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Steinheil Munchen Quinar 135mm f2.8 with Fuji X-E1
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Wonderful and lovely lens with a great camera for MF Lenses.


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Like Dog

Have not use mine for a while because it is not balanced on my old camera. Must bring it out when I can find a right the right subjects for it.


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Beautiful lens! Congrats


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Thank you.


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It looks to be in very good condition,what is the glass like? I simply love my XE-1,it's such a lovely camera, simple to use....a bit heavy with the grip, but with the longer lenses it balances out nicely. The rose images are my favorite.


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Indeed great lens and good shots! Like 1 small Like 1 small Like 1 small


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Thank you Klaus.

Hello Moïra and thanks too.
The glass is clear. Some dust points inside but no incidence on pictures so I think I'll let it like that.
Rings are very smooth.

This lens is a pleasure to look at and to use. Smile
I'm pleased with the Fuji X-E1 combo, as well as with the 5D MkII.


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Good news,if there is only dust on the glass its worth leaving it alone.


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Superb! And that's a handsome piece of hardware!


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Thank you.
Nice Flickr from Arizona. Wink


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Beautiful lens. Congrats!


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Thank you Kuato.
It is beautiful and has nice features such as : f2.8 of course, 1.00 meter mini distance focus, 10 blades diaph.


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Beautiful lens!

I picked up the black (Zebra?) version Auto D Quinar recently but haven't had time to play with it - I was shocked at how small it is (not much bigger than average 50mm ). Surprisingly it has 5 blade aperture.


How different is it from this one?


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Hello Starlights.

Is your Auto D Quinar 2.8/135mm like this one ? (M42 mount, 5 elements, 3 groups, 7 blades, 90mm long, 54mm filter thread, 1,70m min focusing distance).
http://aflenses.net/id/32271/steinheil_munchen_auto-d-tele-quinar_135mm_f28-32_m42_06


It is very different from this silver Quinar 2.8/135mm M42 mount :
M42 mount, 5 elements, 3 groups, 54mm filter thread as yours, but 10 blades, 682grs, 130mm long, 1,00m min focusing distance, preset aperture ring, tripod mount.


Else, here are some other sample pictures.
On Olympus Pen E-P2 (so, equivalent to 270mm) :
http://forum.mflenses.com/steinheil-munchen-quinar-135mm-2-8-on-pen-e-p2-t49002,highlight,%2Bquinar+%2B135mm.html
On Canon Eos 40D (eq 216mm) :
http://forum.mflenses.com/steinheil-muenchen-quinar-2-8-135-t19698,highlight,%2Bquinar+%2B135.html
http://forum.mflenses.com/steinheil-muenchen-quinar-2-8-135-in-action-t30089,highlight,%2Bquinar+%2B135.html
http://forum.mflenses.com/quinar-2-8-135-t20435,highlight,%2Bquinar+%2B135.html
http://forum.mflenses.com/steinheil-quinar-2-8-135-silverado-t30408,highlight,%2Bquinar+%2B135.html


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Olivier
Thank you for responding.

Yes, the lens i have looks exactly like the one you posted the link for, except i don't have the hood, and it has only 5 aperture blades. I couldn't find much information on it. Its a tiny lens. I was surprised how small it is when i first held it.

Its been raining here for the past few days and i didn't get a chance to properly try it, however from a few quick indoor test shots it looks promising. I was surprised about the 5 blade diaphragm.


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It seems that 5 blades diaph is quite uncommon for this lens.
I cab't find any information on this.

You should open a new topic on this lens with photos of it and sample shots, and ask for more informations.
Maybe forum friends have explanations. Wink


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Olivier wrote:
It seems that 5 blades diaph is quite uncommon for this lens.
I cab't find any information on this.

You should open a new topic on this lens with photos of it and sample shots, and ask for more informations.
Maybe forum friends have explanations. Wink


Started its own thread here: http://forum.mflenses.com/steinheil-munchen-auto-d-quinar-135mm-f2-8-the-little-guy-t73556.html


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Thank you Starlights.
Very fine sample shots which show well the Steinheil quality.
Maybe we'll have answers about the 5 blades.