p.84 #3 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Bifurcator wrote:
How would describe the 35/2 - in your words?
Makten wrote:
Brutal, biting and absolutely unforgiving. The very high local contrast makes everything "pop", but at the price of harsh bokeh in some situations (everything except closeups or stopped down a fair bit). The focus throw is very short and it's really, really difficult to focus beyond ~2-3 meters.
My impressions of the 35/1.4 is quite different. It gives more detail stopped down but not the same local contrast. The bokeh is much nicer and stays smooth at distance, just like the 50/1.4 Planar, and I think it will suit me perfect because of that. No images worth sharing yet though. ...Show more →
Thanks Mak! Nice description and very appreciated! Sounds great for landscapes!
p.84 #5 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I bought ZA24 and Sony 50/1.8 (both of them are the 2nd time around) after deciding to stay with Sony NEX for a while more. So far, I am enjoying ZA24 this time around, perhaps because my expectations are set accordingly and I am trying to shoot in a way that accentuates it's strengths.
p.84 #6 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Found today a Taylor Hobson 6inch f/2.8 Cooke Copying lens :-)
This was the major find. A (ISCO) Berolina 135mm f/2.8 (with haze or even delamination inside) and a Helios 44M are the further lenses I bought today.
The T&H lens is with metal lens caps with wrinkle finish :-)
Heavy industrial build quality (1390 g), no helicoid but iris. Image quality on EOS 5D good in first tests ranging ~ M1:5 to M1:2. But sometimes it have hotspots :-/
Probably this could be my alternative longer fast macro lens :-)
p.84 #8 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
it's not really new, but i consolidated two of my lenses into one frankenlens today after being inspired by m-a-x:
that is the contax g 45mm f/2 in the body and helicoid of an auto-rokkor 58mm f/1.4.
the focus feel is wonderful now and goes from infinity to roughly 1ft. the lens is a bit less compact than it used to be though. i'm not sure if i'll keep it in this configuration or try to put it in a smaller lens (or maybe the rokkor macro for serious closeup ability). if i keep it in this lens i'll probably add the contax filter ring and name plate to the front and try to make the aperture readings match actual aperture...
p.84 #12 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
LightShow wrote:
+1
Did you replace the Rokkor mount with a LSM to M adapter?
Please tell me you took pictures....
it's not rangefinder coupled, i don't have the equipment for that (or a rangefinder to use/calibrate it on). i just used a cheap m-mount to NEX adapter for the actual mount.
no pictures of the process. it actually turned out to be non-destructive of both lenses (though the rokkor is now missing key parts) except that i put four new holes in the mount base of the rokkor. when i decide for sure to keep it in this form i'll photograph it's construction process.
p.84 #13 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Sounds interesting... so if you want to mount it to an EOS-M you would have to re do the mount?
Re. the aperture readings, as long as you can set the aperture anywhere in it's range, I wouldn't worry too much about actual values, but that's just me.
p.84 #14 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
LightShow wrote:
Sounds interesting...
Re. the aperture readings, as long as you can set the aperture anywhere in it's range, I wouldn't worry too much about actual values, but that's just me.
i thought that at first too, but this is a lens where i often think about diffraction and what trade-offs to make in that regard. it's much harder to do that if i can't tell whether i'm at f/4 or f/8 (well, i still can but it's a pain).
p.84 #15 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
That's awesome, Derek. But even if you try to go a different way, I wouldn't undo it. I'm thinking you could probably sell that to someone who wants a 45 but hates the G adapters and make enough money to replace both lenses and bank some profit. You should probably tune up the aperture ring for accuracy and do something with the name-plate ring, but I'm thinking there's probably a healthy market for something like that, as revered as the 45 is and as hated as the adapters are by some. Just a thought.
My latest confession to GAS is a set of Tiffen series VII drop-in color filters. The set included HT Red and Green, Yellow 2, Orange, and Blue for $15.
Finding this set led me to a question I'm hoping one of you fellow gear-heads can answer. I see drop in circ-pols but I'm wondering how they're mounted. Is there an orientation mark you need to keep in the 12 o'clock position?
p.84 #16 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
LightShow wrote:
so if you want to mount it to an EOS-M you would have to re do the mount?
yeah, but that would take about 5 minutes. there is lots of wiggle room in mount distance and i just need to put four holes in the new mount and i'm done. also, i'm certainly not expecting a stunning eos-m camera in the immediate future.
freaklikeme wrote:
That's awesome, Derek. But even if you try to go a different way, I wouldn't undo it. I'm thinking you could probably sell that to someone who wants a 45 but hates the G adapters and make enough money to replace both lenses and bank some profit. You should probably tune up the aperture ring for accuracy and do something with the name-plate ring, but I'm thinking there's probably a healthy market for something like that, as revered as the 45 is and as hated as the adapters are by some. Just a thought.
thanks, if i find a set up i like better i'll be sure to offer this one sale. the conversion is easy enough (with proper tools), i could probably offer this conversion as a service for people as well, can't imagine the market is to big though. not sure how available the donnor lens is either.
p.84 #20 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
So the NEX adapters for Contax G glass don't go to infinity, nor close focus?
I'm confused...
I was planing to get an NEX7 and cheap adapters, and this is one of the lenses I was looking at.
sebboh wrote:
contax g 45mm f/2 in the body and helicoid of an auto-rokkor 58mm f/1.4..
So far, I am enjoying ZA24 this time around, perhaps because my expectations are set accordingly and I am trying to shoot in a way that accentuates it's strengths.
