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connloyalist
Joined: 22 Jul 2020 Posts: 249 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:04 pm Post subject: Unexpected favorite lenses |
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connloyalist wrote:
I suspect that there are quite a few people on this forum who have collected a wide variety of lenses. Some people perhaps a lot wider than my humble collection.
The other day it occurred to me that some of my favorite lenses to use, the ones I reach for first, are not always the obvious ones.
For example, I love my Olympus OM 75-150mm/4.0. Perhaps I have a good example, I don't know. All I know is that it is a very late serial number. Another of my perhaps not obvious favorite lenses is my Meyer Optik Görlitz 35mm/4.5 Primagon. Yes it is slow but I like it a lot. If I need a 35mm-ish lens in a hurry that's the one I grab.
I am curious to hear if anyone else has lenses like these.
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caspert79
Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 2927 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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caspert79 wrote:
SMC Pentax 150mm f/4. A great but unusual lens. |
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papasito
Joined: 09 Jan 2015 Posts: 1658
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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papasito wrote:
Minolta Rokkor MC PF 135/2 8
Although it suffers from CA in highlights, I like how draw the image. |
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Phalbert
Joined: 17 May 2009 Posts: 359 Location: Namibia
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Phalbert wrote:
I have the Zuiko too and find it sharp. One of my fav is the Soligor 180 f3,5 preset. I may post something about it. _________________ 🙋 My wishlist: Titan or Idaho 135/1,8 Nikon Df Nikkor 105/1,8 35/1,4 85/1,4
My dream lenses: Zuiko 180/2 Prototype Zuiko 85/1,4
Zeiss CY: 55/1,2 85/1,2
Astro Berlin 250/2 Canon EF 50/1,0 85/1,2
Nikkor 105/1,4 28/1,4
My stolen stuff: Zuiko 24/2 #106874; Zuiko 35-80/2,8 #102180; Zuiko 35/2 #119168; Zuiko 90/2 macro #102858; Zuiko x1,4 converter #102019; Tamron 17/3,5 #400567; Tamron 400/4 #80407; Soligor 135/2 #17506600 Sigma 28/1,8 #1001124 |
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yoyomaoz
Joined: 31 Jul 2018 Posts: 89 Location: Adelaide
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:37 am Post subject: |
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yoyomaoz wrote:
I do not know if it could be called my absolute utmost favorite (which changes over time any way) but one "sleeper" which I did not expect is the Ricoh 50mm f1.7. I bought it for $15 Australian in an "antique" store (more a bric a brac store). I commented about it to my camera guy who said he believed that in the 1970s and 1980s as a result of the collaboration between Carl Zeiss and Yashica the latter was licensed to produce the Zeiss designed 50mm f1.7 for both themselves and other Japanese makers. I have not found absolute confirmation of this though I did somewhere see someone else suggesting something of this sort. In any event its a lovely lens. Sharp with really pleasant rendering and bokeh, though in the case of the Ricoh version it was obviously built to a price - lots of plastic etc. in the build. Optically though it is great. I recently bought the Konica badged version of the same lens which is built in the Konica livery and to a much higher build standard. When I get the chance I plan to do a comparison of the two. _________________ Peter M
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http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2014/12/02/character-style-and-mood-in-photography-part-2-by-peter-maynard/
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2017/01/10/character-style-and-mood-in-photography-part-3-by-peter-maynard/ |
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Oldhand
Joined: 01 Apr 2013 Posts: 6009 Location: Mid North Coast NSW - Australia
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
Sometime ago I was gifted an old Miranda camera from a friend
It came with an Auto Miranda E 50mm f1.8 lens
I am totally unsure who made this lens -Miranda themselves, or one of the numerous Japanese lens makers of the time.
Adapters for Mirandas are hard to find so I cobbled one together from parts so that I could shoot with it on my Fuji.
In reality I was not expecting a lot from this lens, but it surprised immediately.
It is a wonderful portrait lens on APSc and has become one of my favourites.
