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PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:50 pm    Post subject: Ok, i'm doing it backwards. Reply with quote
I just bought:

- Flektogon 25mm/4

- WELTBLICK 135/2.8

As you know i'm too fresh in this world to know anything about lenses. So i'd like you to tell me if they are good lenses for sharp colorfull pictures.

I assume flektogon is as good as 20/4 or 2/2.8.

About WELTBLICK i read something about being nearly as good as CZ counterparts.

The seller states EXCELENT CONDITION of both lenses. Will I be disappointed? Do they have a reputation among you fellas?

Thanks. Wink


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
25mm perhaps better than 20mm more easier to produce a longer focal length lens than shorter one and if it has M42 mount that is very, very rare!


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
So, if a longer focal length (25mm) is easier to produce why should it be also more rare than the 20mm?


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
25mm came out with Exakta cameras with Exakta mount. For a short while till they could make 20mm they produced with M42 too. Wide angle lenses are always expensive , that time Exakta was professional camera not M42 cameras. I think this is the reason why they are so rare. I see only one copy in my life locally and saw at least 20 copies from 20mm.


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh God... Laughing

I screw up on that lens.

Quote:
WILL FIT: All EXAKTA 35mm SLR FILM CAMERAS. Many DSLR cameras with the use of an adapter.



I guess i'll have to find the adapter, since it does not mention M42 anywhere Laughing


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can get a chipped adapter for about $85 for the 40D

Click here to see on Ebay

patrickh


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The 25mm Flektogon may be more rare, because it is a unneccessarily complex design for a medium wide angle, even by standards of GDR economics - there were other, less expensive alternatives within the regular lineup of VEB lenses by the time M42 became relevant.

Weltblick was the in-house "brand" of Neckermann - a West German mail order catalogue store. Much like Revue/Quelle or Tower/Sears, a wild variety of items from various manufacturers got sold as "Weltblick" over the course of time - if you are lucky, it is a relabelled CZJ or Tokina, but it is statistically more likely to be something less desirable.

Sevo


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow!

Thanks for the input Sevo! Wink


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
You can get a chipped adapter for about $85 for the 40D

Click here to see on Ebay

patrickh


And what about EU sellers? Because coming from Hong Kong it will get stranded in customs... that's for sure.


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hard to find EU sellers on low price, mostly Asian better even if you need to pay tax.


PostPosted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dang!

Note to self:
That's why you're better off doing things the right way, and not backwards! Laughing
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