p.91 #1 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
LightShow wrote:
I would be extremely cautious when busting old optical glass, especially if it has Thorium or other radioactive elements in it, breathing them in is just bad bad bad.
These aren't that old, and Vivitar was more of a budget brand, so I would be very surprised if there were radioactive elements in there (they are also clear, not coloured at all), but I will be careful.
p.91 #2 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I did have a spanner wrench, so i used two small screwdrivers . I started from the rear removing each retaining ring and glass element. The rings were not real tight. The last final element didnt seem to have a slotted retaining ring- that glass i broke out. I never had to dissamble any part of the front or rear lens mount.
Cheers
Harry Palmer
p.91 #3 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I hope so.
I don't know why I keep buying all these soft style options.
I guess I'm a total softy, *8^)
I have soo many different style soft lenses now, it's crazy.
I'll have to catalog them, and make a giant comparison compilation some day.
pdmphoto wrote:
If it is in good condition I think you will be very happy with it on FF and APS-C. The lens holds up very well even on my NX200, while still retaining the variable SF effect.
p.91 #4 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
buggz2k wrote:
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Tamron SP 70-150mm/2.8 Soft Focus Adaptall 2, in Minolta SR mount.
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Ah, another one wants spherical aberration control - I bought for that a second copy of the Sigma YS System Focusing 135mm f/2.8 with extra macro focus ring, which allows me to get to different bokeh quality with one lens.
p.91 #5 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Yeah, I already have many different ones, my recent being a Mamiya 645 145/4.
And many for my 4x5 sinar f2, along w/ many fast petzvals.
I am a sucker for this type of gear, sigh...
ZoneV wrote:
Ah, another one wants spherical aberration control - I bought for that a second copy of the Sigma YS System Focusing 135mm f/2.8 with extra macro focus ring, which allows me to get to different bokeh quality with one lens.
p.91 #7 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
DamonJoyce wrote:
Fotosnaiper (300/4.5) adapted to an Nex-5N. I modified a cheap remote to the trigger, so it can trip the shutter when the trigger is pressed.
Reminds me of the days when I was into stacking multiple teleconverters for my Lumix camera. I was on the roofdeck of a high rise apartment building taking snaps of people on the streets. I can imagine if I had something like above that time someone would've most likely called the cops!
Can't wait to mount this on my 5D! It's taking ages for the adapter to arrive
p.91 #8 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Argh, painful re-purchase for the MMJ C/Y 35/1.4, as mine was stolen.
I guess it's all good, as this was my most liked lens.
And all things considered,not that far from my initial purchase price.
Heh, I guess the box, etc. adds value.
Shrug, looking around, I seem too like boxes too. *8^)
p.91 #9 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
DamonJoyce wrote:
Fotosnaiper (300/4.5) adapted to an Nex-5N. I modified a cheap remote to the trigger, so it can trip the shutter when the trigger is pressed.
It looks cool, Damon, but I can imagine that set-up inspiring some interesting unintended conversations.
p.91 #11 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I just bought an Olympus 50mm f/1.2 Zuiko. The lens is in great condition and got the original shade with it. First impression is positive. Will take time to compare it against my current Leica 50/2 Summicron-R and possibly some other 50mm lenses.
Some lensporn. Images lit up with my compuer screen and a reflector
First impression is positive. It's reasonably sharp at f/1.2 but nowhere near my Zeiss 35/2, but still perfectly usable for most shots. It seems to sharpen up at f/2 but I need to test it more. There's lot of CA wide open but seems easily correctable in Lightroom.
p.91 #12 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Found this nice set in the classifieds. Had a long, nice chat to the former owner when I picked it up. Can't wait to try out the PC Distagon but will probably have to sell some other gear to fund the purchase.
p.91 #15 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Xtobolic wrote:
could you name the lenses? Cant see it clearly...
I guess I resized it a tad to small. Left to right
PC Distagon 35 2,8
Distagon 35 2,8
Planar 50 1,7
Planar 50 1,4 (on the Contax 167MT)
p.91 #18 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
hauxon wrote:
Nice job! Is it the same lens as Samyang 35/1.4?
Thanks! Yes, it's the same. I originally bought it for my m4/3 camera. That was before I decided to go back to a dslr. I should've just bought it in Canon mount in the first place
p.91 #19 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I've been on a bit of a Contax binge lately. (Contax AX with 35-70/3.4 and Contax 139Q with 50/1.7...139Q is little more than a lens cap at this point since it has the shutter release magnet failure issue)
