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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

itsfozzy wrote:
Sciolist wrote:
Cheers Like 1 .


I also watched Blunty and his Russian lenses. I remember there was a genuine sense of excitement from him. I've just had something similar after receiving my first collapsible lens. I've absolutely fallen in love with it. And now I want to try them all. There's always something new... umm, old to discover Smile


And I have to go find out what a 'zoomer' is. I missed the manufacturers name, but anything that looks like it should have been in Metropolis, is worth hunting down for a look-see.


There's a link in the notes above; Voigtlander Zoomar.


Thanks. I missed it in the list.


EDIT: Ha! Very Happy . It should have been in Metropolis. A bit of bare brass hanging off it and you'd have had to say steampunk. It really suits the Exakta in the pics.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Episode 40. #BestVintageLens With Ricardo Bayon

Karl's back! To celebrate the return of Karl, we are joined by Ricardo Bayon, one of the founders of the successful Instagram Feed, #BestVintageLens. Lot's of talk about stuck aperture blades, Pentacon 50mm f/1.8, Fujinon 55mm f/2.2, bokeh and bubbles galore!

Classic Lenses Podcast on Podmio
https://podcastplayer.io/podcast/Simon%20Forster/4x

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-lenses-podcast/id1333620068?mt=2

We can be found using Google's podcast app

Classic Lenses Podcast on Stitcher:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/simon-forster/the-classic-lenses-podcast

Ko-fi donations to support the podcast
https://www.ko-fi.com/M4M1KKZE

Email feedback, ideas, and questions for the podcast
classiclensespodcast@gmail.com

Links arising from the discussions;

Ricardo Bayon
https://www.instagram.com/rbayon/

#bestvintagelens (use this hashtag to be featured)
https://www.instagram.com/bestvintagelens/

Current mods (with Ricardo)
https://www.instagram.com/petitcanard/
https://www.instagram.com/atteninja/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonsandagontv/
https://www.instagram.com/markw228/

Original mods (with Ricardo)
https://www.instagram.com/sackofsoul/
https://www.instagram.com/vintagelensphotos/

Pentacon 50mm f/1.8
http://vintage-camera-lenses.com/pentacon-50-1-8/

NIKKOR-N Nikon 35mm F1.4
https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/preAI70/35mm.htm
https://www.destoutz.ch/lens_35mm_f1.4_350004.html
https://kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikortek.htm#crc

Fujinon 55mm f2.2
https://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/fujinon-55mm-f22.html

Micro Contrast and Monsters are real!
https://lenspire.zeiss.com/photo/en/article/micro-contrast-and-the-zeiss-pop-by-lloyd-chambers/

SMC FTW!!
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/pentax/pentaxhistory/course/

Episode 39 Shoutouts:

www.photowalk.me

Stig

Twitter
https://twitter.com/Stig_Ofthedump

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/stig_ofthedump/

http://chicagostreetphotographycollective.com/
Chicago Street Photography Collective
A collaboration between street photographers in Chicago

Chicago Street Photography Collective on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/chi.spc/

C.P. Plunkett: “Shoot first, ask questions later!”
https://www.instagram.com/cpplunkett/
http://straightupstreet.com/

Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable
https://www.winograndthefilm.com/


Photography with Classic Lenses Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/classiclenses/

Classic Lenses Podcast discussion on MFLenses.com
http://forum.mflenses.com/the-classic-lenses-podcast-t78576.html

Classic Lenses Podcast on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/classic.lenses.podcast/

Best Vintage Lenses on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bestvintagelens/

Tag your Instagram photos with #classiclenses & #bestvintagelenses
Include lens and camera used in caption

Photography with Classic Lenses Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2959630@N20/

Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Karl Havens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142719425@N05

https://www.instagram.com/karl_havens/

Johnny Sisson
https://www.instagram.com/sissonphotography/

Central Camera Company in Chicago
https://centralcamera.com/

Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
https://twitter.com/SimonFor

