I should stop buying - possibly - maybe now I should

Oldhand · Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:23 pm Post subject:

Another cup of tea and a good lie down should fix it.
Nice find.
OH

TrueLoveOne · Expire: 2013-12-24

A Pancolar for SO little money!!! OMG ! Shocked

That is worth breaking rules...... (several if necessary, lol!)

Congrats on that find!!

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

I looked at a scruffy Pancolar today at the camera fair, well worn but optically OK. It was priced at £45. That was a steal at £3 Shocked

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

I hadn't been back long when I posted a little earlier.

Thank you, I will need a lay down and a good cuppa.

I didn't think twice about buying the CZ, it felt just right to part with the money and break the rule (again).

So, I have just been in the garden and took some photos with it: these are straight off the camera - only resized as I have noticed the requirements Embarassed

F5.6 (although it seems to step in smaller stops), I even remembered to keep the little lever pulled, 1/125 (a little slow)

Wide open, 1/2000

Wide open, 1/2000 in black and white mode setting on camera

F5.6, 1/320 black and white mode setting on camera

Another lens to get used to. I will get some shots up using the Pentacon 1.8/5.0. This has a similar button to close the iris - purchased from a completely different car boot (actually a stall generally beside the car/van).

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

Back in from the garden, I hope the plant doesn't mind its picture taken.

A couple of shots with the Pentacon 1.8/5 0 at ISO 400

F5.6 1/200

F5.6 1/160

Wide open 1/1000

This seems to be a good lens also, although the only niggle (I could fix the auto pin in place) is the position of the iris button. It probably shouldn't be used in the manner in which I press it and then take the shot, but it works.

nurkov · Expire: 2014-03-09

this pentacon is my fav lens it is really good an I do have and posted some pics on this forum to prove it Smile

TrueLoveOne · Expire: 2013-12-24

Yep, they are both great lenses!! And the Pentacon is really underrated! I have all different versions as well as the original design, the Meyer Oreston 1.8/50 zebra.

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

I think everyone on this forum sooner or later learns the same thing about collecting lenses, or maybe I should say "gathering" lenses. I have way too many lenses, but relatively few when compared to others on this forum. For sure, there is a thrill in getting a lens very inexpensively, especially a very good one, but getting just another average to good lens for cheap will be a short lived thrill. If this is weekend entertainment for you, then have fun; it sure doesn't cost you much. But if the objective is to acquire a fine collection of lenses, you're putting small bits of money out that could be saved for some really good glass. And really good does not necessarily mean expensive, but sometimes does. I've gotten to the point where I don't look for anything but just a very few that have escaped my bargain shopping. I know I don't need another lens just because it's a different brand than what I have.

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

nurkov,

TrueLoveOne · Expire: 2013-12-24

Yours is a direct re-brand with some cosmetic changes of the Meyer original. The Meyer has the same button. It's a DOF preview button. Later versions are multi-coated, these aren't.

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

woodrim,

I wouldn't call it entertainment waking up at 5am every morning sometimes 4am, and I don't want to amass a lot of lenses.

Thankfully the ones that I have purchased for a few quid here and there will get used for various different subjects and some have only been purchased for the video function on the K-x, they will never be used for still photography.

As I have mentioned, I will only buy what will fit and work with my camera and mounts, although I will not go and purchase another Minolta MD mount lens. The 2 I have are adequate 45mm Rokkor (£4) and 200mm Paragon (£5)

Again, as for Exakta mounts, I have a very nice 135mm Tamron twin-tele (£eight pounds), the 35mm Steinheil Munchen (£0.99), and a 50mm Meritar (£0.99) and AICO pre-set 135mm 3.5 with 2 x converter (£0.99) .

In the P/k mount, I have the odd Welmy 28mm 2.5 (£5), 135mm 3.5 Super Takumar (£1.99), Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm (£4), Cosina 200mm 1.4 (£4.99), 28mm auto Chinon (£4.99) and the 2 kit lenses that came with the K-x.

M42, 28mm 2.8 Cosinon (£4.00), Korvette 135 3.5 (£3.00), the 2 I got today (£8.00), 200 Optomax pre set lens (£10), 100mm Hanimex (£8.00) and the 2 different types of Helios that came with the Zenit cameras (£3 & £4.99).

