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p.3 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Thanks, only sometimes I wish I had less glass and more time.
Feb 17, 2011 at 07:13 PM
p.3 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
rtester wrote:
Thanks, only sometimes I wish I had less glass and more time.
You can do that. Less glass, I mean.
Thanks, only sometimes I wish I had less glass and more time.
You can do that. Less glass, I mean.
Feb 17, 2011 at 07:38 PM
p.3 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
debuggerus wrote:
This is no silly camera. It's the famous Auto S2, one of my favorites.
ah well I was joking, I only shoot film you see, so I will be using this little guy. I paid literally 20 bucks shipped for this, and while the meter doesnt seem consitent the shutter speeds do and the rangefinder, while tinted blue, is very clear and still aligned. it's a big camera though! My OM-1 with a 28mm f3.5 attached is only very slightly longer, but is much shorter. Doesnt really bother me though
metagraphica wrote:
Olympus OM Zuiko 75-150mm f/4 - Super sharp!
this is actually quite a nice lens considering what the going rate is. I got many nice shots of my dog running around with the lens, but zooms and teles are not to my liking so I dont use mine often anymore.
This is no silly camera. It's the famous Auto S2, one of my favorites.
ah well I was joking, I only shoot film you see, so I will be using this little guy. I paid literally 20 bucks shipped for this, and while the meter doesnt seem consitent the shutter speeds do and the rangefinder, while tinted blue, is very clear and still aligned. it's a big camera though! My OM-1 with a 28mm f3.5 attached is only very slightly longer, but is much shorter. Doesnt really bother me though
metagraphica wrote:
Olympus OM Zuiko 75-150mm f/4 - Super sharp!
this is actually quite a nice lens considering what the going rate is. I got many nice shots of my dog running around with the lens, but zooms and teles are not to my liking so I dont use mine often anymore.
Feb 17, 2011 at 08:17 PM
p.3 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
You can do that. Less glass, I mean.
I have room for your neglected glass.
rtester wrote
Thanks, only sometimes I wish I had less glass and more time.I have room for your neglected glass.
Feb 17, 2011 at 08:18 PM
p.3 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
its been a good week for me
pentax 18mm/11 fisheye
I'm not sure how much use this lens will get but it sure is fun to look at
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7772/dscf6186.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/43/dscf6187.jpg
pentax 18mm/11 fisheye
I'm not sure how much use this lens will get but it sure is fun to look at
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7772/dscf6186.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/43/dscf6187.jpg
Feb 17, 2011 at 08:26 PM
p.3 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Leica 35/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH:
http://peltarion.eu/img/lux35.jpg
I got it in December and it quickly became my favorite lens for the M9 and one of my favorites for any camera.
http://peltarion.eu/img/lux35.jpg
I got it in December and it quickly became my favorite lens for the M9 and one of my favorites for any camera.
Feb 17, 2011 at 08:39 PM
p.3 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
rtester wrote:
Three very recent
rtester, I have my eye on all three of those lenses, especially the 35 shift. Also looking at the OM 24 shift and the Vivitar 28 1.9...
agghhh...so many lenses so little time (and money)...
Three very recent
rtester, I have my eye on all three of those lenses, especially the 35 shift. Also looking at the OM 24 shift and the Vivitar 28 1.9...
agghhh...so many lenses so little time (and money)...
Feb 17, 2011 at 09:26 PM
p.3 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
metagraphica wrote:
Olympus OM Zuiko 75-150mm f/4 - Super sharp!
pmcmanis wrote:
this is actually quite a nice lens considering what the going rate is. I got many nice shots of my dog running around with the lens, but zooms and teles are not to my liking so I dont use mine often anymore.
Yep, for $75 with an adapter I am quite pleased at how nice this lens is. Many thanks to fellow FMer 'benroy' for selling it to me.
Olympus OM Zuiko 75-150mm f/4 - Super sharp!
pmcmanis wrote:
this is actually quite a nice lens considering what the going rate is. I got many nice shots of my dog running around with the lens, but zooms and teles are not to my liking so I dont use mine often anymore.