Logo by Johnny Sisson


PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Johnny mentioned the Gary Winogrand documentary in his shout-out. He may already be aware, but in case he is not, Sasha Waters Freya, the maker of the documentary was interviewed on Ibarionex Perello's 'The candid frame' podcast a few weeks ago. Many of the issues that have been arising over the documentary were discussed, along with the decision making processes involved in going one way or another with them. Perhaps some of the issues Johnny said he had were covered there too. Just a thought.

http://www.ibarionex.net/thecandidframe/


Another for Johnny and it's a bit pedantic, but he started it by going into the properties of individual elements in a lens Wink. From what I've read, if the Russians were using stocks of glass from Germany, post war, it may be fairer to say that it was Schott glass, from the Schott glass foundry, which was also appropriated, and may not be Zeiss per se. You can argue it's more or less the same thing as Schott was a subsidiary of Zeiss, but they weren't just making optics for Zeiss, but for other companies too, and that's the important part to bear in mind. If Johnny has read that there was stock earmarked for Zeiss appropriated at the Schott works, or stock at the Zeiss factory in Jena and used in the Jupiter range, I'd love to get a link or reference if he could find the time. My own knowledge is very sketchy as I'm just trying to research around this area at the moment myself, as I want to know a bit more about a FED 50 3.5 collapsible I've recently purchased and fell in love with. So far, from what I've dug up, I suspect that while my 1955 version is a close copy of the Elmar externally, internally it has Zeiss designed coating, Zeiss based arrangement of optics, and general Zeiss know how in the element manufacture. It's Zeiss inside. But I can't say where the glass came from. To be honest, and to date, I've not been able to find any primary evidence that any glass was appropriated from Schott or Zeiss and used in domestic lens manufacture by the russians, but as I say, that may be because I've not come across it yet. Vlad mentioned in one of the podcasts that up to 90% of soviet optical related manufacturing was military. So my gut feeling is that any good grade glass appropriated may have gone to that first. I live in hope of otherwise as it would be cool. Otto Schott funnily enough was one of the leading lights in the new science of glass modelling that Johnny began to talk about, starting with introducing Lithium to silica glass and taking it to Carl Zeiss for a look-see. Along with Ernst Abbe, they went on to found Schott glass making and what is now Schott AG.

https://issuu.com/zeisshistoricasociety/docs/pdf_zhs_journal_autumn_2002

^^(Page 11-16 inc.)


EDIT: I've just discovered post-war ZK lenses and am back on the trail. As you were Johnny.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fujinon on the way. Somehow they are cheaper with a Fujica st605 still attached!

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

D1N0 wrote:
Fujinon on the way. Somehow they are cheaper with a Fujica st6605 still attached!


Karl's has arrived and he's already bored with it!


PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

a bubble is a bubble I guess :p. I do think the podcasts are having an effect. There were about three st605's with a 2.2 attached on marktplaats.nl (dutch auction site) that had been there for weeks or months and after the podcast they were suddenly all sold.


PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

D1N0 wrote:
a bubble is a bubble I guess :p. I do think the podcasts are having an effect. There were about three st605's with a 2.2 attached on marktplaats.nl (dutch auction site) that had been there for weeks or months and after the podcast they were suddenly all sold.


I knew I read what you said somewhere! I referenced you in the podcast, but I could not remember where I got the comment from...


PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Episode 41 Karl Turns To The Dark Side

Nothing goes from hot to not like a Karl Havens lens purchase, find out what's he's dropped like it's hot and hear some post purchase feedback from Johnny and Simon for his latest lens. Plus quick chats on the Sigma Super Wide, Micro Nikkor 55/2.8, Nikon 105mm f/2.5 (Sonnar), LTM Nikon 50/2, Konica 40/1.8 Pancake and some large format action.

