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Topcon 35mm f/2.8 RE Auto-Topcor
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
kds315* wrote:
Thanks Bill, you once told me it would be a great lens for flowers and it surely is!

The FD SSC 35/2.8 Tilt/Shift is also an awesome lens for flowers, macro like detail from my NEX-7.
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kds315* wrote:
Just won a great one in rare black version!
Topcors are getting highly addictive... Very Happy

I'll say, I just bought an RE 35/2.8 in black, and at the same time I bought a black RE 100/2.8 which will be added to my collection of black Topcors...an RE 28/2.8, RE 58/1.4, and R 135/3.5 preset, I can't wait to use them on the. Sony A7r I'm getting.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lightshow wrote:
Sony A7r I'm getting.

Oooooooooooh, jealous.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just hope it fits in my new messenger bag that I bought just before the announcement.
If it's as much fun as my NEX-7 I'll be very happy.


PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not deliberately reviving an old thread as a few of the lovely shots with this lens are now missing. But as a reference this belongs in here I think. Again an old article found on the net from camera lens 35...and in case anyone ever gets the 300 2.8 up and running!


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have just been fortunate enough to acquire one of these lovely 2.8/35 lenses.
What is the mount - am I correct in thinking that it is Exakta, or is it something else?
Thanks
OH


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is a Topcon mount, that is Exakta but with auto linkages added further out on the mount plate.
These will actually mount on a proper Exakta, the auto linkages being outside the diameter of the "core" Exakta mount, I tried a Topcor 105 and a 58mm macro and they work fine on Exaktas.
Unfortunately these external linkages make them difficult to adapt to Pentax (I have a method of making Exakta adapters for Pentax). Quite a bit of disassembly required, so I gave up.
IIRC on mirrorless cameras the Exakta adapters seem to be OK for Topcon.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
luisalegria wrote:
It is a Topcon mount, that is Exakta but with auto linkages added further out on the mount plate.
These will actually mount on a proper Exakta, the auto linkages being outside the diameter of the "core" Exakta mount, I tried a Topcor 105 and a 58mm macro and they work fine on Exaktas.
Unfortunately these external linkages make them difficult to adapt to Pentax (I have a method of making Exakta adapters for Pentax). Quite a bit of disassembly required, so I gave up.
IIRC on mirrorless cameras the Exakta adapters seem to be OK for Topcon.


Thank you Luis.
I was hoping to use it on Fujifilm X-E1.
Do I look for a Topcon adapter or will Exakta do?
Cheers
OH


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Exakta adapter should be fine OH, the only issue I've come across is trying to mount an RE lens on an R body.
I look forward to your results with the Topcor.
No issues with my big_is adapter from ebay, my next choice would be Fotodiox pro.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use my Topcors on an exakta adapter from Rainbow Imaging. For whatever reason, on a perlens basis, some stop before clicking in the latch. I had a Komura lens that stopped way short. Most fit tight enough that staying on hasn't been a problem.

Congratulations on the purchase, it really is a wonderful lens.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the help fellas.
OH


PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can't find an adapter from big_is so it looks like the one from Rainbow Imaging will be the go.
Ta
OH


PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oldhand wrote:
I can't find an adapter from big_is so it looks like the one from Rainbow Imaging will be the go.
Ta
OH

I had to go through my purchase history to find it, odd.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Exakta-EXA-lens-to-Sony-E-Mount-NEX-5-NEX-7-Adapter-/400459891045
Oh yeah, you want a fuji adapter... Could contact him.... But doesn't look like he has any fuji adapters. Sorry.
Here's the Fotodiox pro
https://www.fotodioxpro.com/lens-mount-adapters/exakta-lens-to-fujifilm-xmount-mirrorless-camera-pro-adapter.html

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lightshow wrote:
Oldhand wrote:
I can't find an adapter from big_is so it looks like the one from Rainbow Imaging will be the go.
Ta
OH

I had to go through my purchase history to find it, odd.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Exakta-EXA-lens-to-Sony-E-Mount-NEX-5-NEX-7-Adapter-/400459891045
Oh yeah, you want a fuji adapter... Could contact him.... But doesn't look like he has any fuji adapters. Sorry.


No worries - thanks for looking.
The Rainbow Imaging one is on its way.
OH

PS - Here is the lens:



PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oooo, pretty one.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
woodrim wrote:
Oooo, pretty one.


+1
Congrats for the buy, I got one recently and fell in love with it.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you Michael and Aanything.
I have often admired the results that I have seen from this lens, but have had no way - in the past - to utilise this mount.
With the run-out sales for Fujifilm X-E1, that has changed.
I am really looking forward to using this as my walkaround and travel light lens.
I am hoping that it will fill the one lens only slot for those occasions.
OH
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