Forever keeper lenses

Helios · Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 537 Location: East of France

Pentax-A 1,4/50
Smc-Takumar 1,8/55
Pentax-K 3,5/35
Pentax-M 2,8/28
Mir-47 2,5/20
Flektogon 2,8/20
Flektogon 2,4/35
Czj Biotar 2/58
Czj Pancolar 1,8/50
Smc Takumar 4/100
Smc Takumar 1,8/85
Helios-40-2
Angénieux 2,5/90 3,5/135
Astro-Berlin Telastan 200
Schneider Xenon 2/100 1,9/50
Jupiter-9
Smc Takumar 4/200
Industar-22 (ltm) and 50-2
Helios-44 m4
Taďr-3 4,5/300
Telemegor 5,6/500
3M5CA 8/500
Soligor 8/800
Rokkor 2,5/100
Rokkor hh 1,8/35
Rokkor pg 1,4/50
Rokkor mc 3,5/28

BenediktW · Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 336 Location: Solingen, Germany

To me, the definitive list (of those I own) looks like that:

- Nikkor 20mm F4
(best wide angle prime I know, wonderful textures and contrasts)

- Mamiya Sekor/SX 28m F2,8
(great sharpness, best colours from a lens I ever saw)

- Nikkor 50mm F2 Ai
(sharpest lens I know, image character surprisingly similar to the 20mm F4)

- Nikkor 200mm F4
(very sharp tele prime, could be a little more contrasty, but it is so cheap to have that there is no reason not to have one or sell it)

- AF-Nikkor 24mm F2,8
(nice AF prime, great resolution especially in closer distances, no flaws except for slight CAs wide open, optically unchanged from the 24mm F2,8 Ais, for 120€ a real keeper, I use it on the D50 like the classic 35mm on film)

- AF-Nikkor 28-105mm F3,5-4,5D IF
(I would never have expected such an image quality from a zoom. I was a prime lens fan before I discovered the advantages of manual focus lenses in detail, but this lens is one of those great exceptions which prove the rule. I love it as a travel lens, for shots out of the car, for every purpose where variability counts.)

I´m curious if there will be additions to this list in the near future, I would like to be able to add a 35er, but my budget is a bit restricted at this time.

Greetings
Benedikt