What's the latest lens you added to your collection?

[guardian]

[calvin83]

[jamaeolus]

What does that even mean? Too many lensess? I have some I would relinquish but, far more I covet: minolta md 58mm 1.2,topcon 85mm 1.8 zeiss galore.........my most recent samples with the schneider tele arton 90mm f4 dkl with pixco helical on a7ii (I think you will like....)

[kds315*]

[marcusBMG]

A nice example in PK mount of one of the classic 17mm for a reasonable price - most often these or the tamrons bid up towards £100+. First impressions good - I'll post some pics.
Lens pic with my sigma miniwide 28mm.

[sajualex1]

Acquired a Helios 44-2 zebra Serial number 0028529 for Usd:40/-

[chudy128314]

I've bought some more projection lenses lately and done some sorting. I guess I'm hoarder now .

Lenses with helical groove on the body (easy to adapt):



Lenses without any groove (hard to adapt):



A lot of work ahead of me adapting them to usable form.

[sergtum]

[TrueLoveOne]

[kds315*]

[chudy128314]

Until I start converting them I'm a hoarder, that's bad. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately...) that's a hobby, not my daily job, so I don't feel pressure and, for an instance, I've collected 32 pieces of soviet 50/1.2 projection lenses. That wasn't smart . Anyway, it's addictive.

[iangreenhalgh1]

I'm in the middle of organising and cataloging my collection and after finding three lenses I didn't even know I had last week, this week I've found four more!

Porst X-M 1.6/50 (rebranded X-Fujinon)
Yashinon DS-M 1.7/50 M42
Yashica ML 1.9/50
CZJ Triotar 4/135 Exakta

I think I need to have a rationalisation and sell a few items soon....

[guardian]

A very nice Konica Hexanon AR lens arrived today. It is the 35mm f2. The lens is new, actually:

Click here to see on Ebay then click see original listing

I already owned a (used) copy of this lens and never expected to own a second copy. But when this lens popped up at the price it did, I was not able to resist purchase. Also was pleased to obtain the brand new, correct, hood, and the two new cases. The new hood and case alone would probably sell for between ten and twenty US dollars.

[guardian]

A 35mm Vorn preset, T-mount with m42 adapter, showed up today in splendid shape. I am thinking this is probably made by Tokina (not sure).

It's a small lens. I like it because I like preset lenses in general, and because the Vorn lenses are a bit less commonplace than some other brands.

Here is the auction:

Click here to see on Ebay then click see original listing

Here are a couple photos of the lens:

[TrueLoveOne]

[marcusBMG]

There seem to be two main varieties of the preset t-mount 35mm lenses: one type has the aperture rings at the front of the lens, the other at the rear by the mount. I reviewed a vivitar branded one of the latter on PF. Yours guardian looks more like the one in the P&B brochure.

[nikono]

[guardian]

Very nice (except for fungus) Hexanon 24mm showed up today. Here it is:




Fungus is in the rear element(s). Not sure I can eradicate, but will try. Good challenge.

Lens actually can be used as is. Fungus is not especially heavy.

Here is the auction:

Click here to see on Ebay then click see original listing

[iangreenhalgh1]

[TrueLoveOne]

[kds315*]

(Prinz) Galaxy = SOLIGOR

[visualopsins]

[iangreenhalgh1]

I don't know who made it, but it's a common lens and seen in many brandings.

http://m42lens.com/m42-lens-database/1201-prinz-galaxy-35mm-f-3-5-22

Prinz and Prinz Galazy are the same distributor, I wouldn't be surprised if Galaxy is another name they used.

Soligor was another distributor, not a manufacturer. They did sell a T mount 3.5/35 that I think is the same lens, it is certainly very, very similar, differing only in cosmetics:

http://m42lens.com/m42-lens-database/545-soligor-35mm-f-3-5-22-v2

From memory, I had one where the optical block just fell out one day, and it had very severe field curvature so that the edges were never in focus if the centre was and this was on an APS-C sized sensor so it would have been worse on 35mm/full frame.

There are 3 copies in this pic, branded Crystar, Photax and Prinzgalaxy:


(c) Boon Tang

Apparently it's suitable for UV photography:

http://myphotojourney.co.uk/35mm-f3-5-lens-shootout-conclusion/

This page suggests the maker is Kyoei Acall:

http://www.savazzi.net/photography/35soligor.html

[TrueLoveOne]

That Soligor lens with the "KA" serial looks the same, apparently there are versions with the aperture ring at the mount side. But according to the Savazzi site the optical layout is exactly the same......
For such a common lens (which i did not know, i had never seen another one!) there are indeed quite some variations and names.....

I'll mount it on the A7 today.

[iangreenhalgh1]

Good luck, I hope yours is better than the one I had.