Juha Kannisto
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I started to get into adapting manual focus lenses when I moved from DSLR (Canon 5DmkII) to Sony NEX-6 in 2012, and later to Sony A7R in 2013 etc. Tokyo has a lot of shops that sell used lenses at nice prices etc. and I got into trying many different lens lines and buying more and more gradually, without selling too many. I just sell lenses when I need some funds to buy new ones, and the candidates to be sold must have reasonable trade-in value.
Later on I started to focus on compact mirrorless cameras with A7C, A7CII, Sigma fp, Fujifilm X-S10 and those need to be paired with compact lenses for best effect so I got a lot of smallest possible lenses for those systems (including adapted tiny rangefinder lenses).
I'm slowing down with lens purchases and I'm mainly still on the lookout for any new Voigtländer lenses in native E and X mounts, as well as for any new releases from MS-Optics and Kistar as I'm a fan of those small companies that are making exciting character lenses in small volumes with a lot of craftmanship at play. I haven't bought new AF lenses in a while, my existing options cover basically everything I need with AF.
These are my currently active sub-collections:
14 native Cosina Voigtländer and Zeiss Otus ML E-mount lenses:
15/4.5, 21/1.4, 21/3.5, 28/1.5, 35/1.2 SE, 35/1.4, 35/2 AL, 40/1.2 SE, 50/1.0, 50/1.2 SE, 50/1.4 Otus ML, 50/2 AL, 75/1.5, 75/1.8
10 adapted Cosina Voigtländer rangefinder lenses:
28/1.9 LTM, 28/2.8 Type II, 28/3.5 LTM, 40/2.8 VM for VM-E close focus adapter, 40/2.8 VM, 50/1.5 Nokton II, 50/1.5 Heliar classic, 50/2 Heliar classic, 50/3.5 AL, 75/2.5 LTM
6 native Cosina Voigtländer X-mount lenses:
18/2.8, 23/1.2 SC (Map Camera limited release), 27/2, 35/1.2, 35/2 Apo-Ultron, 50/1.2
19 adapted MS-Optics rangefinder lenses:
21/4.5, 24/2, 28/1.7, 28/2-II, 28/2-III, 28/4, 35/1.3 II, 35/3.5 II, 36/1.3, 40/6.3 H-Prot, 50/1.3 Sonnetar, 50/3.5 Apoqualia, 50/3.5 Xenomax, 50/3.5 Lumitar, 55/1.2, 57/2 H-Petz, 57/2 Vario Petz, 73/1.5, 135/2.4
6 Kistar lenses (1 native E, others adapted, but they are more or less all really designed to be adapted to mirrorless):
28/3.2 M, 35/1.4 C/Y, 40/2.4 M, 40/2.4 E, 55/1.2 C/Y, 85/1.4 C/Y
8 Sony & Sony Zeiss & Zeiss Batis native E-mount AF lenses:
16-35/4 G PZ, 35/1.4 Sony Zeiss, 40/2.5 G, 50/1.4 Sony Zeiss, 50/1.4 GM, 90/2.8 G Macro, 100/2.8 STF, 135/2.8 Batis
5 Sigma Contemporary Line AF lenses:
28-70/2.8, 35/2, 45/2.8, 65/2, 90/2.8
1 Samyang AF lens set with 3 optical units:
Remaster Slim 21/3.5, 28/3.5, 32/2.8
I also have additional legacy lenses in Minolta MC/MD & Pentax K lines, and legacy rangefinder lenses etc. that are not really in active use so I don't list them here.
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