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Archive 2017What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
p.276 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I have a Zuiko 50-250mm f5 en route from the UK, courtesy of eBay... one of the very few Olympus OM lenses I didn't own back in the film era.
Feb 02, 2017 at 02:54 PM
p.276 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Picked up a Leica Tr-Elmar M 16-18-21 and a Zeiss 25 F2 ZM
Feb 02, 2017 at 03:38 PM
p.276 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just ordered a new Voigtlander 12mm f/5.6 Sony FE Mount ASPH...
Feb 02, 2017 at 04:49 PM
p.276 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
28mm f1.7 summilux if that counts?? 
Feb 02, 2017 at 09:17 PM
p.276 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Wow, the Voigtlander 12mm is just crazy wide! 😮
Feb 03, 2017 at 05:22 PM
p.276 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
The 10 is wider...I will probably be picking up the 12 this year.
Feb 04, 2017 at 04:50 PM
p.276 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Agreed, it needs to be checked that nothing in the rear lens barrel eclipses the image circle.
LightShow wrote:
I like your choice in M645 lenses. 
OTOH, this is the second recent post that mentions an adapter for Canon TS-E lenses. I don't think this will work. The image circle of a Canon TS-E lens is certainly large enough to cover the 44mm x 33mm sensor in the GFX 50S, but I don't think the lens mount is wide enough to let all of the image circle pass through at the same time.I think it is big enough for the mini MF sensor, here's a post with the TSE17(no movements) on an IQ180(53.9 mm x 40.4 mm)
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/medium-format-systems-and-digital-backs/55802-iq180-vs-up-res-a7r2-post656254.html#post656254
A few posts up you can see that shifting does cause vignetting.(shifted 12mm upwards)
LightShow wrote:
jcolwell wrote
2ndviolinman wrote
Ending a 3 year spell where I bought nothing photographic outside of ink, paper and frames, I bought 3 Mamiya M645 lenses- 120mm f/4 A macro, 150mm f/2.8 A, and 80mm f/2.8 N, so will have something to put on the front of a Fuji GFX 50s in case I lose my mind and click on one. I figure Mamiya adapters should show up pretty quick. Those plus the native 32-64/4 should get me by until adapters for Canon TS-E lenses become available (I hope).OTOH, this is the second recent post that mentions an adapter for Canon TS-E lenses. I don't think this will work. The image circle of a Canon TS-E lens is certainly large enough to cover the 44mm x 33mm sensor in the GFX 50S, but I don't think the lens mount is wide enough to let all of the image circle pass through at the same time.
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/medium-format-systems-and-digital-backs/55802-iq180-vs-up-res-a7r2-post656254.html#post656254
A few posts up you can see that shifting does cause vignetting.(shifted 12mm upwards)
Feb 04, 2017 at 05:35 PM
p.276 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I am impressed with the new Voigtlander 12mm f/5.6 Sony FE Mount ASPH.
The build quality is nice. The lens is very compact for such a wide view. This is a huge plus. The corners seem better than I expected.
I will need some time to get used to the stunning "wideness" of it though. I debated getting the 10 but this lens will do. It takes some careful thought and time to line up a shot. When I first mounted it on my a7RII in my living room my initial reaction was a loud "wow!" Any object near the lens gets distorted big time.
I mainly got it for shooting tight indoor spaces. Right now my main two lenses for architecture/real estate work are the Canon 17 TS-E and 24 TS-E lenses. The first time I slowed down and tested the 12mm on a tripod I immediately missed not being able to shift large expanses of unwanted ceilings out of the image. But there are times when the 17 TS-E is just not wide enough.
I tried using the 12mm in my bathroom, a small 7x10 foot room with a glass shower wall along one side. The 17 TS-E just does not "show the room". Of course one can use a three image pano but that takes more work, especially in a room with challenging lighting. The challenge with the 12mm is getting the camera height perfectly set, the verticals straight and the horizontals square without any ugly trapezoidal distortion. Anything close to the lens, like a sink or toilet gets magnified big time. All about compromise.
But the potential is there, I can feel it. Just need some time. Next week I want to do more tests, pitting the 17 TS-E against the Voigtlander 12mm. I also want to see how a three stitched TS-E image stacks up against the Voigtlander 12mm?
The build quality is nice. The lens is very compact for such a wide view. This is a huge plus. The corners seem better than I expected.
I will need some time to get used to the stunning "wideness" of it though. I debated getting the 10 but this lens will do. It takes some careful thought and time to line up a shot. When I first mounted it on my a7RII in my living room my initial reaction was a loud "wow!" Any object near the lens gets distorted big time.
I mainly got it for shooting tight indoor spaces. Right now my main two lenses for architecture/real estate work are the Canon 17 TS-E and 24 TS-E lenses. The first time I slowed down and tested the 12mm on a tripod I immediately missed not being able to shift large expanses of unwanted ceilings out of the image. But there are times when the 17 TS-E is just not wide enough.
