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p.216 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just got the Fuji 56mm f1.2. Wow!
Apr 29, 2015 at 11:18 AM
p.216 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
Nice photos, Jim.
If you like the C 150/3.5 N, you should try the A 150/2.8 - it'll blow your socks off.
Well, I can relax. Crisis over.
I just got back from a jaunt up to Washington state, and had to force myself to use the 150mm Mamiya. It's just too darned long. The photos were nice enough, but I'd have been better off taking the Mamiya 80mm macro, and leaving the Leica R 60 macro and Mamiya 150mm.
What I really needed on the trip was a nice (budget) 35mm lens. I used the Zeiss ZF 25/2.8 the most. No news flash there. But managed a few nice shots with the Samyang 14/2.8 (another Alt recent purchase).
(No George Clooney sightings.)
Samyang 14/2.8 @ f/16
Nice photos, Jim.
If you like the C 150/3.5 N, you should try the A 150/2.8 - it'll blow your socks off.
Well, I can relax. Crisis over.
I just got back from a jaunt up to Washington state, and had to force myself to use the 150mm Mamiya. It's just too darned long. The photos were nice enough, but I'd have been better off taking the Mamiya 80mm macro, and leaving the Leica R 60 macro and Mamiya 150mm.
What I really needed on the trip was a nice (budget) 35mm lens.
I used the Zeiss ZF 25/2.8 the most. No news flash there. But managed a few nice shots with the Samyang 14/2.8 (another Alt recent purchase). (No George Clooney sightings.
)Samyang 14/2.8 @ f/16
Apr 29, 2015 at 05:14 PM
p.216 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Another Kodak for me, this time a Heliar formula design:
Kodak Ektar 105/3.7 in a Kodak Supermatic shutter.
Kodak Ektar 105/3.7 in a Kodak Supermatic shutter.
May 01, 2015 at 07:29 PM
p.216 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I decided to jump into vintage lenses this week, checked Craigslist, and one guy had these for sale, so I bundled them and got them for around 100$. From the research I did, I think it was a good haul. Now just waiting for the m42 adaptor
Super Takumar 55 1.8
Super Takumar 105 2.8
Super Takumar 135 3.5
Mamiya Sekor 50 1.4
Vivitar 28 2.8
Yashica Penta J (with meter attachment)
Yashica 50 2.0
Super Takumar 55 1.8
Super Takumar 105 2.8
Super Takumar 135 3.5
Mamiya Sekor 50 1.4
Vivitar 28 2.8
Yashica Penta J (with meter attachment)
Yashica 50 2.0
May 02, 2015 at 12:40 AM
p.216 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just bought a Fuji GW690III (Texas Leica). I've not shot 6x9 film before. According to the internet the the 90/3.5 lens is awsome. Can't wait to see the results. 
May 04, 2015 at 04:48 AM
p.216 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Added the FD 24mm f/2.8 to my kit, which is turning out to be a really stellar buy. It's very sharp with nice contrast and color, and at $150, is hard to beat for the price. Using it on my A7 II, and it was the last link to complete my FD lineup. Well, I shouldn't say complete, as I may add a 17/4 at some point in the future.
http://admiringlight.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fd_system.jpg
http://admiringlight.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fd_system.jpg
May 04, 2015 at 05:27 AM
p.216 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
hauxon wrote:
I just bought a Fuji GW690III (Texas Leica). I've not shot 6x9 film before. According to the internet the the 90/3.5 lens is awsome. Can't wait to see the results.
6 x 9 film is AMAZING. I used to have a Fuji GSW690. That started my now life long love affair with Fuji cameras (dont listen to the drooling morons). Fuji medium format lenses are awesome. I shoot 6 x 7 now, but am tempted every now and then to get back into 6 x 9.
I too can't wait to see your results. Be sure to shoot some E-6 film like Velvia. A 6 x 9 slide is truly a thing of beauty.
I just bought a Fuji GW690III (Texas Leica). I've not shot 6x9 film before. According to the internet the the 90/3.5 lens is awsome. Can't wait to see the results.
6 x 9 film is AMAZING. I used to have a Fuji GSW690. That started my now life long love affair with Fuji cameras (dont listen to the drooling morons). Fuji medium format lenses are awesome. I shoot 6 x 7 now, but am tempted every now and then to get back into 6 x 9.
