Return of the sears

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

I went out again today with the sears cupboard lens Wink

It was a really crap day weather wise, dull with rain threatening with the occaisional bit of sun. The cross on the hill in these pics is a couple of miles away, the church must be a mile at least, the close up of the other cross was the only one that wasn't handheld, managed to find a wall to rest it on. I am convinced the haze effect is the adapter but i may be wrong, i am going to try this lens with my canon ae 1 program in a couple of weeks. So for your comments, if you can be bothered, i present again the sears 300mm! (some Lr was used in these images, terms and conditions apply)

DigiChromeEd · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3460 Location: Northern Ireland

#1 is my favourite. I like the 'haze' effect in this photo. Smile

tikkathree · Expire: 2012-12-28

You clearly enjoy using this lens and I say good for you.

As one with a cupboard full of Mamiya stuff, and Mamiya sometimes re-branded as Sears, again I say good for you.

From these photos though I don't think you have found the lens' forte and I look forward to some different shots wide open, stopped down and at less than a mile away.

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

Thank you gentlemen for the comments, i guess thats one with haze and one without Wink

i will persevere with it and try to get the most out of it, my skills will need improving first.

Nisseliten · Joined: 26 May 2012 Posts: 332 Location: Sweden

#1 is absolutely stunning, I really envy your skill to use your equipment to your advantage. If life hands you a lemon, you truly make photographic lemonade.

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

mo · Expire: 2016-07-30

I like the first one as well so make that 2 with haze 1 without.You could try shooting a cat with it? Very Happy

Could you post up a picture of this "cupboard" lens?

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

I don't suppose it will ever be a great and legendary lens, I think it was born and raised in the middle ground. Not a bad thing when it was new and the buyer had a tight budget. I bought similar lenses back then because they were what I could afford, I've got a selection of them here again. They did what they said on the box. But, I've also got boxes of slides and photographs from all around the USA and Canada, and here in the UK, that I took with cheap and cheerful zooms and telephotos. Some are images that I'm still proud of and hang on our walls.
They usually have a sweet spot. my bet is that the Sears has one as well, and you're not far off it.

hifisapi · Joined: 25 Sep 2012 Posts: 941 Location: USA

the first shot looks like it has a big flare in the center...

sonyrokkor · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 12:54 am Post subject:

If your lens is a DTL version, should be a tokina one.

The 28, 50s, 135s, 200 are very good. Seems the 300 is another good one.

mo · Expire: 2016-07-30

I like what Lloydy wrote...I too have a few interesting now relegated to the "cupboard" zooms. I bought them when I first started out in photography (roughly two years ago now). I have a Soligor 300mm somewhere I may drag out and see what it can do. I do have a mamiya 200 lens,that is why I wanted you to post an image of your lens to see if your lens looks like the mamiya.

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

Thank you all for the comments, there is truth in them all. The challenge for me with my limited skills is, as some of you have mentioned, to bring out the best quality the lens can achieve. Its true its no leica and never will be, but then again you don't need a leica to make great pictures, my 1ltr car will do 60mph same as a ferrari Smile

I have grown attached to this lens, same as people have a favourite teddy bear, or gun, depending on your age and location Smile

We will hear more from this lens i feel sure. For mo and anyone else who wants to make sure they are not buying a fake sears 300, see pics below Wink

helios 44-4 next to it for scale, fitting not shown, my bad, canon fd mount.

This ones for Mo, my wife took this with the digital, shes worse than me!

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

Rob, you have some nice pictures on your blog, I was going to comment on some but the bloody 'Persona' security thing is impossible to get signed on to! It might be me, I can be a tecnopeasant, but it wouldn't let me reply to the verifying email. If others are having the same problem it might be why you aren't seeing much activity on your blog ?

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

mo · Expire: 2016-07-30

Hi Ger,
Thanks for posting the picture of the lens.. it does not look like my Mamiya/Sekor 200mm....PHEW! Seriously,I don't know who may have made your lens, but I bet someone else may have a better idea just by looking at the photo....It sounds like it is now part of the family Very Happy

It certainly looks like a nice clean lens and the glass looks clear. .......You do know there is a disease that you can catch from this forum?

Your wife's photo looks better than my husbands first attempt at using a MF lens on the DSLR.Most people expect to just point and shoot ..not stop and focus the lens. Smile

It took me long enough to work out some of the finer points of photography so I dare say hang around here and your skills will improve.Unless of course you are a really good photographer and you are only posting up your wife's photos Laughing

...a tiny attempt at humour I hope it does not backfire... Embarassed

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

I don't know where I got the name Rob from? many apologies Ger, I try to only insult people when I mean it. Laughing

I love the picture on the blog of the art work / statue of the men with top hats, taken with the Beroflex. That's a great image.

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

Aanything · Expire: 2014-05-30

But Rolo Tomassi from L.A. Confidential, or the British band (named after that character)?

twinquartz · Expire: 2013-10-29

maxcastle · Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 492

There is but one Rolo Tomassi Wink

Any leprechauns in Sweden are infringing Irish copyright!

Nisseliten · Joined: 26 May 2012 Posts: 332 Location: Sweden

mo · Expire: 2016-07-30

See it did backfire now I am in trouble with your wife... Laughing

I should post up one of my many...did I say Many disasters photographically speaking...thank God for digital.

Sorry, the Hektor stays in Australia,it is needed here Very Happy

...it would most likely be, the only Leica I will ever own...unless your cupboard sears lens is indeed a closet Leica.. Laughing

Actually we see very little of the Sears brand down this way.

Horrible histories(children's TV show) song version of women getting the vote in England Very Happy