Classic Lenses Podcast on Podmio
https://podcastplayer.io/podcast/Simon%20Forster/4x

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-lenses-podcast/id1333620068?mt=2

We can be found using Google's podcast app

Classic Lenses Podcast on Stitcher:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/simon-forster/the-classic-lenses-podcast

Ko-fi donations to support the podcast
https://www.ko-fi.com/M4M1KKZE

Email feedback, ideas, and questions for the podcast
classiclensespodcast@gmail.com

Tag your Instagram photos with #classiclenses & #bestvintagelenses
Include lens and camera used in caption

Links arising from the discussions;

Negative Positives Film Photography Podcast
Hosted by Mike Gutterman and Andre Domingues
https://anchor.fm/mikegutterman

Mike Gutterman on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/guttermanphoto/

Andre Domingues on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/andre.on.film/

Youxin Ye camera repair
http://www.yyecamera.com/

Nikon Nikkor H C LTM 50mm f/2
https://www.casualphotophile.com/2017/09/05/nikon-nikkor-h-c-50mm-f2-ltm-lens-review-a-leica-alternative-thats-more-than-just-a-copy/

Konica Hexanon AR 40mm f1.8
https://www.buhla.de/Foto/Konica/Objektive/e40_18.html

W-Nikkor.C 3.5cm f2.5
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/RF-Nikkor/RF35mm/index1.htm

Pictorialist Photography and Alfred Stieglitz
http://media.artic.edu/stieglitz/pictorialism/
http://archive.artic.edu/apostlesbeauty/pictorialist/

Lainie Duro’s Crustacean Zine Library, Austin TX
https://crustaceanzinelibrary.com/

All About Zines
http://zinewiki.com/Zine

Svein Olaf Humberset
Send him a roll of film and he will send you his zine!

viewfindervikingspodcast@gmail.com

Pictures from Svein's Zine
http://www.humbersetfoto.com/?fbclid=IwAR3Qj5wOQ2-HhsEAlEQngH-M5OsmVin8TPnvEmuArB1bZlmar2VE4_YM2R8

Svein's Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/HumbersetFoto/

Svein on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/humbersetfoto/

Loggerheads Tuberculosis Sanatorium
https://www.audlem.org/newsroom/life-at-loggerheads-sanatorium.html

Photography with Classic Lenses Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2959630@N20/

Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Karl Havens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142719425@N05

https://www.instagram.com/karl_havens/

Johnny Sisson
https://www.instagram.com/sissonphotography/

Central Camera Company in Chicago
https://centralcamera.com/

Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
https://twitter.com/SimonFor

Logo by Johnny Sisson


PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

itsfozzy wrote:


SMC FTW!!
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/pentax/pentaxhistory/course/



I couldn't help but notice this, because what Pentax claims and the actual history are quite different! Not only did they not have the first multi-layer coating on a consumer lens (that was Minolta in 1958 with the Super Rokkor 5cm F1.8 - to my knowledge), but SMC is not even their own invention, but a proprietary method (with special electronically controlled machinery) developed by OCLI - Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. out of California and sold to Pentax in the 1960's.
In fact, the best coatings available in the 1960's were on Fujifilm's (EBC) Cinema lenses, first sold in 1964, using 11 layers. The first SMC-labelled lens appeared in 1971.


PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Episode 42 Life, The Universe And Everything

Another wide ranging chat on lenses and photography covering amongst other things, Carl Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 Planar, why Simon should now be able to take pictures just like Ansel Adams...

Classic Lenses Podcast on Podmio
https://podcastplayer.io/podcast/Simon%20Forster/4x

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-lenses-podcast/id1333620068?mt=2

We can be found using Google's podcast app

Classic Lenses Podcast on Stitcher:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/simon-forster/the-classic-lenses-podcast

Ko-fi donations to support the podcast
https://www.ko-fi.com/M4M1KKZE

Email feedback, ideas, and questions for the podcast
classiclensespodcast@gmail.com

Tag your Instagram photos with #classiclenses & #bestvintagelenses
Include lens and camera used in caption

Links arising from the discussions;

Carl Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 Planar
https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/RF-Nikkor/Contax_RF/Zeiss_35mm.htm

Svein Olaf Humberset
Viewfinder Vikings Podcast
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/viewfinder-vikings-podcast/id1436597744?mt=2