I tried using the 12mm in my bathroom, a small 7x10 foot room with a glass shower wall along one side. The 17 TS-E just does not "show the room". Of course one can use a three image pano but that takes more work, especially in a room with challenging lighting. The challenge with the 12mm is getting the camera height perfectly set, the verticals straight and the horizontals square without any ugly trapezoidal distortion. Anything close to the lens, like a sink or toilet gets magnified big time. All about compromise.
But the potential is there, I can feel it. Just need some time. Next week I want to do more tests, pitting the 17 TS-E against the Voigtlander 12mm. I also want to see how a three stitched TS-E image stacks up against the Voigtlander 12mm?
Feb 04, 2017 at 05:46 PM
p.276 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I guess it's only alt if you use it on a mirrorless, but I picked up a used Nikon 200-500/5.6 VR and a Vello AF adapter to use on the a7rII. If it works out better than the Canon 400/5.6L, then I plan to trade in the Canon to B&H on a new a7rII and I'll have my now out of warranty camera sent off to have its sensor modded for RF lenses.
Feb 04, 2017 at 06:32 PM
p.276 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
A Cosmicar 75mm f1.4 for my m43. Satisfactory results wide-open. Seemingly solved DoF problem in portraits.
Feb 05, 2017 at 12:35 PM
p.276 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Looking forward to the arrival of a Zeiss Loxia 35/2 lens for my Sony bodies. After reading all the pros and cons, it seems like it could be a great lens for me. 
Feb 05, 2017 at 12:38 PM
p.276 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
1968 version of the 50 Cron, to keep it's 1977 brother company.
Feb 06, 2017 at 10:08 AM
p.276 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I've tried out the OM 21 3.5 multicoated that I got the other day a bit, but it's been the kind of winter not good for testing here in Vermont. I'll have to try it more. I got it as an experiment in cost/weight to replace the stolen Loxia 21, but I'm not sure it's going to hold up.
Also on the way an OM 24 2.8 multicoated, not here yet...
Also on the way an OM 24 2.8 multicoated, not here yet...
Feb 10, 2017 at 08:50 AM
p.276 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Got a great deal on a Canon 50/1.4 LTM. I think I'm going to like this lens
Feb 10, 2017 at 08:46 PM
p.276 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
The canon looks like a beauty. Stop tempting me with yet another fifty!
Feb 10, 2017 at 10:10 PM
p.276 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
A Leica Elmarit-P 150mm f2.8 projection lens for 25 Euros to complement my Super-Colorplan-P. Preliminary tests show that it is not as good wide open as the Super-Colorplan-P but both lenses work surprisingly well with putting a aperture mask ("Waterhouse stops"?) in front of the lens. Stopped down to approx. f5 it is very sharp across the frame. I will experiment further and will show some results as soon as I have finalized my adaptation work.
Feb 12, 2017 at 02:47 AM
p.276 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I bought them a while ago, but didn't post, and have had a sort of re-discovery now that I was about to sell them. I have a Pentax 85 1.8 SMC and a 50 1.4 SMC A, both in K Mount. They were on my to-sell shelf, and I hadn't used them since early summer. I looked in my Lightroom catalog before I actually put them up for sale, and now I'm having second thoughts. The 85, especially, is lovely, and the 50 has some lovely moments in my catalog as well. I took the 50 on a trip as my only 50, and I think afterwards I was disappointed in the corners. Maybe the 85 never quite gets good corners either on the a7rii, but both have lovely character. I guess maybe I thought for the price/value, I can get other character lenses that are better across the frame. The 85, it looks like, I only made about 40 exposures in my catalog before putting it on the sell shelf, but I'm not seeing why at a casual glance at those images. I think I got some other nice 85-90 lenses that beat it in some ways around that time. Reconsidering the sale.
Feb 12, 2017 at 06:23 PM
p.276 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I've finally started to consolidate my lenses and have settled on a set of Rangefinder lenses-Zeiss Contax primarily with an admixture of some Soviet era Kiev lenses and SLR lenses-Minolta Rokkor MC/MD lenses.
The Soviet admixture Contax/Kiev lenses were a Helios-103 Biotar (the Zeiss Biotar is simply too expensive since it is a collector's lens) and an Industar-26M which is a tessar design only produced in LTM but found on Ebay adapted to Kiev mount for $14.00.
My new acquisition is an Industar-61 L/D 2.8/53. An improved Tessar, produced only in LTM (An SLR cousin the Industar-61 L/Z was also produced in M42 mount), that I just found on Ebay as a freebie offered with a $29.00 Contax/Kiev to NEX adapter.
The Soviet admixture Contax/Kiev lenses were a Helios-103 Biotar (the Zeiss Biotar is simply too expensive since it is a collector's lens) and an Industar-26M which is a tessar design only produced in LTM but found on Ebay adapted to Kiev mount for $14.00.
My new acquisition is an Industar-61 L/D 2.8/53. An improved Tessar, produced only in LTM (An SLR cousin the Industar-61 L/Z was also produced in M42 mount), that I just found on Ebay as a freebie offered with a $29.00 Contax/Kiev to NEX adapter.
Feb 12, 2017 at 07:09 PM