I searched out the Auto Miranda 50mm f1.4 which is also outstanding, but I keep coming back to the 1.8
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kansalliskala
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 5028 Location: Southern Finland countryside
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:54 am Post subject: |
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kansalliskala wrote:
Sigma AF 50/2.8 macro. _________________ MF: Kodak DCS SLR/c; Samsung NX10; OM-10; Canon T50
Zuiko 28/3.5, Distagon 35/2.8; Yashica ML 50/2;
Zuiko 50/1.4; S-M-C 120/2.8; Zuiko 135/3.5; 200/5;
Tamron AD1 135/2.8, Soligor 180/3.5; Tamron AD1 300/5.6
Tamron zooms: 01A, Z-210
Yashicaflex C; Київ 4 + Юпитер 8, 11; Polaroid 100; Olympus XA; Yashica T3
Museum stuff: Certo-Phot; Tele-Edixon 135; Polaris 90-190; Asahi Bellows; Ixus IIs
Projects: Agfa Isolette III (no shutter), Canon AE-1D (no sensor),
Nikon D80 (dead), The "Peace Camera"
AF: Canon, Tokina, Sigma Video: JVC GZ-MG275E |
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DConvert
Joined: 12 Jun 2010 Posts: 902 Location: Essex UK
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:25 am Post subject: |
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DConvert wrote:
kansalliskala wrote: |
Sigma AF 50/2.8 macro. |
AF? Not something I've ever found useful for macro.
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kansalliskala
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 5028 Location: Southern Finland countryside
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:35 am Post subject: |
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kansalliskala wrote:
DConvert wrote: |
kansalliskala wrote: |
Sigma AF 50/2.8 macro. |
AF? Not something I've ever found useful for macro.
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This one actually works even handheld, been using it for 12 years. _________________ MF: Kodak DCS SLR/c; Samsung NX10; OM-10; Canon T50
Zuiko 28/3.5, Distagon 35/2.8; Yashica ML 50/2;
Zuiko 50/1.4; S-M-C 120/2.8; Zuiko 135/3.5; 200/5;
Tamron AD1 135/2.8, Soligor 180/3.5; Tamron AD1 300/5.6
Tamron zooms: 01A, Z-210
Yashicaflex C; Київ 4 + Юпитер 8, 11; Polaroid 100; Olympus XA; Yashica T3
Museum stuff: Certo-Phot; Tele-Edixon 135; Polaris 90-190; Asahi Bellows; Ixus IIs
Projects: Agfa Isolette III (no shutter), Canon AE-1D (no sensor),
Nikon D80 (dead), The "Peace Camera"
AF: Canon, Tokina, Sigma Video: JVC GZ-MG275E |
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Doc Sharptail
Joined: 23 Nov 2020 Posts: 994 Location: Winnipeg Canada
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Doc Sharptail wrote:
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Biggest surprise of the year was this one. S.C. Nikkor 50mm f1.4 shown on Nikkormat FT-N
I have only used it on film, and it seems to work well.
While not the greatest color rendition, due to it's early "blue" coatings, it does everything else quite well.
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Quick snap portrait at about 3 feet with the Nikkormat ~ wide open at f1.4 and 1/125 sec.
Very dense mid-day over cast. Image is a phone copy with heavy reflections of a low resolution digital print, which is the only way to get them around here these days. Cheap Kodak C-41 400 speed film.
I had an 8 x 10 print done of this, and the lab did an excellent job with the color and resolution.
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Another pleasant surprise was this Nikkor Q 135mm f3.5, shown on the F-3.
The factory bullet case is a very nice touch.
This 135 has the smallest physical dimensions I've seen in a 135.
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With the Q at f5.6 and FT-N 1/125 sec at about 4 feet. Same film as above. Late winter goose berries still on the vine.
Another phone copy of a low resolution digital print.
-D.S. _________________
D-810, F2, FTN.
35mm f2 O.C. nikkor
50 f2 H nikkor, 50 f 1.4 AI-s, 135 f3.5 Q,
50 f2 K nikkor 2x, 28-85mm f3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 35-105 3.5-4.5 A/I-s, 200mm f4 Micro A/I, partial list.
"Ain't no half-way" -S.R.V.
"Oh Yeah... Alright" -Paul Simon |
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jamaeolus
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 2931 Location: Eugene
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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jamaeolus wrote:
Schneider tele arton 85mm f4. Slow and unless you use a helicoid adapter mfd is not good but I just love the FL and the images it gets me. _________________ photos are moments frozen in time |
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
A lens that has been an unexpected treat for me -- for the past 35 years or so -- has been the Canon FL 35mm f/2.5. I just like this lens. I've always liked the edge to edge sharpness it has.
Here's an old Kodachrome slide I took shortly after I bought the lens -- about 35 years ago. The contrast got a little blocked up in the dupe, which really isn't so great a dupe anyway (note all the sensor dust spots), but there's enough detail to get the point across.
