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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6602 Location: San Francisco, USA
Expire: 2018-01-18
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:23 am Post subject: Having fun on ebay |
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luisalegria wrote:
Sometimes people selling things on ebay are tempted to use it as a literary outlet.
This guy has way too much fun selling his stuff -
http://cgi.ebay.com/890mm-of-TERRORISM-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ180442552304QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFilm_Cameras?hash=item2a0336d7f0
"Dear Large Format friends, it has been too long since I have sold a nice bit of the glasses to the masses!! Allow me to wipe a tear from the corner of my eye since I have missed you so, I get sentimental like that The world changes and often not always for the better, a case in point is the issue of terrorism. Not just ordinary chucking a bomb at you or blasting your home or workplace with an AK but terrorism of the silver halide.
For many years the singular silver halide has been coddled, been taken care of with soft German lenses made by Carlos Zeiss. CZ lenses as we all know are not truly sharp and thats because Mr Zeiss believed the silver halide to be a living creature and felt bad when it was 'cut' by sharp lenses, often his pillow would be stained with his tears...a sad but little known fact. Inexplicably many photographers followed his vision(which wasn't that good) and used his lenses and gushed forth with the most blubbery and flowery terms like 'Bokeh' to describe and attribute that any other lens manufacturer would be ASHAMED to admit....softness, blurriness et al. A defect became a selling point and now so many thousands of otherwise knowledgeable LF shooters wax and while their time away in the poetry of the imagined.
But let us in one sweep of the hand clear the clutter of this despicable situation and gaze once and for all at a CLEAR AND SHARP image created by a talisman of technology!! Let us not tolerate the tyranny of this optical tsetse!!! Gaze with new found wonder and childlike amazement at the ground glass while each and every detail of this great planet unfolds and unfurls the very pageant of life before your eyes. No detail too small is hidden, no shadow too deep to be impenetrable, no highlight too bright to be tamed.
Gentlemen we come to brass tacks, this is a VERY compact lens of 890mm focal length and of the tried trusted and true Goerz Red Dot formula, four elements working with unparalleled precision and harmony to produce the sharpest negative you have yet to experience. The glass is single coated and has a fresh minty smell similar to a high end toothpaste. A cap and flange are provided by the generous hand of fate for which your enjoyment has so bountifully been provided. For those who like numbers here are a few....Serial number 9 521 296, F14, 35" focal length which means you WILL need 35" of bellows for infinity focus and more for closer objects, as to coverage...extend your arms as far as you can...look at your right index finger(you can twiddle it if you like) then turn your head to the left and do the same....thats about the image circle from this lens. A mount hole of a mere 94mm is needed to place this beast on a lensboard, yes indeed this is a very compact lens. The aperture is as smooth as my silk underwear " _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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Bruce
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 842 Location: Boston, Ma USA
Expire: 2014-11-22
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Bruce wrote:
I trust him.
