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p.60 #1What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I suppose the resolution is not good enough for those small pixel - and I don´t want to buy such a camera. Need my money for lenses 
Hm, let´s see, you are not that far away, Germany is small. Could I see your window from mine with that lens ;-)
Hm, let´s see, you are not that far away, Germany is small. Could I see your window from mine with that lens ;-)
Mar 02, 2012 at 05:14 PM
p.60 #2What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Don't look! I am only on the second floor anyway, so there are buildings hiding me 
Mar 02, 2012 at 05:37 PM
p.60 #3What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just picked up a CV 35/1.2 v2 for my NEX-5N. I don't know if that lens will ever leave the camera!
Mar 02, 2012 at 06:06 PM
p.60 #4What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
carstenw wrote:
Don't look! I am only on the second floor anyway, so there are buildings hiding me
Now I have the lens DIY adapted, so hide or run :-)
Don't look! I am only on the second floor anyway, so there are buildings hiding me
Now I have the lens DIY adapted, so hide or run :-)
Mar 03, 2012 at 06:59 AM
p.60 #5What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Updating my most recent post... here is my new setup
NEX5 + G45/2 + FD24/2 + FD135/2
NEX5 + G45/2 + FD24/2 + FD135/2
Mar 04, 2012 at 10:47 PM
p.60 #6What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Missed out on the early version of the Rokkor 35/1.8 (darn work keeps getting in the way)
Waiting to hear back on Canon RF 35/2.8 & 85/1.9 tomorrow I hope.
Waiting to hear back on Canon RF 35/2.8 & 85/1.9 tomorrow I hope.
Mar 04, 2012 at 11:16 PM
p.60 #7What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I guess everyone already saw but hey... I like it enough to post it here again. Sitting next to the MP100/2.8 is my new pal:
CZ Lens Composition: 7 elements, 7 groups ----- CV Lens Composition: 11 elements, 9 groups
CZ Aperture Blades: 8, Curved type ----- CV Aperture Blades: 9, Curved type
CZ Angular Field: 24 degrees ----- CV Angular Field: 20 degrees
CZ Working Distance: 160mm @ 1:1 MFD ----- CV Working Distance: 226mm @ 1:1 MFD
CZ Minimum Focus: 410mm (16 in) (1:1) ----- CV Minimum Focus: 380mm (15 in) (1:1)
CZ F-stop scale: f2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 ----- CV F-stop scale: f2.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22
CZ Filter Size: 67mm screw-in type ----- CV Filter Size: 58mm screw-in type
CZ Lens hood: screw-in type No. 4 metal hood (with 67/86 ring) ----- CV Lens hood: Bayonet mount Square metal hood (included)
CZ Weight: 740 grams (1.63 lbs) ----- CV Weight: 690 grams (1.52 lbs)
CZ Lens size: ø76mm x 86.5mm (length) ----- CV Lens size: ø76mm x 88.2mm (length)
CZ Lens Composition: 7 elements, 7 groups ----- CV Lens Composition: 11 elements, 9 groups
CZ Aperture Blades: 8, Curved type ----- CV Aperture Blades: 9, Curved type
CZ Angular Field: 24 degrees ----- CV Angular Field: 20 degrees
CZ Working Distance: 160mm @ 1:1 MFD ----- CV Working Distance: 226mm @ 1:1 MFD
CZ Minimum Focus: 410mm (16 in) (1:1) ----- CV Minimum Focus: 380mm (15 in) (1:1)
CZ F-stop scale: f2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 ----- CV F-stop scale: f2.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22
CZ Filter Size: 67mm screw-in type ----- CV Filter Size: 58mm screw-in type
CZ Lens hood: screw-in type No. 4 metal hood (with 67/86 ring) ----- CV Lens hood: Bayonet mount Square metal hood (included)
CZ Weight: 740 grams (1.63 lbs) ----- CV Weight: 690 grams (1.52 lbs)
CZ Lens size: ø76mm x 86.5mm (length) ----- CV Lens size: ø76mm x 88.2mm (length)
Mar 05, 2012 at 02:11 AM
p.60 #8What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Nice! Can I have one Not so sure about the one used for the pictures - lots of red/pink fringing on the high contrast edges
Not so sure about the one used for the pictures - lots of red/pink fringing on the high contrast edgesMar 05, 2012 at 02:28 AM
p.60 #9What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Nice set Bif.You were lucky to get CV 125.I'm trying to find 180/4 Apo Lanthar for a reasonable price but failed so far.