Yep, for $75 with an adapter I am quite pleased at how nice this lens is. Many thanks to fellow FMer 'benroy' for selling it to me.
Feb 17, 2011 at 09:30 PM
p.3 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
MiJ Zuiko 50;1.8 to replace my SC
Feb 17, 2011 at 09:49 PM
p.3 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
industar-69 FSU half frame lens 28mm F2.8
got it for about $40 on ebay, straight from russia. It's made for a russian half frame camera from the 60's-80's. it vignettes a little but I dig the look on my epson R-d1. It's really small, even with the LTM/M adapter.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11218623/P2170114-i69.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11218623/P2170124-i69.jpg
EPSN3965_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
EPSN3954_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
EPSN3945_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
EPSN3936_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
got it for about $40 on ebay, straight from russia. It's made for a russian half frame camera from the 60's-80's. it vignettes a little but I dig the look on my epson R-d1. It's really small, even with the LTM/M adapter.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11218623/P2170114-i69.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11218623/P2170124-i69.jpg
EPSN3965_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
EPSN3954_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
EPSN3945_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
EPSN3936_i69 by bellyface, on Flickr
Feb 17, 2011 at 10:13 PM
p.3 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Interesting lens bellyface. I'm guessing no rangefinder coupling though.
Feb 17, 2011 at 10:41 PM
p.3 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
A black Jupiter-3 a russian Sonar 1.5/50 copy
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Feb 17, 2011 at 11:28 PM
p.3 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Got a Vivitar Series 1 800mm f/11 yesterday. And in the name of science I through in a Canon 2x II extender so I could try the 800 against my 400L5.6 at 800/11. Only had time to snap a few, but the solid cat is surprisingly sharp.
Why on Earth would I go and buy an other mirror tele after my experience with the 500/8 Mirotar less than a year ago? Well a few dacades ago when my beard was all dark, and my hair was, there was a large poster in a camerashop window with all the magnificent Vivitar tele lenses. I had a Tokina 400/5.6 on my AE-1 (Kodachrome 200) and there was that increadible short 800mm lens that left a need... Now I got it!
Why on Earth would I go and buy an other mirror tele after my experience with the 500/8 Mirotar less than a year ago? Well a few dacades ago when my beard was all dark, and my hair was, there was a large poster in a camerashop window with all the magnificent Vivitar tele lenses. I had a Tokina 400/5.6 on my AE-1 (Kodachrome 200) and there was that increadible short 800mm lens that left a need... Now I got it!
Feb 18, 2011 at 12:39 PM
p.3 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
From my research in the past, the Questar 700mm was the mirror lens to beat. It had resolution and contrast figures that were basically double what all the other mirror lenses had.
Feb 18, 2011 at 04:10 PM
p.3 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Z250SA wrote:
Got a Vivitar Series 1 800mm f/11 yesterday. And in the name of science I through in a Canon 2x II extender so I could try the 800 against my 400L5.6 at 800/11. Only had time to snap a few, but the solid cat is surprisingly sharp.
Why on Earth would I go and buy an other mirror tele after my experience with the 500/8 Mirotar less than a year ago? Well a few dacades ago when my beard was all dark, and my hair was, there was a large poster in a camerashop window with all the magnificent Vivitar tele...Show more →
Try the 2x extender on the mirror lens, please
Got a Vivitar Series 1 800mm f/11 yesterday. And in the name of science I through in a Canon 2x II extender so I could try the 800 against my 400L5.6 at 800/11. Only had time to snap a few, but the solid cat is surprisingly sharp.
Why on Earth would I go and buy an other mirror tele after my experience with the 500/8 Mirotar less than a year ago? Well a few dacades ago when my beard was all dark, and my hair was, there was a large poster in a camerashop window with all the magnificent Vivitar tele...Show more →
Try the 2x extender on the mirror lens, please
Feb 18, 2011 at 04:38 PM
p.3 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Hi Z250SA,
Congratulations on your purchase. I had the Series 1 600/8 for a while. Very sharp and compact, but I really didn't like the donut bokeh, so I sold it. Now, my beard has considerably more grey in it, too, and I'm thinking a Series 1 450/4.5 might be nice. Sorry, I digress.