Zeiss Contax cameras & lenses
https://www.cameraquest.com/conrf.htm

Contax rangefinder lenses
http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Contax_rangefinder_lenses

kuuan: Shooting pool in Vietnam with Super Takumar f1.9/85mm:
http://forum.mflenses.com/f1-9-85-super-takumar-at-the-pool-table-t30134.html

kuuan’s lens galleries
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/albums

kuuan’s 50mm lens tests
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/collections/72157632455712332/
https://www.lenshunters.com/tests/a7-normal-lenses-test/

Ansel Adams: Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar California, 1945
http://www2.housatonic.edu/artmuseum/anseladams/details/mtwilliamson.html#E

Alex Harsley, Documentary Photographer
http://www.the4thstreetphotogallery.com/alex-harsley.html?fbclid=IwAR1HQCsuuPZMZmhKipGuX_Ey32yk0Dy3SwjjADYB9MQnuSFldC21Ls2fn_Q

Andy Shields Street Photography
http://shieldsportfolio.com/
Photography with Classic Lenses Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2959630@N20/

Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Karl Havens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142719425@N05

https://www.instagram.com/karl_havens/

Johnny Sisson
https://www.instagram.com/sissonphotography/

Central Camera Company in Chicago
https://centralcamera.com/

Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
https://twitter.com/SimonFor

Logo by Johnny Sisson


PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Episode 43 The Flektogon Is Not Perfect!

Simon discovers the harsh reality that there are times when a modern lens will do a better job than even a great classic lens. Also in the show, Karl justifies taking pictures of plant pots, and Johnny being Johnny...

Classic Lenses Podcast on Podmio
https://podcastplayer.io/podcast/Simon%20Forster/4x

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-lenses-podcast/id1333620068?mt=2

We can be found using Google's podcast app

Classic Lenses Podcast on Stitcher:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/simon-forster/the-classic-lenses-podcast

Ko-fi donations to support the podcast
https://www.ko-fi.com/M4M1KKZE

Email feedback, ideas, and questions for the podcast
classiclensespodcast@gmail.com

Tag your Instagram photos with #classiclenses & #bestvintagelenses
Include lens and camera used in caption

Links arising from the discussions;

Voyaging Lens by bestvintagelens
Win (sort of) a Vivitar 50mm f/3.5
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqWF8gVlv-E/

Svein Olaf Humberset
Viewfinder Vikings Podcast Episode 7 with Simon Forster
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/viewfinder-vikings-podcast/id1436597744?mt=2
Simon's post about balsam separation
https://www.facebook.com/groups/classiclenses/permalink/2202375203310689/

Review of the Voigtländer 35mm f/2.5 Color Skopar on 35mmc
https://www.35mmc.com/23/10/2016/voigtlander-35mm-f2-5-color-skopar/#Summary

Canon FL 35mm f/2.5
http://allphotolenses.com/lenses/item/c_3375.html

Ken Rockwell on the Zone System
https://kenrockwell.com/tech/zone.htm

Interesting and controversial modern take on Zone System photography by Johnny Patience
http://www.johnnypatience.com/the-zone-system-is-dead/

Zone System 'place and fall' exposure visualization technique
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System#Exposure

“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.” — Susan Sontag: ‘On Photography’
http://www.lab404.com/3741/readings/sontag.pdf

Wolverhampton Camera Fair
https://www.facebook.com/WolverhamptonCameraFair/

Photography with Classic Lenses Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2959630@N20/

Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Karl Havens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142719425@N05

https://www.instagram.com/karl_havens/

Johnny Sisson
https://www.instagram.com/sissonphotography/

Central Camera Company in Chicago
https://centralcamera.com/

Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
https://twitter.com/SimonFor

Logo by Johnny Sisson


PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


Episode 44 Eric Sluis and his Desert Island Lenses

Eric Sluis is back for a second visit on the podcast, so we did the decent thing and sent him away on the crippled SS Tessar and marooned him on an island. Will the Zeiss obsessive take his Jena babies? Also in the show, hear about the Frisko Collectives use of classic lenses for commercial photography and testicle preservation....