I bought today Minolta MC 100/3.5 Macro with tube,35/2.8 MD W Rokkor 5/5 55mm 1st gen,MD W Rokkor 28/2.8 7/7 49mm second gen and newer copy of Distagon C/Y 25/2.8 MMG.Have to wait a week for them to come.
Meanwhile 'am testing Minolta MC W Rokkor SI 24/2.8 9/7 55mm (The Elmarit copy) against MD 24/2.8 8/8 49mm 3rd gen,finding for myself that the MC is sharper in corners and have more Leica like colours as well as better flare resistance.
Edited on Mar 08, 2012 at 10:00 AM · View previous versions
I bought today Minolta MC 100/3.5 Macro with tube,35/2.8 MD W Rokkor 5/5 55mm 1st gen,MD W Rokkor 28/2.8 7/7 49mm second gen and newer copy of Distagon C/Y 25/2.8 MMG.Have to wait a week for them to come.
Meanwhile 'am testing Minolta MC W Rokkor SI 24/2.8 9/7 55mm (The Elmarit copy) against MD 24/2.8 8/8 49mm 3rd gen,finding for myself that the MC is sharper in corners and have more Leica like colours as well as better flare resistance.
Edited on Mar 08, 2012 at 10:00 AM · View previous versions
Mar 05, 2012 at 09:07 AM
p.60 #10What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
pdmphoto, the one used for the pictures is the $40 (NEW!) Pentax 18-55mm zoom kit lens - the one with the green band. That's actually the first time I've noticed it doing like that - thou I'm pretty sure greatly enhanced by my processing steps. 
I'm selling the Lanthar right away tho. Oh it's so nice! But at 2K I knew going in it was going to be immediately for sale as soon as I got it. I got to try it on it's way through tho! That's my profit in it - actually it looks like I will lose $150 on the deal so I guess I paid rent at that.
Peire, I have two of those Rokkors. The MD 28/2.8... It's very nice! A lot of fullframers here say so too so I guess it's corners are solid as well.
Nice catch!
I'm selling the Lanthar right away tho. Oh it's so nice! But at 2K I knew going in it was going to be immediately for sale as soon as I got it. I got to try it on it's way through tho! That's my profit in it - actually it looks like I will lose $150 on the deal so I guess I paid rent at that.
Peire, I have two of those Rokkors. The MD 28/2.8... It's very nice! A lot of fullframers here say so too so I guess it's corners are solid as well.
Nice catch!
Mar 05, 2012 at 10:13 AM
p.60 #11What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Got myself a nice Zeiss ZM 18/4 and I have to say it is the best lens I have for the NEX. Not much time besides some test shots over the weekend, but stunning detail with much less sharpening compared to the ZM 35/2. OTOH I never close the 35 to f8...
Mar 05, 2012 at 10:19 AM
p.60 #12What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Yes, the ZM18 does indeed really shine on the NEX. And Leica M's....
Mar 05, 2012 at 11:40 AM
p.60 #13What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Lens from Hewlett Packard 197A oscilloscope camera (intended to image an oscilloscope screen onto a Polaroid film back)
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/the_lens.jpg
this doesn't quite count as a purchase, since it was more of a "snagged from the trash heap on lab cleanup day" type of acquisition.
The lens is only marked "hp" and "3m-539"; based on quick web research, it could be an f1.9 Wollensak (owned by 3M) lens.
