p.253 #6 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
After thinking about it for a year, I finally gave in and picked up a cheap Contax G1 from eBay. It came from Japan shockingly quick, just a few days after ordering it. Mostly got it because I miss that sweet G 28mm Biogon.
Made it most of the way through a roll of Fuji 400H. Certainly a fun and easy camera to use. Besides, it'll be nice to have an AF camera for snapshots for those times I'm too lazy to do MF on my A7.
Leaving in a few days for Glacier NP, the G1 will definitely be coming along. I also bought a few rolls of Provia and Velvia - I look forward to trying slide film for the first time!
p.253 #8 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
On the same occasion I acquired the CY 1.4 50 Planar, I got this Tokina mirror lens, the classic 8.0 500 mm in OM mount. OM mount was fine for me since an OM>EOS adapter was at hand. Very slow manual focus is also ok for occasional shooting and for the fun of this special and very compact lens. It can be sharper than expected but needs fast shutter speeds, at 1/1000 s as this light lens is very prone to camera shake.
Here is the lens mounted on an EOS 5DII body. Photos were taken with the aforementioned CY 1.4 50 Planar, which in turn was photographed with this 500 m mirror lens (cf. page 253 of this thread).
I haven't seen it go for under a grand since I bought a copy in PK mount several (thousand) years ago. Thought someone here might be interested. The body looks to be in user-shape, but the glass looks clean, and it's Roberts. They've got a solid return policy and a 180 day warranty.
I haven't seen it go for under a grand since I bought a copy in PK mount several (thousand) years ago. Thought someone here might be interested. The body looks to be in user-shape, but the glass looks clean, and it's Roberts. They've got a solid return policy and a 180 day warranty.
It's getting to be pretty rare. It's on my "definitely maybe" list. My next copy will be the third one I've bought.
The price seems pretty reasonable. Lens$db shows about $1100 for one in excellent "E" condition. The CV 180/4 at PhotoPro is in "good" or "user" condition, and so a couple hundred dollars less makes sense to me.
p.253 #13 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
jcolwell wrote:
It's getting to be pretty rare. It's on my "definitely maybe" list. My next copy will be the third one I've bought.
The price seems pretty reasonable. Lens$db shows about $1100 for one in excellent "E" condition. The CV 180/4 at PhotoPro is in "good" or "user" condition, and so a couple hundred dollars less makes sense to me.
My rule on third timers is that they don't get sold, which is why I will have my FD 85L forever (not a bad thing).
Yeah, the only ones I've seen in recent memory were MIB copies that were fetching collector's prices. This one's definitely been used, but it doesn't look terribly abused. If the glass checks out okay, it'll make a good deal for someone.
p.253 #15 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just picked up a Carl Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Milvus! A very sharp lens but heavy. It weighs 2.67 pounds. So far I am very happy with it. I soon hope to photograph the Milky Way with it and my Nikon D810.
p.253 #16 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Have a Canon FDn 200/4 waiting for me at home, arrived while I've been away. $17 from KEH, listed as Ugly, but pictures look fine. I'd recently bought a FDn 28/2 for about $60 listed as parts/repair, but it worked fine once properly mounted in adapter.
These purchases emboldened me to just buy from KEH a Canon FL 55/1.2 (no SSC) for what seemed a good price of $159 on an "Excellent" version that looks very clean. Hoping for a soft, mood-inducing character.
Should be interesting shooting all these lenses on the a7R. Maybe even run a roll of film through the old T90!
p.253 #17 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
My most recent purchase is a bunch of old legacy lenses and a current gen one, which I bought at auction for dirt cheap. 2x CZ Jena Tessar 50mm f2.8 (one veeery old and one from the 80s), Helios-44M-3, Helios-44M-4 and a Nikon 1 Nikkor 30-110.
p.253 #20 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Encouraged by unexpectedly good results with first,oldest Nikkor AF-D 24-120/3.5.6 on the A7/7M2/R,I bought another two classic Nikkor AF zooms from pre-D era,namely the 35-105/3.5-4.5 and the 70-210/4-5.6.I used to have them in 1990ties and enjoyed their performance.Today they joined my hoard again and first test on the A7M2 confirmed that the choice was right.