I have spent £90 on all the above including Cokin A filters and holders (£0.25p each), rubber hoods (£0.25p each), Hoya filters (5 for £1.00) and I have managed to get some decent gear inexpensively. I like most don't have money to waste, so I am choosey and leave many well alone. If I need to haggle then I will but generally I don't as the prices given always seem too low.

The only thing I would like to find now is another 100mm, either in Exakta mount or P/K mount and I will happily pass others on by, unless friends and work colleagues ask me to look for them.

I will also happily look for bargains for folks on here if they so require, but note, if I don't think it is worth it then I leave it alone.

kyonthinh · Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Posts: 222 Location: Germany

I think that Pancolar has yellow glass, doesnt it?

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

kyonthinh · Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Posts: 222 Location: Germany

I havent seen Pancolar 50 with yellow glass much. Very Happy

Btw, 3 Pounds for that lens is a steal.

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

parabellumfoto · Joined: 06 Apr 2013 Posts: 413 Location: Sydney, Australia

Wow!

What a find and also a good story.

I had a good chuckle reading this.

Well done Zelda.

Laughing

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

parabellumfoto, Thank you!!

I thought I would try and make it a little funny as I did not intend to buy any camera stuff and they were exceptional finds for the money.

What did I not buy yesterday,

M42 Fujinon 50mm, broken plastic trim on focusing ring
M42 Japanese Helios (macro zoom lens, can't remember range), missing focus grip band, tape in its place
Zenit TTL c/w Helios 44M-?
Zenit E c/w Helios 44M-?
Yashica
Minolta

As usual I will be venturing there this coming Sunday, if I find one lens cheap and interesting, then I will mention it here (if anyone wants it for the price mentioned + shipping) then it can move to the relevant part of the site for trading. One stipulation, if it is extremely good value please do not put it on ebay or any other site to sell for a quick profit as that is not what it is intended for and it will spoil it for others especially if I am willing to share any bargain finds with the community over the coming weeks/months.

To make it fair for everybody, it will not be sold to the 1st private message, this is due to this site being visited by fellow enthusiasts from different time zones who will not be expected to be awake at 3am in the morning. If I find something of interest and it interests you please write a brief description of why you and your photography will benefit from it and post it here. But please, if it will not benefit you, by all means look and comment but do not write a description, something else may come along that you will want.

As for deciding who will get the item out of the participants (hopefully thousands of new forum members won't suddenly appear all wanting it), forum names will be put into a box and one will be chosen at random, this will be drawn by an independent person (someone at work who prefers gnomes) and the lucky winner will be notified by a private message. I will try and remember to video this procedure just in case people want to check that it is all above board.

Maybe, just maybe, I can get you a bargain Carl Zeiss, a Pentacon or similar lens for cheap. Yes it is a bit of fun and I won't be successful every week, hopefully the moderators/admin will not be too hard on me.

The item will always be packaged securely, and posted using an (international) signed for service to the winners home/paypal registered address.

Enjoy and lets see if we can make some photographers happy!

kyonthinh · Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Posts: 222 Location: Germany

Wow great, thank you very much. Very Happy

Oldhand · Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:21 pm Post subject:

parabellumfoto · Joined: 06 Apr 2013 Posts: 413 Location: Sydney, Australia

My MC Rokkor 1.4 50mm

I cropped this image, used noise reduction and resized it. Otherwise it's as is.

Oldhand · Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:38 am Post subject:

That is good.
Lovely lens.
OH

parabellumfoto · Joined: 06 Apr 2013 Posts: 413 Location: Sydney, Australia

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

parabellumfoto, very nice sharp photograph.

I will certainly have to be more creative in the ones I post, but that bush I take so many pictures of is the closest plant to the back door.

As for my idea above, about passing on bargain finds to fellow enthusiasts, I do not want to annoy people by finding cheap lenses and posting the prices paid, as I know it can be a little disheartening if you have paid £50 and I have paid £5. So if this helps newbies, serious snappers or a very casual shutter button pushers get a lens that they may normally pass on due to cost can only be a good thing.

Yes I could put it on ebay or wherever and sell it for a hefty profit, but that does not help others gain something that will aid their photography for a cheap price. If I can share, I will share as photographs are still an important part of social history and the more that can take a good shot, the better the history will be for future generations, at a cost that won't be prohibitive.

Hopefully on Sunday, I will find something nice to share.

Excalibur · Expire: 2014-04-21

zelda_n64 · Joined: 26 Aug 2011 Posts: 163 Location: UK

Excalibur,