_________________ Michael
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3462 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
cooltouch wrote: |
A lens that has been an unexpected treat for me -- for the past 35 years or so -- has been the Canon FL 35mm f/2.5. I just like this lens. I've always liked the edge to edge sharpness it has. |
I was just about to mention this lens when I saw your post.
Another lens I love is my Olympus OM 28mm f3.5 which on full frame at f8 is sharp right into the corners. I have the f2.8 version too, but my copy is not as good as the slower lens. I've recently bought a Pentax K 28mm f3.5 which is even better, a beautiful lens. _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon
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papasito
Joined: 09 Jan 2015 Posts: 1658
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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papasito wrote:
Oldhand wrote: |
Sometime ago I was gifted an old Miranda camera from a friend
It came with an Auto Miranda E 50mm f1.8 lens
I am totally unsure who made this lens -Miranda themselves, or one of the numerous Japanese lens makers of the time.
Adapters for Mirandas are hard to find so I cobbled one together from parts so that I could shoot with it on my Fuji.
In reality I was not expecting a lot from this lens, but it surprised immediately.
It is a wonderful portrait lens on APSc and has become one of my favourites.
I searched out the Auto Miranda 50mm f1.4 which is also outstanding, but I keep coming back to the 1.8
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Agree. Great lens. Did you use it in FF? |
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Oldhand
Joined: 01 Apr 2013 Posts: 6009 Location: Mid North Coast NSW - Australia
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
papasito wrote: |
Oldhand wrote: |
Sometime ago I was gifted an old Miranda camera from a friend
It came with an Auto Miranda E 50mm f1.8 lens
I am totally unsure who made this lens -Miranda themselves, or one of the numerous Japanese lens makers of the time.
Adapters for Mirandas are hard to find so I cobbled one together from parts so that I could shoot with it on my Fuji.
In reality I was not expecting a lot from this lens, but it surprised immediately.
It is a wonderful portrait lens on APSc and has become one of my favourites.
I searched out the Auto Miranda 50mm f1.4 which is also outstanding, but I keep coming back to the 1.8
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Agree. Great lens. Did you use it in FF? |
Yes, I was going to run some film through the Miranda but I have not done that yet.
Life is very busy at the moment, but I will try it with film over the next month and let you know.
My friend has many images made with it, mostly slide film from his travels and it produces beautiful results.
Tom |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7785 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
My fascination with old MF lenses seems to be based on the premise of me being 'cheap'. I have a few nice lenses that are possibly worth a bit of money because they are very good lenses, I have a few nice AF lenses that I bought new with various digital cameras, stunning lenses...that I rarely use.
On a wet and grey day, I'll pick a big old slow lens and go walking deep in the woods, I'll walk into town....with a 500 mirror lens. I like the challenge, I like to push the lens and myself.
Over time there's a core of lenses I keep going back to, there are good and expensive lenses in that core, and at the center long lenses seem to be prominent. I like 100's, I have too many 135's, I never go out without a 200. And it's usually the Dollonds S 200 / 3.5 (AKA Vivitar / Tokina and many others ) or the Rokkor QF 200 / 3.5. Both of these lenses feel like an extension of my vision, I adore them ( along with most of my 200's ) The Dollonds is a delight, the multi bladed bokeh is superb, the Rokkor is infuriating in strong sunlight, but I can forgive that, it's wonderful.
_________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me.
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papasito
Joined: 09 Jan 2015 Posts: 1658
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:47 am Post subject: |
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papasito wrote:
Oldhand
Thanks. Will be very appreciated |
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hasenbein
Joined: 15 May 2020 Posts: 93
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:09 am Post subject: |
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hasenbein wrote:
The Contax-Zeiss 28-85mm f3.3-4.
Had read about it as "big and heavy and a bit weaker than the 35-70".
But in February I bought one anyway because I simply was curious whether I could have that Zeiss quality I loved so much in the 35-70 with a broader zoom range.
Boy, what a surprise! Immediately after the first test snaps it became obvious that this is a completely different beast than the 35-70. While the 35-70 is about perfect sharpness, great contrast and in-your-face realism "as you saw it", the 28-85 is a character lens!
But not the typical "vintage" character lens which is about charming optical flaws. It is optically really good, except that on the wide end the corners are not so great. What baffled me was the BOKEH of this lens. Totally smooth! Together with its relatively low contrast, wide open shooting at the long end gets you really uniquely atmospheric photos, for instance in woodland and nature photography.
