| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
marcusBMG
Joined: 07 Dec 2012
Posts: 1304
Location: Conwy N Wales
|
 Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:55 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
marcusBMG wrote:
Glancing at this thread again prompted me to look at Ken Rockwell's review of the Fuji X-T1. he clearly rates the camera, but not with non-Fuji lenses.
_________________
pentax ME super (retired)
Pentax K3-ii; pentax K-S2; Samsung NX 20; Lumix G1 + adapters;
Adaptall collection (proliferating!) inc 200-500mm 31A, 300mm f2.8, 400mm f4.
Primes: takumar 55mm; smc 28mm, 50mm; kino/komine 28mm f2's, helios 58mm, Tamron Nestar 400mm, novoflex 400mm, Vivitar 135mm close focus, 105mm macro; Jupiter 11A; CZJ 135mm.
A classic zoom or two: VS1 (komine), Kiron Zoomlock... |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Pontus
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
Posts: 1471
Location: Jakobstad, Finland
Expire: 2016-08-25
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Pontus wrote:
Was the Contax 100-300/4.5-5.6 Vario-Sonnar mentioned already? Superb optics, slightly slow, 925g, MFD 1.5m, no tripod collar (but one can use an adapter with tripod collar on mirrorless cameras), usually some zoom creep. This is my pick in this focal lenght and I just can't wait for the Sony A7S to come down in price so that I can try the lens on FF and without worrying about high ISO.
_________________
Follow this link for my FOR SALE list (partially updated 19.11.2015) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sammo
Joined: 04 Jan 2012
Posts: 223
Location: CH and SI
|
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:18 am Post subject: |
|
|
sammo wrote:
I use Pentax-A SMC 200mm F4 for a walk-around lens. I had the M42 Takumar, but I didn't like it, prefered Pentacon over it, but even better is the SMC A version.
It is a thin lens and very light (400 g)! It's sharp, acceptable amount of CA wide open (probably correctable - but I don't do post-processing).
Highly recommended as a travel lens.
Two examples - wide open and F8 (best performance there)
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
Posts: 10531
Location: California
Expire: 2025-04-11
|
| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
visualopsins wrote:
I like the 1:4/200 Takumar -- the f/5.6 is small & lightweight; the f/4 is what I kept...
I also liked the early NIKKOR-Q Auto 1:4 f=20cm Nippon Kogaku Japan non-AI -- liked it a lot! It has great color. It is not the smallest but it is very lightweight!
_________________
☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮ like attracts like! ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
Cameras: Sony ILCE-7RM2, Spotmatics II, F, and ESII, Nikon P4
Lenses:
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Takumar 1:4 f=35mm, 1:2 f=58mm (Sonnar), 1:2.4 f=58mm (Heliar), 1:2.2 f=55mm (Gaussian), 1:2.8 f=105mm (Model I), 1:2.8/105 (Model II), 1:5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200, 1:6.3/300, Macro-Takumar 1:4/50, Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 f=35, 1:1.8 f=55mm, 1:2.2 f=55mm, Super-TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28 (fat), 1:2/35 (Fat), 1:1.4/50 (8-element), Super-Multi-Coated Fisheye-TAKUMAR 1:4/17, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 1:4.5/20, 1:3.5/24, 1:3.5/28, 1:2/35, 1:3.5/35, 1:1.8/85, 1:1.9/85 1:2.8/105, 1:3.5/135, 1:2.5/135 (II), 1:4/150, 1:4/200, 1:4/300, 1:4.5/500, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-TAKUMAR 1:4/50, 1:4/100, Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-TAKUMAR 1:4/100, SMC TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50, 1:1.8/55
M42 Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2.4/35
Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm F3.5-4.5
Pentax K-mount SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:3.5 35~105mm, SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:4 45~125mm
Nikon Micro-NIKKOR-P-C Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Pre-AI (Sonnar), Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AI, NIKKOR AI-S 35-135mm f/3,5-4,5
Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51B), Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51BB), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
Vivitar 100mm 1:2.8 MC 1:1 Macro Telephoto (Kiron)
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Atlasman
Joined: 30 Oct 2013
Posts: 28
Location: Canada
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Atlasman wrote:
I own the Canon FDn 200mm f2.8 and the Konica Hexanon 200 f4 and as a walk-around, the Konica is outstanding.
Here's a video I shot, hand held through glass using the Olympus E-M5:
https://vimeo.com/album/2972937/video/82390638
cheers, Joseph |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
uddhava
Joined: 22 Aug 2012
Posts: 3071
Location: Hungary
Expire: 2021-06-21
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
uddhava wrote:
| Atlasman wrote: |
I own the Canon FDn 200mm f2.8 and the Konica Hexanon 200 f4 and as a walk-around, the Konica is outstanding.
Here's a video I shot, hand held through glass using the Olympus E-M5:
https://vimeo.com/album/2972937/video/82390638
cheers, Joseph |
Nice job! Seems like a good lens. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Atlasman
Joined: 30 Oct 2013
Posts: 28
Location: Canada
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Atlasman wrote:
| uddhava wrote: |
| Atlasman wrote: |
I own the Canon FDn 200mm f2.8 and the Konica Hexanon 200 f4 and as a walk-around, the Konica is outstanding.
