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fuzzywuzzy
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fuzzywuzzy wrote:
The used camera market in Canada doesn't have as much old communist stuff as in Europe.
That's not to say there aren't bargains, but you don't find a dozen Prakticas and Zenits at every flea market.
I got my version on fleabay in PB mount for $60 with a BCA body and 50/2.4 lens, but they only show up every couple of months.
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woodrim
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Location: Charleston
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woodrim wrote:
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The used camera market in Canada doesn't have as much old communist stuff as in Europe.
That's not to say there aren't bargains, but you don't find a dozen Prakticas and Zenits at every flea market.
I got my version on fleabay in PB mount for $60 with a BCA body and 50/2.4 lens, but they only show up every couple of months. |
Ditto. I got mine through a friend in Poland.
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I just look forward to seeing some shots when the OP gets his lens 
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hoanpham
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hoanpham wrote:
In short, it is a very good lens, at least my copy. At f4, the iris still almost perfect round. Very sharp and contrast full wide open, f4 even better. |
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alexthekid
Joined: 11 May 2012
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alexthekid wrote:
I guess i owe an apologize to err0r for ruining the topic and i apologize to Attila for my hasty reaction. I'm sorry and bocsanat 
But i still don't like the copies of Pentacon that i have or had. |
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err0r
Joined: 06 Jul 2012
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Location: Montreal, Canada
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err0r wrote:
No worries Alex! You don't like your copies? You can always give them to me 
I hear ya Ian! I wonder if I should post them in this thread or create a new one... 
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
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I guess i owe an apologize to err0r for ruining the topic and i apologize to Attila for my hasty reaction. I'm sorry and bocsanat
But i still don't like the copies of Pentacon that i have or had. |
"bocsanat" nice you did use my language thanks! no problem at my side at all.
what lens we like or not pretty much subjective matter I also not like well respected lenses and like some less respected ones , really matter of taste so no matter at all
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Laurentiu Cristofor
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Location: WA, USA
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Laurentiu Cristofor wrote:
I had a copy that I sold. The lens was vulnerable to CA wide open and I had to stop it down to f/8 to get decent results. Furthermore, the minimum focusing distance was something like 1.7m if I remember well - one of the longest I've seen for this focal length. |
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iangreenhalgh1
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I think you must have had a bad or faulty copy, there shouldn't be CA present.
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alexthekid
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alexthekid wrote:
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| I had a copy that I sold. The lens was vulnerable to CA wide open and I had to stop it down to f/8 to get decent results. Furthermore, the minimum focusing distance was something like 1.7m if I remember well - one of the longest I've seen for this focal length. |
With both of my copies i had the same problems. CA not just wide open, but even stopped down to f/4 or 5.6. Could be that both was faulty. Could be that some other copy would be better.
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| "bocsanat" nice you did use my language |
Your language is my language too, just my keyboard isn't suited for it. |
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err0r
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Location: Montreal, Canada
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err0r wrote:
I found this the other day and I found it very useful: http://oomz.net/135/
There seems to be one of these copies that doesn't perform well, and another copy of the same version that does - I guess Attila is right and the people who have experienced bad results might just have been unlucky with the copy they got...
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