Classic Lenses Podcast on Podmio
https://podcastplayer.io/podcast/Simon%20Forster/4x

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-lenses-podcast/id1333620068?mt=2

We can be found using Google's podcast app

Classic Lenses Podcast on Stitcher:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/simon-forster/the-classic-lenses-podcast

Ko-fi donations to support the podcast
https://www.ko-fi.com/M4M1KKZE

Email feedback, ideas, and questions for the podcast
classiclensespodcast@gmail.com

Tag your Instagram photos with #classiclenses & #bestvintagelenses
Include lens and camera used in caption

Links arising from the discussions;

Eric's work on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129242869@N03

Voyaging Lens by bestvintagelens
Win (sort of) a Vivitar 50mm f/3.5
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqWF8gVlv-E/

Svein Olaf Humberset
Viewfinder Vikings Podcast Episode 7 with Simon Forster
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/viewfinder-vikings-podcast/id1436597744?mt=2
Simon's post about balsam separation
https://www.facebook.com/groups/classiclenses/permalink/2202375203310689/

Leica 50mm f/2.8 Elmar
https://kenrockwell.com/leica/50mm-f28.htm

Pentax 300mm f/4 Green Star
Italian link; http://www.marcocavina.com/articoli_fotografici/Pentax_M_300mm_4_star/00_pag.htm

Komura Lenses
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Sanky%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dki?fbclid=IwAR2LsViLRNzMz_2qkHMuyyqKcG19sIEdB5lX0NAMEaFRHJJDQPt4LyyaKow

Komura 100mm f/1.8 Ernostar
https://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/komura-100mm-f18-ernostar.html?fbclid=IwAR3kBWYVdGKek8iTwXH0lpKt_wTUAQkAGJ3I3fE9d_Xh6kxBOPSGYBmzRO0

Lyndon from Londinium Cameras
https://twitter.com/LondiniumCamera

Sunny 16 Podcast, check out Gerame's description of the ethos of our podcast and group in Episode #7 of their Backing Paper spin off podcast. The actual direct link is not available at time of writing due to their tardiness.

https://sunny16podcast.com/

Alex Purcell
https://www.instagram.com/grainyblur/

Photography with Classic Lenses Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2959630@N20/

Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Karl Havens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142719425@N05

https://www.instagram.com/karl_havens/

Johnny Sisson
https://www.instagram.com/sissonphotography/

Central Camera Company in Chicago
https://centralcamera.com/

Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
https://twitter.com/SimonFor

Logo by Johnny Sisson


PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll postpone listening because last time I bought two lenses (unrelated to the ones talked about) while listing to the podcast and they haven't arrived yet. I am not risking another impulsive acquisition :p


PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

D1N0 wrote:
I'll postpone listening because last time I bought two lenses (unrelated to the ones talked about) while listing to the podcast and they haven't arrived yet. I am not risking another impulsive acquisition :p


You sound as bad as Karl!


PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



Episode 45 Presetgate and Emails

Just what is a preset and aperture ring on a preset lens? Prepare to be confused. In this week's episode we catch up on listener emails covering what camera to buy, anamorphic lenses, redemption for the Flektogon, big bladders and no milk and cookies. Plus lens adapting news from Ken Rockwell and the Nikon Z6 & Z7.

