I love lenses, so I want many different ones :-)
Additional I like to open lenses, repair or modify them. I am not allowed to do this at work. Once a lens supplier who lend me ~40 lenses for testing purposes said I shall not open them - he knows my interest in lens internals ;-)
I love lenses with character for the images I love. For example the Meyer Trioplan 100 got my some of my best images. With my Zeiss Contax Distagon 35mm/1,4 or unmodified Canon FD 400mm/2.8L I do not get that good images.
For images with less character I use a lot different lenses, like some Zeiss Contax, Canon FD, Nikon F and many more.
I hunt for lenses with character - and for fast lenses. And since few years I do build my own special lenses, for example like a [/url]DIY 150mm f/1.2 fast lens.
Cameras are less interessting for me, I worked about 6 years with my EOS 5D cameras. When the Sony A7II was shown I knew this is a reason for an upgrade, in camera image stabilization and short register distance. The latter is essential for some of my DIY lenses.
Nov 18, 2015 at 01:19 AM
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