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p.224 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Found this lurking inside a Praktica ever-ready case in a thrift shop:
Prakticar by scepticswe, on Flickr
The rear lens shows signs of yellowing, so I suspect it's partially made of thoriumoxide. Unfortunately, I have no PB-E mount adapter so I can't test the lens.
Also, this was sitting dusty and neglected among all kinds of junk. 20 USD and some cleaning got me this:
Vivitar Series 1 28 mm f/1.9 by scepticswe, on Flickr
Prakticar by scepticswe, on Flickr
The rear lens shows signs of yellowing, so I suspect it's partially made of thoriumoxide. Unfortunately, I have no PB-E mount adapter so I can't test the lens.
Also, this was sitting dusty and neglected among all kinds of junk. 20 USD and some cleaning got me this:
Vivitar Series 1 28 mm f/1.9 by scepticswe, on Flickr
Aug 02, 2015 at 02:56 PM
p.224 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I've had a few lately:
Canon New FD 35mm f/2: love it! Great weight and size savings over the FD 35mm f/2 SSC (concave thorium), a lens I really enjoyed but was a bit too big and heavy to get much use. The New FD 35/2 is light enough that's starting to become my single lens kit, with the Sony FE 28/2 and Contax G 45/2 continuing to be my two lens kit.
Fujica G690BL w/ 100mm f/3.5 lens: Not a purchase, at least not at this point... but I've borrowed a Fujica G690BL from a friend. I had been toying with the idea of medium format, using a Moskva-5 or Yashica 124G as a cheap way to give it a whirl. I remembered that someone I knew was trying to sell a G690BL and asked if I could try it out.
It's insanely large! My first experience with a meterless camera. Just gave the roll of Fuji Pro 400H to my local photo shop, can't wait to see the negatives.
Certainly fun to shoot with, though the size and weight (~4 lbs) is nuts. I didn't realize how much I relied on seeing DOF when manually focusing, either on mirrorless or a film SLR. A lot to get used to.
Canon New FD 35mm f/2: love it! Great weight and size savings over the FD 35mm f/2 SSC (concave thorium), a lens I really enjoyed but was a bit too big and heavy to get much use. The New FD 35/2 is light enough that's starting to become my single lens kit, with the Sony FE 28/2 and Contax G 45/2 continuing to be my two lens kit.
Fujica G690BL w/ 100mm f/3.5 lens: Not a purchase, at least not at this point... but I've borrowed a Fujica G690BL from a friend. I had been toying with the idea of medium format, using a Moskva-5 or Yashica 124G as a cheap way to give it a whirl. I remembered that someone I knew was trying to sell a G690BL and asked if I could try it out.
It's insanely large! My first experience with a meterless camera. Just gave the roll of Fuji Pro 400H to my local photo shop, can't wait to see the negatives.
Certainly fun to shoot with, though the size and weight (~4 lbs) is nuts. I didn't realize how much I relied on seeing DOF when manually focusing, either on mirrorless or a film SLR. A lot to get used to.
Aug 03, 2015 at 02:41 PM
p.224 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just won an auction for a Schneider SA 38mm XL, so it should be winging its way in from Germany sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Aug 09, 2015 at 12:32 PM
p.224 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
with all the crazy new Sony A7r ii release stuff...i have to control my GAS..but at the end..this beautiful beast win me over. 
Freshly delivered yesterday...smell good...feel good in the hand.
Freshly delivered yesterday...smell good...feel good in the hand. Aug 09, 2015 at 02:42 PM
p.224 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
lenticular11 wrote:
A Canon 135 what?
It's a Canon EF Cinema lens, the CN-E 135mm T2.2 L F, to be specific.
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/lens/ces/data/fixed/2013_cne135_t22lf.html
A Canon 135 what?
It's a Canon EF Cinema lens, the CN-E 135mm T2.2 L F, to be specific.
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/lens/ces/data/fixed/2013_cne135_t22lf.html
Aug 09, 2015 at 08:50 PM
p.224 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I picked up my 10th Fuji lens today... The XF 60mm f2.4 macro. On the X-T1, the AF seems much better than I remember it being back when I first tried it, with the X-Pro1.
Aug 12, 2015 at 09:32 PM
p.224 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
A KEH Ugly condition Hasselblad V series 80 f2.8, for use on my P645D with the adapter I already have.
Aug 13, 2015 at 12:27 AM
p.224 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Zeiss 135mm Apo in ZE mount should be with me today
Aug 13, 2015 at 01:24 AM
p.224 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Most recently I picked up a Pentax 67 and a 45mm f4 and 105mm f2.4. I wanted a super blur lens and a super wide, the Pentax lens system seemed to fit those requirements better than any other medium format cam
Aug 13, 2015 at 09:33 AM
p.224 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Contax n 85 1.4 and a Minolta 200 2.8 HS APO.
Both are enormously impressive, but the N 85...wow
Both are enormously impressive, but the N 85...wow
Aug 13, 2015 at 12:09 PM
p.224 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I really like this :-)
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Aug 13, 2015 at 03:34 PM
p.224 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Bubble wrote:
with all the crazy new Sony A7r ii release stuff...i have to control my GAS..but at the end..this beautiful beast win me over. Freshly delivered yesterday...smell good...feel good in the hand.
Ok, I'll ask: why? Will you use it for stills or video?
Does that lens have anything special over a "regular" Canon 135?
Manual focus looks like it would be sweet though.
with all the crazy new Sony A7r ii release stuff...i have to control my GAS..but at the end..this beautiful beast win me over.
Freshly delivered yesterday...smell good...feel good in the hand. Ok, I'll ask: why? Will you use it for stills or video?
Does that lens have anything special over a "regular" Canon 135?
Manual focus looks like it would be sweet though.
Aug 13, 2015 at 04:01 PM
p.224 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
a Sigma 14mm attached to a Quattro body should arrive today for me. (DP0)
Aug 14, 2015 at 07:52 AM
p.224 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
memento wrote:
I really like this :-)
http://www.tomwidlak.com/misc/fredmiranda/DSC05328.jpg
Does this actually work? I'd be really interested in seeing some images produced with this, and knowing a bit more about it. Looks so cool!
Aug 14, 2015 at 09:34 AM
p.224 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
trogdon wrote:
Does this actually work? I'd be really interested in seeing some images produced with this, and knowing a bit more about it. Looks so cool!
Sure it does, this is one pic from this combo :-)
Does this actually work? I'd be really interested in seeing some images produced with this, and knowing a bit more about it. Looks so cool!
Sure it does, this is one pic from this combo :-)
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Aug 14, 2015 at 03:26 PM
p.224 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
That's lovely, momento. Does the 135 have a large enough image circle to cover a 645 frame?
The summer sale season offered up what I'm pretty sure will be my last bargain-priced gem- an APO-Sironar Digital 90/5.6.
The summer sale season offered up what I'm pretty sure will be my last bargain-priced gem- an APO-Sironar Digital 90/5.6.
Aug 14, 2015 at 09:17 PM
p.224 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
40/1.4 Voigtlander - MC version
15/4.5-III Voigtlander
Both new and for use on the A7R-II.
Nikkors to fill in the rest for wider and longer . . .
15/4.5-III Voigtlander
Both new and for use on the A7R-II.
Nikkors to fill in the rest for wider and longer . . .
Aug 15, 2015 at 10:09 AM
p.224 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Couldn't resist to push the button for a Pentax-M 20mm f4 for a very reasonable price. I will report how it fares against my Canon FDn 20mm.
Aug 16, 2015 at 05:43 AM