p.217 #1 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
philber wrote:
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...
p.217 #2 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
wayne seltzer wrote:
Congrats! Look forward to your images with it! Such a sharp APO lens and is sharp wide open too.I love that lens.
Thanks, Wayne. I am psyched. The purge, which was only meant to cover a Cambo Actus (also on order) and a couple of trips this summer, was much more successful that I thought it would be, so I was able to add a short road trip in the fall and what I'm hoping will be a great travel companion.
p.217 #3 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Reunited again I ran into this and just couldn't pass it up. Different copy, same great performance, even now on my A7r: Looks like I won't be going batty over some of the latest lens releases. Some of the old Zuiko's are just that good. I gave it a little old school treatment:
p.217 #4 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Looking good PDM. I'm planning to swap some of my lenses for the 100 f2 Zuiko this September. Have to wait until I can meet the other fellow in person as customs would charge us (eu <-> switzerland) both ways if we did the exchange via post.
What's that eyecup you have on your A7r there ? Looks like something I could use as well.
p.217 #5 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Great to hear you have one in line. They are getting hard to find in good condition, and pricey, but the lens is a real treat on the A7r. I purchased the eyecup from a US seller on ebay, but maybe you can find the same from an EU seller:
p.217 #6 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Hi,
i just added to my A7
the minolta 35-70 macro, which is realy great
and the canon 24mm S.S.C. which is great wide open,
and stopped down just great²
now im looking for a short tele ..
thx to sony for making an old school SLR feeling, for small money possible
p.217 #7 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I too just bought a Minolta 35-70 3.5 macro. I had a hard time finding one in the US, so I bought one on eBay from the Netherlands, so it won't be here for a week or two. Excited to try it out.
p.217 #11 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
lenticular11 wrote:
Anyone know if there's much difference optically between the Minolra 35-70 macro and non-macro versions? I managed to buy the latter.
The minimum focus distance will be the biggest difference at ~1m for the non macro.
p.217 #12 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
rsrsrs wrote:
Hi,
i just added to my A7
the minolta 35-70 macro, which is realy great
and the canon 24mm S.S.C. which is great wide open,
and stopped down just great²
now im looking for a short tele ..
thx to sony for making an old school SLR feeling, for small money possible
r
all the Leica 90's should do well, CV90 APO also and for less$.
p.217 #13 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Well,
I made it 5.5 months into my no lens year.
Ended up with the pentax 90mm and 55mm in fa645 with a 645z as rear cap.
They are lovely, even the 55mm which is proportedly a dog near wide open. Size and weight are good, dof is challenging even at f8. Just what I wanted.
I'm hoping I find a 300mm f4 in a Chinese camera market. Or not...
p.217 #15 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Maybe next year will be better. Though I doubt it.
Really though, for anyone considering this particular bit of kit. Yes it is heavy but not that much worse than the a900 tokina 80-400 combination that I've happily carried before. Way better than the nex7+fl300f2.8 fluorite that I carried for a while.
I'm still cursing the lack of evf every time I want to review an image in the sun.
I'm having to force myself to stay away from eBay.
p.217 #16 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just saw this same setup in a park in Tokyo. What's the big win over the 90f2? I'd never seen a 100 in the flesh until today but I've seen a few 90f2s in shops.
Anyway this lens seems to inspire fanaticism, the one I saw today had a huge deep hood and looked to never be used off a tripod.
pdmphoto wrote:
Reunited again I ran into this and just couldn't pass it up. Different copy, same great performance, even now on my A7r: Looks like I won't be going batty over some of the latest lens releases. Some of the old Zuiko's are just that good. I gave it a little old school treatment:
p.217 #17 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just pressed the 'Buy now' button for a (quite rare) Pentax K 35mm f3.5 for EUR 50.
I was looking for that lens since a year and I hope it will meet my expectations....
p.217 #19 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I'm going to be selling my Fuji 14 as well. It's a brilliant lens, but I have the 10-24mm now, and it's really not cost effective to own both. I prefer the flexibility of the zoom and extra width over the slight improvement in image quality I get with the prime.
p.217 #20 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Distagon 25/2.8 AEG C/Y - if I find some time and , will I'll compare newer MM Japanese with older AE German version on the A7 to find out whether any differences in performance between them can be found.
Tessar 45/2.8 MM C/Y,MD Macro Rokkor 100/4,MD Tele Rokkor 135/2.8 4/4,MD 50/2,Canon nFD 35/2.0-most of all second or similar copies.
I ran into this and just couldn't pass it up. Different copy, same great performance, even now on my A7r: Looks like I won't be going batty over some of the latest lens releases. Some of the old Zuiko's are just that good. I gave it a little old school treatment:
