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PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
monkjason wrote:
wonderful sets! BTW who knows the meaning of CANON in fact?? Wink


I remember having read somewhere that it comes from the Japanese Kannon or Kwanon. This is the good/ess of Mercy or Loving Compassion called Avalekiteshwara in the original Sanskrt, Quan Yin ( so many different transcriptions ) in China and of which the Dalai Lama is a manifestation for Tibeteans.


PostPosted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kuuan wrote:
monkjason wrote:
wonderful sets! BTW who knows the meaning of CANON in fact?? Wink


I remember having read somewhere that it comes from the Japanese Kannon or Kwanon. This is the good/ess of Mercy or Loving Compassion called Avalekiteshwara in the original Sanskrt, Quan Yin ( so many different transcriptions ) in China and of which the Dalai Lama is a manifestation for Tibeteans.

great answer! Wink
it should be "Guan Yin" in Chinese and "Kwanon" in Japanese, which has been well described in your answer.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
do most of the photos in this thread only not load for me, or can't you see them neither?
if so please tell me and I shall edit my posts, trying to make them appear again

the Canon LTM f2/35 on NEX5n and Ricoh GXR M





PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
pics are lost - please reload them


PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
wolfhansen wrote:
pics are lost - please reload them


thank's!
now I edited my posts, and instead of uploading them to mfleses, now host those file that are available via flickr
hopefully Lars will notice and edit his postings, to again show his lenses, too


PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Top!

Here´s my Canon LTM 1.2/50mm on my NEX-6



PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:21 pm    Post subject: 4 more Canon LTMs Reply with quote
4 more Canon LTMs

the short teles, f1.8/85mm, f1.9/85mm and f2/100mm:



the full set of the f1.9/85mm Serenar



and the f1.5/50mm:



( all taken with Pen-F Zuiko f1.4/40mm on NEX5n )


PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good to see you get the 100mm F2. Smile


PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kuuan wrote:
wolfhansen wrote:
pics are lost - please reload them


thank's!
now I edited my posts, and instead of uploading them to mfleses, now host those file that are available via flickr
hopefully Lars will notice and edit his postings, to again show his lenses, too


I will look after my pic Wink

Edit: My pic is back, and wow! You`re still buying LTM Canons! Nice, you`ve got a very nice linup know... Congratz! Very Happy
How is the 85 1.8 compared to the silver 1.9?


PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kuuan - how does the 85/1.8 compare with the 100/2? I have the 100/2 and think it's absolutely great. I fancy getting the 85/1.8 but have read it suffers from focus shift when closing down from f1.8. As I use mine on an M8 that could be a problem, IF it's actually the case. I've never seen any problem on my 100/2, I must say, nor on my 'heavy' 85/2.


PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 12:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank's Calvin again for your advice, I got the LTM for a decent price and could not resist.

Yes Lars, got these. After Takumars and Pen-F Zuikos Canon LTM are third line of lenses that feels complete, aided by a few CVs on the wide end. The 1.9/85 stunned me, great sharpness already wide open, lovely colors. My f1.8 needed an easy fix and now performs as expected. It's way too early for me to do much comparing though and it may take a while before I could. I had bought these while anticipating a FF camera that unluckily failed to materialize, on my APS-C cams 85mm is longer than I commonly use.

Stephen the 2/100 has been impressing, not sure yet if the 1.8 is up it, from what I read on the net it might. My copy has minor but nevertheless a few cloudy spots around the outer border of a rear lens which may effect ( wide open ) performance while the 2/100 and 1.9/85 are spotless.
Focus is offset when stopping down! Changing aperture rotates the helicoid on all my Canon LTM tele lenses. My copy of the 1.8/85 does that less, my 2/100 very much, the 3.5/100 and 3.5/135 do. The Serenar seem not to suffer from this, interesting that your 2/100 and 2/85 don't.

The 1.8/85 and 2/100 on Ricoh GXR M

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taken with Pen-F Zuiko 1.4/40 on NEX5n

Cheers, andreas


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
kuuan wrote:
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Focus is offset when stopping down! Changing aperture rotates the helicoid on all my Canon LTM tele lenses..


Rotating the focus ring rotates the aperture assembly and ring with it. It is said that these Canon LTM tele lenses have a 'single helicoid' being responsible for that, and this also makes the focus ring turn when changing the aperture.

This is annoying, but one can easily redeem it by loosening an internal spring that defines the click stops by way of pressuring a ball into grooves of a rail underneath.
I just did that with my 1.8/85 and 2/100, now changing aperture doesn't rotate the focus ring, won't offset focus anymore.

The Canon LTM teles can be screwed apart in the middle, one part will hold the full optical block, the other part focus helicoid and lens mount.


the optical block of the 1.8/85:


un-tighten the two screws seen, changing the position of the 'leaf spring' they hold a bit upwards or bending it upwards will lessen the pressure unto the dents of the rail below which defines the aperture click stops. This can be done to a point until the clicks are still there but changing aperture won't move the focus helicoid anymore. If that, possibly due to the focus ring being too loose, doesn't work or if one wants the aperture ring to run freely anyways one easily could take off that leaf spring altogether.

same thing with the 2/100, more easily done even, just unscrew the two screws until working as desired


( there was another thread in this forum where we had discussed this issue presented in the Canon LTM 3.5/100 and 3.5/135, but possibly my photos disappeared and someone had been asking me to update these. However I can't find that thread anymore, if anyone knows, please point me to it )


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
Beautiful collections a joy to see them, thank you for sharing!

