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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:49 pm Post subject: [C&C] Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 55mm F1.8 - FE-Mount - on FF |
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ForenSeil wrote:
That lens is simply awesome!
I wish there where more lenses like this
Unfortunately lens lens was used stopped down here up to F16 and 1/13-1/160s so these samples are not optimal for pixel peeping
(It's a german friend of mine who's rapping chinese in China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Bo2FkZcTQ) _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
(German language)
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rbelyell
Joined: 13 Oct 2009 Posts: 4269 Location: somewhere in the mountains of central NY
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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rbelyell wrote:
nicely done! _________________ Epson RD1 + Elmarit 21/2.8; Summarit 50/1.5; Summarit 75/2.5; Elmar-c 90/4; Sankyo Komura 135/2.8, Hektor 135/4.5; Braun Paxina 29 6x6; Photax Boyer Paris; Holga 120 Pano
GREAT STUFF FOR SALE:
Contax T
Hasselblad XPan + 45/4, 90/4
Kodak Retina Reflex IV + full set of Schneider Krueznach lenses
Mercury 2 half frame 35mm
Kodak Pro slr/n
Fuji GM670+100/3.5+65/8!
Praktisix 6x6 medium format + ZeissBiometar 120/2.8
Bessa T 101 Anniversary Edition in Navy Blue
Mamiya Six Folder with Zuiko 75/3.5
Adaptall: Tamron SP 28-85 macro
Cameras: Canon IX
PM for more complete descriptions/pix. All in great shape!
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'buy me a drink, sing me a song,
take me as i come 'cause i can't stay long' |
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
Thx!
I've added a few more from that session _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
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barryreid
Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 285 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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barryreid wrote:
It's off the hook. An astounding bit of glass, even on a NEX-6. _________________ Canon + Contax + Minolta + Nikon + Olympus + Pentax + Yashica = Adaptall-2 |
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rbelyell
Joined: 13 Oct 2009 Posts: 4269 Location: somewhere in the mountains of central NY
Expire: 2014-01-31
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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rbelyell wrote:
it appears this could be the best zeiss glass i a while. the 35/2 on my rx1 is very close, but i think this 55 is a bit better.
tony _________________ Epson RD1 + Elmarit 21/2.8; Summarit 50/1.5; Summarit 75/2.5; Elmar-c 90/4; Sankyo Komura 135/2.8, Hektor 135/4.5; Braun Paxina 29 6x6; Photax Boyer Paris; Holga 120 Pano
GREAT STUFF FOR SALE:
Contax T
Hasselblad XPan + 45/4, 90/4
Kodak Retina Reflex IV + full set of Schneider Krueznach lenses
Mercury 2 half frame 35mm
Kodak Pro slr/n
Fuji GM670+100/3.5+65/8!
Praktisix 6x6 medium format + ZeissBiometar 120/2.8
Bessa T 101 Anniversary Edition in Navy Blue
Mamiya Six Folder with Zuiko 75/3.5
Adaptall: Tamron SP 28-85 macro
Cameras: Canon IX
PM for more complete descriptions/pix. All in great shape!
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'buy me a drink, sing me a song,
take me as i come 'cause i can't stay long' |
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
The bokeh now sometimes reminds slightly me of Jupiter-3 50/1.5, especially when used in potrait distance.
Like the 50/1.5 Sonnar the bokeh is a little wild wide open.
Wide open performance of that lens is the best I've ever had with any lens and IQ get's overhelming good at F4 from corner to corner, technically even slightly beats Summicron-M 50/2 or Zeiss ZM Planar 50/2 and other fancy manual lenses, lens is simply incredible
_________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
(German language)
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
Sharpness is insane! Like digital medium format! With A7r it would be even better.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54671350@N02/13315418373/sizes/o/in/photostream
Can't wait to buy an 54MP Sony A9 for the ultimate pixel porn experience
Setup:
Sony A7, Sonnar 55/1.8, Yonguo YN560II+small softbox on camera, two cheap chinese studio flashes as slaves for sides and background, background is only simple crinkly white bed sheet tissue
All 3 are OOC B/W JPEGs.
_________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
One more sample to show some more bokeh (also wide open)
Much more pics of this series are in my Flickr stream
Only major drawback I found on the lens so far is that in contrasty light the contrast of the picture can be unnaturaly strong and you have to push blacks and whites a lot to get more details, which can make pic look even more unnatural.