Classic Lenses Podcast on Podmio
https://podcastplayer.io/podcast/Simon%20Forster/4x

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-lenses-podcast/id1333620068?mt=2

We can be found using Google's podcast app

Classic Lenses Podcast on Stitcher:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/simon-forster/the-classic-lenses-podcast

Ko-fi donations to support the podcast
https://www.ko-fi.com/M4M1KKZE

Email feedback, ideas, and questions for the podcast
classiclensespodcast@gmail.com

Tag your Instagram photos with #classiclenses & #bestvintagelens
Include lens and camera used in caption

Links arising from the discussions;

Devlin Cooke on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129284275@N03/

Modified Helios 44-2 from the Dog Schidt Optiks Trump series:
https://www.vintagelensesforvideo.com/dso-trump-review/



Trumpfreflex TLR Camera:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trumpfreflex_camera.jpg

Rangefinder lenses on the Nikon Z6 & Z7 by Ken Rockwell
https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/mirrorless/with-adapted-rangefinder-lenses.htm

Photography with Classic Lenses Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2959630@N20/

Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

Karl Havens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142719425@N05

https://www.instagram.com/karl_havens/

Johnny Sisson
https://www.instagram.com/sissonphotography/

Central Camera Company in Chicago
https://centralcamera.com/

Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
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Episode 46 The Best Laid Plans Of Mice And Men

A bit of a "magazine show" this week, which is code for we thought we knew what we were going to talk about, then things changed and changed again, so we just rambled on about stuff. Possibly interesting stuff.

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Mike Eckman’s Nikon S2 Review:
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 6:17 am    Post subject: Episode #9 Reply with quote

Really enjoyed this, especially the discussion on Sony A7II, I’d like one, but I worry I won’t enjoy the ergonomics, which a really important for me.
And I used to sell Sony Broadcst kit, may years back!!


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Ianf wrote:
Really enjoyed this, especially the discussion on Sony A7II, I’d like one, but I worry I won’t enjoy the ergonomics, which a really important for me.
And I used to sell Sony Broadcst kit, may years back!!


I would suggest you take a trip out to John Lewis in Exeter and have a play. I customised three of the custom buttons for easy and direct access to IBIS focal length, Magnify and Peaking, I rarely go into the menus for anything other than the format function. As for handling I got used to mine to the point that the camera gets completely out of my way.

If you were in A7 III territory, then I'd suggest you take a good look at a Z6, but for the money, an A7 II is a bit of a bargain compared to the competition especially if you primarily use old lenses.


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itsfozzy wrote:
Ianf wrote:
Really enjoyed this, especially the discussion on Sony A7II, I’d like one, but I worry I won’t enjoy the ergonomics, which a really important for me.
And I used to sell Sony Broadcst kit, may years back!!


I would suggest you take a trip out to John Lewis in Exeter and have a play. I customised three of the custom buttons for easy and direct access to IBIS focal length, Magnify and Peaking, I rarely go into the menus for anything other than the format function. As for handling I got used to mine to the point that the camera gets completely out of my way.

If you were in A7 III territory, then I'd suggest you take a good look at a Z6, but for the money, an A7 II is a bit of a bargain compared to the competition especially if you primarily use old lenses.


Simon, good idea, also we have a Jessops in Exeter, and the shops that were rescued are now very good, much appreciated


PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 7:27 pm    Post subject: Episode #4 Reply with quote

Interesting I fitted a split screen ground glass to my Pentax K10D when I first bought it, it actually has interchangeable focussing screens, all those blinking AF lights do my head in.
As you can see I’m binge podcast listening back to EP1 !!


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Ianf wrote:
Interesting I fitted a split screen ground glass to my Pentax K10D when I first bought it, it actually has interchangeable focussing screens, all those blinking AF lights do my head in.
As you can see I’m binge podcast listening back to EP1 !!


Listening to episode one should come with a health warning!


PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:56 am    Post subject: Broke the Podcast Server Reply with quote

Think I broke podcastplayer.io, all streams from it are down, I binged out!!


PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:02 am    Post subject: Re: Broke the Podcast Server Reply with quote

Ianf wrote:
Think I broke podcastplayer.io, all streams from it are down, I binged out!!


I have let Podmio know that you have broken their site, hopefully they will get it fixed soon.


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Simon sorry 😐 but I’m really enjoying listening, Ian


PostPosted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Episode #2
Well it turns out I’ve got the 15mm Voigtlander LTM with Veiwfinder, you hardly need to bother to focus. I’ve the 35mm and the 25mm f4 Smile