I too can't wait to see your results. Be sure to shoot some E-6 film like Velvia. A 6 x 9 slide is truly a thing of beauty.
May 04, 2015 at 05:33 AM
p.216 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
rattymouse wrote:
6 x 9 film is AMAZING. I used to have a Fuji GSW690. That started my now life long love affair with Fuji cameras (dont listen to the drooling morons). Fuji medium format lenses are awesome. I shoot 6 x 7 now, but am tempted every now and then to get back into 6 x 9.
I too can't wait to see your results. Be sure to shoot some E-6 film like Velvia. A 6 x 9 slide is truly a thing of beauty.
I concur. I started with the GW690 Mk I and also now own a GA645. Two scans of E-6 slides taken with the GW690 are here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6qMYtd
hauxon wrote
I just bought a Fuji GW690III (Texas Leica). I've not shot 6x9 film before. According to the internet the the 90/3.5 lens is awsome. Can't wait to see the results.I too can't wait to see your results. Be sure to shoot some E-6 film like Velvia. A 6 x 9 slide is truly a thing of beauty.
I concur. I started with the GW690 Mk I and also now own a GA645. Two scans of E-6 slides taken with the GW690 are here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6qMYtd
May 04, 2015 at 07:08 AM
p.216 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
So, my Type 1 Summicron 35 flew in from Canada today 
My other decent 35 on the LHS. Cron is on my 1955 M3 Dual-Stroke.
My other decent 35 on the LHS. Cron is on my 1955 M3 Dual-Stroke.
May 05, 2015 at 08:56 AM
p.216 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 - a lens I blasted when it was announced because I thought $1K for an f/1.8 normal was insane. It still sort of is insane, but it's so good optically that I can forgive a lot.
Just a quick snap with my phone, so pardon the quality here:
http://www.jordansteele.com/2015/fe55.jpg
Just a quick snap with my phone, so pardon the quality here:
http://www.jordansteele.com/2015/fe55.jpg
May 05, 2015 at 11:08 AM
p.216 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Is Sony on Sony alt? Sony have their own forum now
May 05, 2015 at 03:36 PM
p.216 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
lenticular11 wrote:
So, my Type 1 Summicron 35 flew in from Canada today
By coincidence, mine as well from Canada, but without the goggles. 😎
So, my Type 1 Summicron 35 flew in from Canada today
By coincidence, mine as well from Canada, but without the goggles. 😎
May 06, 2015 at 07:23 AM
p.216 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
After thinning down my gear a bit, I raised the funds for a Leica APO-Elmarit-R 180/2.8. Also winging its way in from Canada.
May 07, 2015 at 08:32 PM
p.216 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
A Jupiter-12 (35/2.8) and a 2nd Jupiter-8 (50/2, for on-sale with a FED2 ) for A$105.
) for A$105.May 07, 2015 at 08:36 PM
p.216 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I couldn't resist the Zeiss Otus 55mm f:1.4. I hate heavy lenses, and even more so when they are expensive, so I thought I could try it out, there was no way I could love that thing, let alone lust for it. But the flesh is weak...
May 07, 2015 at 10:25 PM
p.216 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
philber wrote:
.... But the flesh is weak...
Yet, the spirit is strong.
.... But the flesh is weak...
Yet, the spirit is strong.
May 07, 2015 at 10:27 PM
p.216 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
Yet, the spirit is strong.
philber wrote
.... But the flesh is weak...May 07, 2015 at 10:35 PM
p.216 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Another "lens" without glass for me, this time attached to a curved 6x17 120 film plane body.
This should be fun!
This should be fun!
May 08, 2015 at 08:17 PM
p.216 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
freaklikeme wrote:
After thinning down my gear a bit, I raised the funds for a Leica APO-Elmarit-R 180/2.8. Also winging its way in from Canada.
Congrats! Look forward to your images with it! Such a sharp APO lens and is sharp wide open too.I love that lens.
After thinning down my gear a bit, I raised the funds for a Leica APO-Elmarit-R 180/2.8. Also winging its way in from Canada.
Congrats! Look forward to your images with it! Such a sharp APO lens and is sharp wide open too.I love that lens.
May 08, 2015 at 08:56 PM