A few shots using a 5D and lens hand-held (producing a tilty-shifty lens result, because I'm not dextrous enough to manage this with perfect alignment):
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/leafy_1.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/mountains.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/bokeh.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/leafy_2.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/roof.jpg
The lens is reasonably sharp towards the middle, with a big heaping of "glow". A 100% crop from 5D, wide open:
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/detail.jpg
It's (single)coated, not great with sun on the front element but decent contrast otherwise. The aperture has 16 blades (nicely circular) and is continuously variable. Stopped down, the lens gets reasonably sharp and increasingly boring. I was impressed by how well the lens is corrected for color aberrations (certainly not APO-perfect, but I was expecting some really wild chromatic fringing). It definitely seems a whole lot better than it "needed to be" for the job (characteristic of older HP gear, unlike the later Fiorina-era HP that subscribed to the opposite design philosophy).
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/the_lens.jpg
this doesn't quite count as a purchase, since it was more of a "snagged from the trash heap on lab cleanup day" type of acquisition.
The lens is only marked "hp" and "3m-539"; based on quick web research, it could be an f1.9 Wollensak (owned by 3M) lens.
A few shots using a 5D and lens hand-held (producing a tilty-shifty lens result, because I'm not dextrous enough to manage this with perfect alignment):
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/leafy_1.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/mountains.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/bokeh.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/leafy_2.jpg
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/roof.jpg
The lens is reasonably sharp towards the middle, with a big heaping of "glow". A 100% crop from 5D, wide open:
http://praetoriusphoto.images.s3.amazonaws.com/fmforums/20120307_hp_197a/detail.jpg
It's (single)coated, not great with sun on the front element but decent contrast otherwise. The aperture has 16 blades (nicely circular) and is continuously variable. Stopped down, the lens gets reasonably sharp and increasingly boring. I was impressed by how well the lens is corrected for color aberrations (certainly not APO-perfect, but I was expecting some really wild chromatic fringing). It definitely seems a whole lot better than it "needed to be" for the job (characteristic of older HP gear, unlike the later Fiorina-era HP that subscribed to the opposite design philosophy).
Mar 07, 2012 at 10:18 PM
p.60 #14What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Just purchased a Canon FL 55mm f/1.2, can't wait for it to get here!
Mar 07, 2012 at 10:21 PM
p.60 #15What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Cool find Mendenhall!
Mar 07, 2012 at 10:44 PM
p.60 #16What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Leitz Focotar 50/4.5
El Nikkor 50/2.8
Yashica ML 55/2.8 Macro
CZJ DDR Tessar 50/2.8
Canon RF 35/2.8
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Canon-RF-35mm-F2-8-f-Leica-Screw-M39-EX-/00/s/NzI2WDgyOQ==/$(KGrHqRHJDoE9BKw9V-jBPQV1NOv-w~~60_12.JPG
Edit:
I can scratch the MC W.Rokkor-HH off my list, Just got it for $175
I just need the 85/1.7 and 28/2.... I think Jim will be busy soon.
El Nikkor 50/2.8
Yashica ML 55/2.8 Macro
CZJ DDR Tessar 50/2.8
Canon RF 35/2.8
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Canon-RF-35mm-F2-8-f-Leica-Screw-M39-EX-/00/s/NzI2WDgyOQ==/$(KGrHqRHJDoE9BKw9V-jBPQV1NOv-w~~60_12.JPG
Edit:
I can scratch the MC W.Rokkor-HH off my list, Just got it for $175
I just need the 85/1.7 and 28/2.... I think Jim will be busy soon.
Mar 08, 2012 at 03:17 AM
p.60 #17What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Oh, I like that Canon Lightshow, please post some images.
Just got the CY 28-85 today and took some test images. Feels a lot like a prime, or rather, a couple of primes...
Mainly for the 5D2 but it will take a journey on the 5N as well.
Here's one of the shots from from the afternoon:
IMG_8038 1280 by Wilhelm Frank - Stockholm, on Flickr
Just got the CY 28-85 today and took some test images. Feels a lot like a prime, or rather, a couple of primes...