I LOVE to go out with this lens (it already has contributed 3 photos to my calendar this year), and the size and weight don't bother me at all.
The zoom creep I could alleviate with some Dymo tape. |
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benadamx
Joined: 25 Feb 2019 Posts: 329
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:53 am Post subject: |
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benadamx wrote:
i accidentally got a Tamron SP 01A 35-80mm F/2.8-3.8 along with some other stuff, and i keep going back to it as a walking-around lens (and almost never use the other lens it came with)
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Phalbert
Joined: 17 May 2009 Posts: 359 Location: Namibia
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:10 am Post subject: |
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Phalbert wrote:
Hi Lloydy. I do have a Marexar identical to your Dollonds but it never gets sharp enough at any aperture. But still using it... _________________ 🙋 My wishlist: Titan or Idaho 135/1,8 Nikon Df Nikkor 105/1,8 35/1,4 85/1,4
My dream lenses: Zuiko 180/2 Prototype Zuiko 85/1,4
Zeiss CY: 55/1,2 85/1,2
Astro Berlin 250/2 Canon EF 50/1,0 85/1,2
Nikkor 105/1,4 28/1,4
My stolen stuff: Zuiko 24/2 #106874; Zuiko 35-80/2,8 #102180; Zuiko 35/2 #119168; Zuiko 90/2 macro #102858; Zuiko x1,4 converter #102019; Tamron 17/3,5 #400567; Tamron 400/4 #80407; Soligor 135/2 #17506600 Sigma 28/1,8 #1001124 |
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jmkmva
Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Posts: 78 Location: MidAtlantic US
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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jmkmva wrote:
Like Papasito noted above, the lens that pleasantly surprised me most were the Minolta MC Tele Rokkor PF 135mm f2.8 and the Minolta MC Rokkor X 135mm f2.8.
There is something about these six element lenses that seem to produce. They are lenses I use almost exclusively in this focal length. |
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9097 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
Benadamx, if you do a search here on that Tamron 35-80, you will find a lot of positive reviews. It is one of Tamron's sharpest zooms, comparing favorably with very sharp primes. And if you take a look at its page over at adaptall-2.com, you can see why:
http://adaptall-2.com/lenses/01A.html
Its performance in the "sweet spot" at 80mm is amazing. I bought one because of all the positive reviews I read on it, but I must admit that I haven't used mine much yet. I have a 1.5x crop-sensor digital, so the resulting ~50-120mm in actual 35mm format is not useful for much other than portraiture, I suppose. I dunno, I guess if it's the only lens one has, one makes use of its abilities within its range. _________________ Michael
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My Flickr Page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/11308754@N08/albums
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kansalliskala
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 5028 Location: Southern Finland countryside
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:36 am Post subject: |
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kansalliskala wrote:
cooltouch wrote: |
http://adaptall-2.com/lenses/01A.html
Its performance in the "sweet spot" at 80mm is amazing. I bought one because of all the positive reviews I read on it, but I must admit that I haven't used mine much yet. |
I bought 2 but sold both, didn't really know how to use it .. _________________ MF: Kodak DCS SLR/c; Samsung NX10; OM-10; Canon T50
Zuiko 28/3.5, Distagon 35/2.8; Yashica ML 50/2;
Zuiko 50/1.4; S-M-C 120/2.8; Zuiko 135/3.5; 200/5;
Tamron AD1 135/2.8, Soligor 180/3.5; Tamron AD1 300/5.6
Tamron zooms: 01A, Z-210
Yashicaflex C; Київ 4 + Юпитер 8, 11; Polaroid 100; Olympus XA; Yashica T3
Museum stuff: Certo-Phot; Tele-Edixon 135; Polaris 90-190; Asahi Bellows; Ixus IIs
Projects: Agfa Isolette III (no shutter), Canon AE-1D (no sensor),
Nikon D80 (dead), The "Peace Camera"
AF: Canon, Tokina, Sigma Video: JVC GZ-MG275E |
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D1N0
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 2495
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:44 am Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
I also have the Tamron Adaptall-2 35-70mm F/3.5 Model 17A It is almost as good as the 1A and can be found very cheap. It is also more compact and 65 grams lighter.
Geranium window by The lens profile, on Flickr _________________ pentaxian |
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jamaeolus
Joined: 19 Mar 2014 Posts: 2931 Location: Eugene
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jamaeolus wrote:
Nice shot! _________________ photos are moments frozen in time |
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