu/img/m9/cron28-001.jpg
http://peltarion.eu/img/m9/cron28-002.jpg
Leica Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH
http://peltarion.eu/img/m9/cron28-001.jpg
http://peltarion.eu/img/m9/cron28-002.jpg
May 09, 2011 at 04:35 PM
p.20 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Ooooh, Luka. Stop that! You're becoming a bad influence. 
May 09, 2011 at 04:42 PM
p.20 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just received a 35 Summicron R, first version today. Some quick tests reveal beautiful color and contrast but unfortunately, it can show some crazy, triangular bokeh in oof highlights. Not at all what I was expecting. It also does not appear to really get tack sharp except for the center, also somewhat disappointing. I guess it will be going back.
Does anyone have experience with the last version of the 35mm Summicron R with regard to bokeh and overall sharpness outside of the middle of the frame?
Does anyone have experience with the last version of the 35mm Summicron R with regard to bokeh and overall sharpness outside of the middle of the frame?
May 09, 2011 at 06:48 PM
p.20 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Tariq Gibran wrote:
Just received a 35 Summicron R, first version today. Some quick tests reveal beautiful color and contrast but unfortunately, it can show some crazy, triangular bokeh in oof highlights. Not at all what I was expecting. It also does not appear to really get tack sharp except for the center, also somewhat disappointing. I guess it will be going back.
Does anyone have experience with the last version of the 35mm Summicron R with regard to bokeh and overall sharpness outside of the middle of the frame?
That seems consistent with my experience too, and with the MTF charts I've seen for the lens. The very center should be rather sharp from wide open, but the corners are poor, and remain so until f8-11+ (with the extreme corners always remaining a bit iffy). Leica's MTF chart for the lens shows the tangential 40lp/mm line falling to below 20% past 15mm even at f5.6. I like this lens for its rendering toward wider open (fits in well with the 'Cron 50mm and 90mm of the same era) and wonderful color (which remains rich despite the lower sharpness), but it's not what I'd choose if corner-to-corner resolution is compositionally important. It's a nice lens for, e.g., full body portraits, but my Zeiss glass comes out for landscapes.
Just received a 35 Summicron R, first version today. Some quick tests reveal beautiful color and contrast but unfortunately, it can show some crazy, triangular bokeh in oof highlights. Not at all what I was expecting. It also does not appear to really get tack sharp except for the center, also somewhat disappointing. I guess it will be going back.
Does anyone have experience with the last version of the 35mm Summicron R with regard to bokeh and overall sharpness outside of the middle of the frame?
That seems consistent with my experience too, and with the MTF charts I've seen for the lens. The very center should be rather sharp from wide open, but the corners are poor, and remain so until f8-11+ (with the extreme corners always remaining a bit iffy). Leica's MTF chart for the lens shows the tangential 40lp/mm line falling to below 20% past 15mm even at f5.6. I like this lens for its rendering toward wider open (fits in well with the 'Cron 50mm and 90mm of the same era) and wonderful color (which remains rich despite the lower sharpness), but it's not what I'd choose if corner-to-corner resolution is compositionally important. It's a nice lens for, e.g., full body portraits, but my Zeiss glass comes out for landscapes.
May 09, 2011 at 07:53 PM
p.20 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
mpmendenhall wrote:
Does anyone have experience with the last version of the 35mm Summicron R with regard to bokeh and overall sharpness outside of the middle of the frame?That seems consistent with my experience too, and with the MTF charts I've seen for the lens. The very center should be rather sharp from wide open, but the corners are poor, and remain so until f8-11+ (with the extreme corners always remaining a bit iffy). Leica's MTF chart for the lens shows the tangential 40lp/mm line falling to below 20% past 15mm even at f5.6. I like this lens for its rendering toward wider open (fits in well with the 'Cron 50mm and 90mm of the same era) and wonderful color (which remains rich despite the lower sharpness), but...Show more →
I guess the big surprise for me was the poor bokeh which I was not expecting. The bokeh is very busy until closed down quite a bit and then you also have that horrible, triangular type bokeh in very bright, oof highlights, the result of some fairly severe aberrations I think.
Tariq Gibran wrote
Just received a 35 Summicron R, first version today. Some quick tests reveal beautiful color and contrast but unfortunately, it can show some crazy, triangular bokeh in oof highlights. Not at all what I was expecting. It also does not appear to really get tack sharp except for the center, also somewhat disappointing. I guess it will be going back.Does anyone have experience with the last version of the 35mm Summicron R with regard to bokeh and overall sharpness outside of the middle of the frame?
I guess the big surprise for me was the poor bokeh which I was not expecting. The bokeh is very busy until closed down quite a bit and then you also have that horrible, triangular type bokeh in very bright, oof highlights, the result of some fairly severe aberrations I think.
May 09, 2011 at 09:41 PM
p.20 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Here is a crop of the triangular oof highlights from a shot taken wide open. They are actually still present many stops down as well.:
http://www.gibranstudio.com/triangle.jpg
http://www.gibranstudio.com/triangle.jpg
May 09, 2011 at 09:49 PM