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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:04 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:04 pm
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Other lenses and cameras, except the ones which have a separate TOPIC. If in this topic one ore more brands will have enough links, a new dedicated TOPIC will be opened .

submitted by Jigt (old cameras)
http://www.vintagecameras.co.uk/

submitted by LucisPictor (old cameras)
http://www.old-camera.com/home.php

submitted by LucisPictor (Ducati lens)
http://www.submin.com/35mm/collection/ducati/accessories/ducati_lator_60mm.htm

submitted by Ignabrun (Old Polish cameras)
http://www.polskieaparaty.republika.pl/

submitted by Hasan ( M42 lens test )
http://foto.recenzja.pl/Subjects-index-req-listpages-subid-1.html

submitted by Igrabun ( Vintage camera museum )
http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/IndexRoom.html

submitted by Orio ( 18mm lens comparison )
http://www.nadir.it/ob-fot/18mm_confronto/18mm.htm

submitted by Attila ( Lens test (and not only) polish site )
http://foto.recenzja.pl/Subjects.html
http://foto.recenzja.pl/recenzje.html

submitted by montecarlo ( Porst & Carena & more cameras )
http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/alle_kameras_uebersicht_d.htm
http://www.kamera-geschichte.de/files/start_deutsch.htm

submitted by Attila ( Bokeh tests )
http://www.rickdenney.com/bokeh_test.htm

submitted by patrickh ( Old cameras manual )
http://www.oldtimercameras.com/manuals/

submitted by montecarlo ( Old cameras batteries )
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?batteries.html~mainFrame

submitted by patrickh ( Cult third party lenses )
http://bbs.dartmouth.edu/~fangq/blog/index.cgi?note/photo/3PartyLens

submitted by LucisPictor ( Zoom and Prime lenses lists )
http://home.arcor.de/objektive/MFZ.html
http://home.arcor.de/objektive/MFF.html

submitted by Orio ( Marco Cavina's technical and informative reviews about lens and more )
http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcocavina/articoli_tecnici_fotografici.htm

submitted by LucisPictor ( History of fast 35mm lenses )
http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Biotar_en.html

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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:08 am
Post subject: BUTKUS - Greates manual collection
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:08 am
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I think is the gratest free manual collection:
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/


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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:16 am
Post subject: EOS adapters
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:16 am
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submitted by Farside ( EOS adapters )
For Tamron to EOS and OM to EOS I can recommend this ebay trader...
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/RJ-camera-accessory-store

Good quality and fast shipping.

cirrusadapter on ebay is another one I dealt with - ok, but not as good as the above.

M42 - EOS, I've been using adapters from goshotcamera...

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GoShotCamera

Which are good in material quality, but the threading isn't quite right for registration, ie the lens is always a few degrees to the right when fully screwed in and mounted on the Canon.


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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:35 pm
Post subject: About lenses
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:35 pm
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Link about lenses and many other things...
http://web.archive.org/web/20041205000613/medfmt.8k.com/third/


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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:39 am
Post subject: Mounts converting
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:39 am
Post subject: Mounts converting
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Converting some lenses to other mounts (to M42 an K Pentax, mostly)
http://mybigeye.myweb.hinet.net/big5/photodiy.htm

new link !!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.bigeye.url.tw/big5/lcz.htm

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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:02 pm
Post subject: Introduction to lens schemes
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:02 pm
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Submitted by Orio
An excellent introduction to the most popular lens schemes.
Aimed at the newbies, very clear and understandeable. Lots of images.
Italian language:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/analogica/discuss/72157602192398239/


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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:04 pm
Post subject: Lens Design links...
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:04 pm
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Submitted by Ballu
http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=3204
Nice information on Carl Zeiss lenses...
http://www.panix.com/~zone/photo/czlens.htm
Nice site with optical design of most of the russian lenses..
http://www.baierfoto.de/russobj/objektive.html

Submitted by LucisPictor
http://www.yabeopt.de/example.htm

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-2/Camera-Lens.html


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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:47 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:47 pm
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submitted by Orio ( nice assortment of samples from M42 lenses )
http://m42hell.exblog.jp/

submitted by patrickh
Came across this fairly useful site about camera mounts:
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-99.html


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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:48 pm
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submitted by Orio ( nice assortment of samples from M42 lenses )
http://m42hell.exblog.jp/


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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:50 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:50 pm
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submitted by Orio
Link with huge amount of lens samples, for both AF and MF lenses.
Very useful for deciding about a purchase!
http://www.fotokritik.com/fotograflar/ekipman.php?t=objektif


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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:22 am
Post subject: Many manuals
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:22 am
Post subject: Many manuals
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Hello everybody !

Here can be found many link to camera manuals and lenses too:
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/ne/manualer.htm


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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:04 am
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:04 am
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http://www.pixel-peeper.com/lenses/?lens=1046&p=3 - nice site with samples (links to samples) for many lenses and cameras (digital & film , manual & auto focus)


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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:02 pm
Post subject: Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:02 pm
Post subject: Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm
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Submitted by Richard_D : Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm
http://www.robertstech.com/vivitar.htm


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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:00 pm
Post subject: Old cameras
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:00 pm
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Many many old cameras (links):

http://www.ukcamera.com/collect/history1.htm

Are grouped by countries.


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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:05 pm
Post subject: Various medium format lenses
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:05 pm
Post subject: Various medium format lenses
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submitted by hacksawbob:
Various medium format lenses tested including Russian
http://www.kievaholic.com/lenstests2.html
http://www.kievaholic.com/LensTestsMidTele2/index.html (submitted by Orio)


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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:10 pm
Post subject: Fish-eye lenses
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:10 pm
Post subject: Fish-eye lenses
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Fish-eye lenses are fun to play with.
Here at MFlenses we usualy stick with Peleng 8/3.5 or Zenitar 16/2.8, but there are many more !
http://panopticus.altervista.org/fishlist/fishlist.htm


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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:21 pm
Post subject: M42 lens database
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:21 pm
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submitted by bob955i M42 lens database
M42povlab is back.....
http://m42.artlimited.net/index.php


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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:18 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:18 pm
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A site with a lot of lenses, old or very old, descriptions and sample photos

http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm

http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic3.htm

Veijo

PS. there is still another page with photos of lenses:

http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic.htm

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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:19 pm
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Nice find!


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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:13 pm
Post subject: Macrolenses Database
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:13 pm
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About 300 special macrolenses listed with pics and data (as well as other special lenses, adaptors etc.). Free site, no commercial interest, just my hobby....

http://www.macrolenses.de/start.php?lang

Cheers,


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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:17 pm
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I suppose you have largest collection of macro lenses...


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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:20 am
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:20 am
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submitted by patrickh : Cult lenses
The archived Monaghan page of third prty cult lenses:
http://web.archive.org/web/20061118181648/medfmt.8k.com/third/cult.html


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submitted by Hasan: really a nice collection of lenses,
which might be interesting to look through. Smile
http://www.pbase.com/kkawakami/lenses&view=tree


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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:32 am
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:32 am
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submitted by themoleman342 M42 cameras
http://anusf.anu.edu.au/~aab900/photography/cameras/cameras.htm


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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:02 pm
Post subject: Re: Cult lenses
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Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:02 pm
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montecarlo wrote:
submitted by patrickh : Cult lenses
The archived Monaghan page of third prty cult lenses:



I was very pleased to see this reference to Bob Monaghan's famed listing of "cult classic" MF lenses.

I haven't seen Bob's contributions to mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups for several years. Does anyone know why?
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