If you wouldn't mind, please tell me the vital statistics for your 800/11. This information is missing from the Lens price database, Lens$db: http://tinyurl.com/jcolwell-lensdb. In particular, I'd like to know these parameters; minimum focus distance (as stamped on the lens barrel), weight, length from the front-most edge to the plane of the mount, maximum diameter, and filter diameter (I assume it's a screw-on at the rear element, like my 600).
Cheers, Jim
P.S. I'm going to sea tomorrow morning, so forgive me if I'm out of touch for a while, as I'll be out of touch, for a while.
Congratulations on your purchase. I had the Series 1 600/8 for a while. Very sharp and compact, but I really didn't like the donut bokeh, so I sold it. Now, my beard has considerably more grey in it, too, and I'm thinking a Series 1 450/4.5 might be nice. Sorry, I digress.
If you wouldn't mind, please tell me the vital statistics for your 800/11. This information is missing from the Lens price database, Lens$db: http://tinyurl.com/jcolwell-lensdb. In particular, I'd like to know these parameters; minimum focus distance (as stamped on the lens barrel), weight, length from the front-most edge to the plane of the mount, maximum diameter, and filter diameter (I assume it's a screw-on at the rear element, like my 600).
Cheers, Jim
P.S. I'm going to sea tomorrow morning, so forgive me if I'm out of touch for a while, as I'll be out of touch, for a while.
Feb 18, 2011 at 05:01 PM
p.3 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
bellyface wrote:
industar-69 FSU half frame lens 28mm F2.8
got it for about $40 on , straight from russia. It's made for a russian half frame camera from the 60's-80's. it vignettes a little but I dig the look on my epson R-d1. It's really small, even with the LTM/M adapter.
I was just looking at these on ebay the other day... good to know it wont vignette too strongly on the 1.5x ... I dont suppose you have tested it on a fullframe camera.
industar-69 FSU half frame lens 28mm F2.8
got it for about $40 on , straight from russia. It's made for a russian half frame camera from the 60's-80's. it vignettes a little but I dig the look on my epson R-d1. It's really small, even with the LTM/M adapter.
I was just looking at these on ebay the other day... good to know it wont vignette too strongly on the 1.5x ... I dont suppose you have tested it on a fullframe camera.
Feb 19, 2011 at 08:23 PM
p.3 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
dcad10 wrote:
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7772/dscf6186.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/43/dscf6187.jpg
Now that is a pancake lens! Some great stuff here. I have a C/Y 85/1.4 coming in the mail... Interestingly it is MM but built in West Germany.
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7772/dscf6186.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/43/dscf6187.jpg
Now that is a pancake lens! Some great stuff here. I have a C/Y 85/1.4 coming in the mail... Interestingly it is MM but built in West Germany.
Feb 20, 2011 at 11:25 AM
p.3 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Carstenw, that was the first thing I tried. Who could resist a 1600mm f/22? 
But... the protruding element sadly and expectedly of the 2x hit the filter before it could connect with the lens. The Mutar I would work, but I don´t have the suitable pieces to puzzle it together. The lens "fastening ring" is a Nikon. So I use it with a Nikon to EOS adapter. Now if I could find a Contax "fastening ring" to use with the Mutar. Who could resist a 1600/22?
But... the protruding element sadly and expectedly of the 2x hit the filter before it could connect with the lens. The Mutar I would work, but I don´t have the suitable pieces to puzzle it together. The lens "fastening ring" is a Nikon. So I use it with a Nikon to EOS adapter. Now if I could find a Contax "fastening ring" to use with the Mutar. Who could resist a 1600/22? Feb 20, 2011 at 12:17 PM
p.3 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just got a C/Y 35-70/3.4 today! Can't wait to use it!
Feb 20, 2011 at 12:48 PM