Today I had problems with over-saturrated blacks like in this sample without any PP: https://www.flickr.com/photos/54671350@N02/13611331984/in/photostream/lightbox/ , in all samples from above I had to recover much from black holes and outburned white areas. In bad light this could be a huge benifit though. _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
(German language)
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
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_________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
(German language)
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ManualFocus-G
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 6624 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
So very Zeiss! That last one has pop in spades _________________ Graham - Moderator
Shooter of choice: Fujifilm X-T20 with M42, PB and C/Y lenses
See my Flickr photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualfocus-g |
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my_photography
Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 2772 Location: Pearl of the Orient
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:48 am Post subject: |
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my_photography wrote:
Love all those photos of the dogs. _________________
Zeiss: CJZ Flektogon 20/2.8, CJZ Flektogon 20/4, , CJZ Pentacon 29/2.8, CJZ Flektogon 35/2.4, CJZ Pancolar 50/1.8, Tessar 50/2.8, Biotar 7.5cm/1.5, CJZ Pancolar 80/1.8, CJZ Sonnar 135/3.5, CJZ Pentacon 135/2.8 CJZ Sonnar 200/2.8
Other Germany: Meyer Primoplan 50/1.8, Meyer Trioplan 100/2.8
Takumar: SMC 50/1.4 Super Tak 55/2, Super Tak 85/1.9, S-M-C 135/3.5, Super Tak 150/4
Russian: Zenith 16/2.8, Mir-24M 2/35, Volna-9 50/2.8, Helios 44M (58/2), Helios 44M-3 MC (58/2), Helios 40 (85/1.5), Tair 11A (135/2.8 )
Others: Sears 28/2.8, Sankor 35/2.8, Enna M�nchen Tele-Ennalyt 135/3.5
Zoom Sigma Zoom 28-85/3.5-4.5
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Mark
Joined: 01 Dec 2012 Posts: 251 Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Mark wrote:
ForenSeil wrote: |
The bokeh now sometimes reminds slightly me of Jupiter-3 50/1.5, especially when used in potrait distance.
Like the 50/1.5 Sonnar the bokeh is a little wild wide open.
Wide open performance of that lens is the best I've ever had with any lens and IQ get's overhelming good at F4 from corner to corner, technically even slightly beats Summicron-M 50/2 or Zeiss ZM Planar 50/2 and other fancy manual lenses, lens is simply incredible
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Nice one! Btw the dog shots seem to be a bit oversaturated for me; is it the lens or just the processing? (I had the same feeling when browsing pics made with Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-80mm ZA on flickr. My ZE Planar seems to work a bit differently.) _________________ Latest post on my blog (no new posts):
http://lightbeam-photography.blogspot.hu/2013/10/sword-lilies.html |
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RSalles
Joined: 12 Aug 2012 Posts: 1373 Location: Brazil - RS / South
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:44 am Post subject: |
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RSalles wrote:
Amazing!
Renato |
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bhargav
Joined: 24 Nov 2011 Posts: 938 Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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bhargav wrote:
Stunning series, all great photos. This surely has Zeiss signature all over. On the wish list but could be there for a while! _________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/58547200@N00/ |
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
@Mark - I like it a tad oversaturrated, I had my "vivid" filter in camera activated
Here a few more Vivids, all wide open
(Use "Strg"+"-" to resize if your monitor is too small)
_DSC4094 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
_DSC4103 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
_DSC4327 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
_DSC5362 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
_DSC9461 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
ISO 20k - No PP!!!
_DSC6910 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
_DSC7304 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
ISO 8k
_DSC7277 by Chloressigsäureethylester, on Flickr
(on these events I wish I hade an A7s ) _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
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Rick1779
Joined: 17 May 2013 Posts: 1207 Location: Italy
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Rick1779 wrote:
I shouldn't have read this topic _________________ TELLTALE
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ForenSeil
Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 2726 Location: Kiel, Germany.
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
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_DSC1309 _________________ I'm not a collector, I'm a tester
My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
My Blog: http://picturechemistry.own-blog.com/
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dan_
Joined: 05 Dec 2012 Posts: 1052 Location: Romania
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Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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dan_ wrote:
This lens lens should be forbidden.
It made me unhappy.
After getting it the sharpness of all my beloved older lenses seems, suddenly, poorer. |
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16498 Location: Weinheim, Germany
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Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
dan_ wrote: |
This lens lens should be forbidden.
It made me unhappy.
After getting it the sharpness of all my beloved older lenses seems, suddenly, poorer. |
_________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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calvin83
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7548 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
dan_ wrote: |
This lens lens should be forbidden.
It made me unhappy.
After getting it the sharpness of all my beloved older lenses seems, suddenly, poorer. |
There are many other things apart from resolution and contrast.
P.S. I have one too but it is not a working copy. _________________ https://lensfever.com/
https://www.instagram.com/_lens_fever/
The best lens is the one you have with you. |
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OPAL
Joined: 11 Dec 2012 Posts: 354
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 11:14 am Post subject: |
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OPAL wrote:
dan_ wrote: |
This lens lens should be forbidden.
It made me unhappy.
After getting it the sharpness of all my beloved older lenses seems, suddenly, poorer. |
Mr. CARTIER BRESSOM said - sharpness is a bourgois term! |
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