Mainly for the 5D2 but it will take a journey on the 5N as well.
Here's one of the shots from from the afternoon:
IMG_8038 1280 by Wilhelm Frank - Stockholm, on Flickr
Mar 09, 2012 at 03:31 PM
p.60 #18What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
wfrank wrote:
Just got the CY 28-85 today and took some test images. Feels a lot like a prime, or rather, a couple of primes...
Congrats, that lens is on my shopping list. Looking forward to your Stockholm NEX images with this lens.
Just got the CY 28-85 today and took some test images. Feels a lot like a prime, or rather, a couple of primes...
Congrats, that lens is on my shopping list. Looking forward to your Stockholm NEX images with this lens.
Mar 09, 2012 at 03:36 PM
p.60 #19What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
That's cool.
I have been getting into lots of old and odd stuff adding to my Sinar f2 kit.
And in learning "the view camera ways".
Of course, with my soft lens madness, I have been purchasing mostly old brass barrel lens.
As of late, my lens madness has killed my finances to an all time low.
My "therapy" will however get a big jump start next month, as my finances recover.
*8^)
mpmendenhall wrote:
Lens from Hewlett Packard 197A oscilloscope camera (intended to image an oscilloscope screen onto a Polaroid film back)
this doesn't quite count as a purchase, since it was more of a "snagged from the trash heap on lab cleanup day" type of acquisition.
The lens is only marked "hp" and "3m-539"; based on quick web research, it could be an f1.9 Wollensak (owned by 3M) lens.
The lens is reasonably sharp towards the middle, with a big heaping of "glow".
It's (single)coated, not great with sun on the front element but decent contrast otherwise. The aperture has 16 blades (nicely circular) and...Show more →
I have been getting into lots of old and odd stuff adding to my Sinar f2 kit.
And in learning "the view camera ways".
Of course, with my soft lens madness, I have been purchasing mostly old brass barrel lens.
As of late, my lens madness has killed my finances to an all time low.
My "therapy" will however get a big jump start next month, as my finances recover.
*8^)
mpmendenhall wrote:
Lens from Hewlett Packard 197A oscilloscope camera (intended to image an oscilloscope screen onto a Polaroid film back)
this doesn't quite count as a purchase, since it was more of a "snagged from the trash heap on lab cleanup day" type of acquisition.
The lens is only marked "hp" and "3m-539"; based on quick web research, it could be an f1.9 Wollensak (owned by 3M) lens.
The lens is reasonably sharp towards the middle, with a big heaping of "glow".
It's (single)coated, not great with sun on the front element but decent contrast otherwise. The aperture has 16 blades (nicely circular) and...Show more →
Mar 09, 2012 at 03:49 PM
p.60 #20What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
briantho wrote:
Congrats, that lens is on my shopping list. Looking forward to your Stockholm NEX images with this lens.
Thanks briantho. First day gives good impression, here's a soon-to-be-a crosspost with the Zeiss thread. I was a bit weary selecting from this and the renowned CY 35-70. For me the lower extra mm's made my decision - and this lens is as least as good - although less known I think. Here's a torture test on sharpness at ~28 and it passes with grace, F/5.6. Not much colors here now, but you know all about that :-)
IMG_8081 1280 by Wilhelm Frank - Stockholm, on Flickr
wfrank wrote
Just got the CY 28-85 today and took some test images. Feels a lot like a prime, or rather, a couple of primes...Thanks briantho. First day gives good impression, here's a soon-to-be-a crosspost with the Zeiss thread. I was a bit weary selecting from this and the renowned CY 35-70. For me the lower extra mm's made my decision - and this lens is as least as good - although less known I think. Here's a torture test on sharpness at ~28 and it passes with grace, F/5.6. Not much colors here now, but you know all about that :-)
IMG_8081 1280 by Wilhelm Frank - Stockholm, on Flickr
Mar 09, 2012 at 03:54 PM