Here's a video I shot, hand held through glass using the Olympus E-M5:
https://vimeo.com/album/2972937/video/82390638
cheers, Joseph |
Nice job! Seems like a good lens. |
Thanks. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Belcanto
Joined: 17 Oct 2013
Posts: 72
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Belcanto wrote:
Thanks again for all suggestions. Contax 100 - 300mm seems to be a gem. I don't know how I feel about zooms. Just to try handling one I bought a chinon 70-150mm zoom for next to nothing.
I picked up a smal kit of Konica stuff this weekend, among them a hexanon 200/4. I've got one already, but didn't like it very much on my G5. Still the X-T1 is another camera and might work differentely with it. Generally I like hexanons very much.
I'm a bit busy right now so my planned shootout with the lenses I have will have to wait for a while.
_________________
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
O. Wilde |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hifisapi
Joined: 25 Sep 2012
Posts: 941
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:24 pm Post subject: |
|
|
hifisapi wrote:
If small size matters to you, try the preset takumar 200mm f5.6, its excellent performer and the most compact
200mm I have ever encountered. If you don't care about bulk, then the tamron 180mm f2.5 sp ld if is superb
telephoto, fast and sharp.
_________________
===========
ACQUIRED OVER 30 YEARS:
Cameras: DSLR=Pentax istDS FILM=Pentax SP, SP-F, ESII, SP1000, KX, K2
Lenses : Pentax M42 = Super Multi Coated Takumars 50/1.4 55/1.8 100/4-BELLOWS 500/4.5 1000/8 135-600/6.7 Pentax PK= SMC Pentax-Ks K17/4-FF Fisheye K18/3.5 K20/4 K24/3.5 K28/3.5 K28/2 K35/3.5 K35/2 K50/1.2 K50/1.4K 50/4-MACROK 55/1.8 K85/1.8 K100/4-MACRO K100/4-BELLOWS K105/2.8 K120/2.8 K135/3.5 K135/2.5 K150/4 K200/4 K400/5.6 K45-125/4K 85-210/4.5 Pentax PKM = SMC Pentax-M M40/2.8-Pancake M50/1.4 M75-150/4 M80-200/4.5 Pentax PKA= SMC Pentax-A A15/3.5 A50/2.8-MACRO A28/2 A35/2 A50/1.4 A135/2.8 A200/4 A*300/4 A35-105/3.5 A24-50/4 A70-210/4 TAMRON AD2= SP80-200/2.8 SP180/2.5 TOKINA AT-X PK= ATX28-85/3.5-4.5 ATX35-70/2.8 ATX60-120/2.8 ATX80-200/2.8 ATX100-300/4 ATX90/2.5 MACRO KIRON-LESTER DINE PK = 105/2.8-MACRO VIVITAR PK = 135/2.8-MACRO 28-85/4 NOFLEXAR AUTOBELLOWS PK = 60/4 105/4 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
woodrim
Joined: 14 Jan 2010
Posts: 4060
Location: Charleston
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
woodrim wrote:
Wow, this thread has gone all over the board - everything is covered.
_________________
Regards,
Woodrim |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
uddhava
Joined: 22 Aug 2012
Posts: 3071
Location: Hungary
Expire: 2021-06-21
|
| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:25 am Post subject: |
|
|
uddhava wrote:
| woodrim wrote: |
| Wow, this thread has gone all over the board - everything is covered. |
We're brainstorming!  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Belcanto
Joined: 17 Oct 2013
Posts: 72
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Belcanto wrote:
How do you delete a post? i tried to edit this and all of a sudden there were two copies of the same post..
_________________
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
O. Wilde
Last edited by Belcanto on Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:53 pm; edited 2 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Belcanto
Joined: 17 Oct 2013
Posts: 72
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:47 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Belcanto wrote:
I have never tried the fdn 200mm F2.8, still I find the 4.0 superior to my hexanon 4.0. Well at least regarding resolution. Konica always do nice colors and contrast. I'm just not that enthusiastic about my two hexanon 200's.
I think i might have read every post regarding 200mm mf lenses by now( probably not close  ) and boiled down to two contenders.
First the tele-tessar 200/4. It seems to trumpf my cannon fdn200 in IQ while beeing rather light weight and having a short focal length. I suppose it has internal focussing ( seems to be the reason for such short mfd. ) but the throw is longer than the cannon and that might help.
Secondly the leica 180/3.4. Heavier though not bigger. Longr mfd, so I suppose the usual helicoid,= easier to focus. With superior IQ still. One thing that attracts me ( not the price..) is that it seems to be regarded as a less contrasty lens to the zeiss. I find myself always plulling upp the shadows when pp'ing my landscape shoots, so I don't need a contrasty lens.
Having read so many other threads about 200/180mm lenses it seems I'm not alone in these matters. If we keep up this thread another 500 posts we just might reach consensus.. 
_________________
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
O. Wilde |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Search
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