+1!

I have never known there were so much of them. Shocked


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are 59 Canon lenses with m39 mount according to the list at Canon museum.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/lens/s/19-35.html


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I only have one, the 3.5/135. I'm selling it as I have half a dozen other M39 135s.


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I only have one, the 3.5/135. I'm selling it as I have half a dozen other M39 135s.


That`s quite a nice lens, the silver or the black?


PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kuuan - ! Thanks very much for those replies and the comments on making the aperture ring on the 100/2 easier to rotate. Using the Leica, I just set the chosen f number before I focus, so it's not really a problem. But it's a different story on the Lumix, of course. .

The 85/1.8 continues to interest me but I've just bought a 1953 vintage Nikkor 85/2 in Leica mount so even if I find one it might have to wait a while longer Very Happy

Ian - if you have the late model shiny black 135 Canon lens, don't be in a hurry to sell it. I let mine go (admittedly to a good home!) and have regretted it.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
scsambrook wrote:
Kuuan - ! Thanks very much for those replies and the comments on making the aperture ring on the 100/2 easier to rotate. Using the Leica, I just set the chosen f number before I focus, so it's not really a problem. But it's a different story on the Lumix, of course. .

The 85/1.8 continues to interest me but I've just bought a 1953 vintage Nikkor 85/2 in Leica mount so even if I find one it might have to wait a while longer Very Happy

Ian - if you have the late model shiny black 135 Canon lens, don't be in a hurry to sell it. I let mine go (admittedly to a good home!) and have regretted it.


most welcome Stephen. I use mine on mirrorless only and happy because so far this remedy seems to work well.
congrats on the Nikkor, just don't get me even started with these jewels Wink


PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
it's soo tiny, the early chrome / black 3.5/100, and it completes a dozen Wink



and another take of the 1.5/50:



PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
here is the dozen:

Canon Rangefinder lenses by Andreas, on Flickr

from left to right
front row: 2/35, 1.8/35, 1.4/50, 1.8/50, Serenar 1.8/50, 1.5/50
back row: 3.5/100, 3.5/100, 2/100, 3.5/135, 1.9/85, 1.8/85


PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, nice Very Happy

Is the 35/2 as good as the reputation? And compared to the 1.8?


PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nordentro wrote:
Oh, nice Very Happy

Is the 35/2 as good as the reputation? And compared to the 1.8?


I'd say yes, but note that I only have used it on APS-C. Compared to the 1.8 it offers better resistance against flare and loss of contrast.
Both produce lovely colors, images taken with the 1.8 may look more vintage. Both are, at least in the center, I haven't verified for corners, impressively sharp from wide open

once had made a thread abt. the 2/35: http://forum.mflenses.com/canon-ltm-f2-35mm-t68886.html
just added a few more samples and also opened a thread about the 1.8/35: http://forum.mflenses.com/canon-ltm-1-8-35-t72071.html

more photos can be seen at my flickr, taken with the 2/35: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/sets/72157644114143659
and with the 1.8/35: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/sets/72157644035549111


PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ok, thx...
I`ll take a look Very Happy


PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They both look good... If you had to let one go, which? Very Happy


PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Geez, kuuan, I am so jealous! I have a small, but slowly growing, Canon M39 outfit. Several years ago I bought a IIIa rangefinder, which came with a very clean Serenar 50/1.8. It's a great little lens and I've always liked the older Canon rangefinders (I used to own a IVSb and sold it in a moment of weakness or stupidity, I haven't been able to figure out which). I like my IIIa better, however, because a previous owner had X and M flash sync connectors added, which was always a drawback with the IVSb.

Not very long after buying the IIIa with lens, I stumbled into a deal on a 100mm f/4 with finder -- found it in a second-hand shop and paid the guy $20 for it. It's in excellent shape, came with the original leather case, that has a compartment for the finder even. That IVSb I used to own, I found in a pawn shop over 30 years ago, and it had a Kyoei Super Acall 135mm f/3.5 attached to it. Paid the guy $75 for the outfit. Well, I sold the Kyoei when I sold the IVSb, but since I had another Canon rangefinder, I decided to see if I could find a replacement Kyoei 135 as well. I was quite surprised at the prices I was finding, but finally stumbled across a new listing on eBay -- one priced very reasonably -- so I bought it. Even came with the original box. And then, just about a month ago, I bought a nice Canon P -- body only.

My small outfit, minus the P:


The P with the above 50/1.8 Serenar:


So that's where my Canon M39 collection sits. I'd like to add at least a 35mm wide to the collection, but the prices for clean Canon examples have put me off. I'd have to pay more for a clean Canon 35mm than I paid for my IIIa with lens!

Any recommendations on an affordable wide angle in LTM? 35mm or even wider? I've looked at some Russian optics, but I'm rather confused about them all, and I don't know anything about the others that were offered contemporaneous with the Canon ones. Excepting Leica and Nikon, of course.
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