too bad he never joined the forum. _________________ Digital: Canon 40d & 5DmkII, Film: Hasselblad 203fe/Zeiss 80/2.8 cfe
Adapters for EOS: Cy; M42; Zenit39; Exakta; LeicaR; OlympusOM; PK; Nikon; Rollei35; Retina; Adaptal; P-6 |
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patrickh
Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 8551 Location: Oregon
Expire: 2011-11-18
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:50 am Post subject: |
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patrickh wrote:
Really. Let's see if he is interested. Sounds like a hoot
patrickh _________________ DSLR: Nikon D300 Nikon D200 Nex 5N
MF Zooms: Kiron 28-85/3.5, 28-105/3.2, 75-150/3.5, Nikkor 50-135/3.5 AIS // MF Primes: Nikkor 20/4 AI, 24/2 AI, 28/2 AI, 28/2.8 AIS, 28/3.5 AI, 35/1.4 AIS, 35/2 AIS, 35/2.8 PC, 45/2.8 P, 50/1.4 AIS, 50/1.8 AIS, 50/2 AI, 55/2.8 AIS micro, 55/3.5 AI micro, 85/2 AI, 100/2,8 E, 105/1,8 AIS, 105/2,5 AIS, 135/2 AIS, 135/2.8 AIS, 200/4 AI, 200/4 AIS micro, 300/4.5 AI, 300/4.5 AI ED, Arsat 50/1.4, Kiron 28/2, Vivitar 28/2.5, Panagor 135/2.8, Tamron 28/2.5, Tamron 90/2.5 macro, Vivitar 90/2.5 macro (Tokina) Voigtlander 90/3.5 Vivitar 105/2.5 macro (Kiron) Kaleinar 100/2.8 AI Tamron 135/2.5, Vivitar 135/2.8CF, 200/3.5, Tokina 400/5,6
M42: Vivitar 28/2.5, Tamron 28/2.5, Formula5 28/2.8, Mamiya 28/2.8, Pentacon 29/2.8, Flektogon 35/2.4, Flektogon 35/2.8, Takumar 35/3.5, Curtagon 35/4, Takumar 50/1.4, Volna-6 50/2.8 macro, Mamiya 50/1.4, CZJ Pancolar 50/1,8, Oreston 50/1.8, Takumar 50/2, Industar 50/3.5, Sears 55/1.4, Helios 58/2, Jupiter 85/2, Helios 85/1.5, Takumar 105/2.8, Steinheil macro 105/4.5, Tamron 135/2.5, Jupiter 135/4, CZ 135/4, Steinheil Culminar 135/4,5, Jupiter 135/3.5, Takumar 135/3.5, Tair 135/2.8, Pentacon 135/2.8, CZ 135/2.8, Taika 135/3.5, Takumar 150/4, Jupiter 200/4, Takumar 200/4
Exakta: Topcon 100/2.8(M42), 35/2.8, 58/1.8, 135/2.8, 135/2.8 (M42), Kyoei Acall 135/3.5
C/Y: Yashica 28/2.8, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, Zeiss Planar 50/1.4, Distagon 25/2.8
Hexanon: 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 40/1.8, 50/1.7, 52/1.8, 135/3.2, 135/3.5, 35-70/3.5, 200/3.5
P6 : Mir 38 65/3.5, Biometar 80/2.8, Kaleinar 150/2.8, Sonnar 180/2.8
Minolta SR: 28/2.8, 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 45/2, 50/2, 58/1.4, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, 200/3.5
RF: Industar 53/2.8, Jupiter 8 50/2
Enlarg: Rodagon 50/5,6, 80/5,6, 105/5.6, Vario 44-52/4, 150/5.6 180/5.6 El Nikkor 50/2,8,63/2.8,75/4, 80/5,6, 105/5.6, 135/5.6 Schneider 60/5.6, 80/5.6, 80/4S,100/5.6S,105/5.6,135/5.6, 135/5.6S, 150/5.6S, Leica 95/4 |
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poilu
Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 10472 Location: Greece
Expire: 2019-08-29
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
he safely added 'Rodenstock Apo Ronar' otherwise his lens could have gone for 50$ with this kind of description |
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Sevo
Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 1189 Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Expire: 2012-12-03
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Sevo wrote:
Bruce wrote: |
too bad he never joined the forum. |
He's a steady participant over at largeformatphotography, and a expert LF lens dealer. _________________ Sevo |
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16628 Location: Weinheim, Germany
Expire: 2021-03-09
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:14 am Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
Very nice, reliable and knowledgeable guy, I know Andy Glover since many years. _________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
http://www.macrolenses.de for macro and special lens info
http://www.pbase.com/kds315/uv_photos for UV Images and lens/filter info
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
http://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/ my UV BLOG
http://www.travelmeetsfood.com/blog Food + Travel BLOG
https://galeriafotografia.com Architecture + Drone photography
Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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DikkieDick
Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts: 63 Location: Groningen, Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: |
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DikkieDick wrote:
I asked him a question about http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180442601121&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123#ht_2147wt_962
Asked him if it was an AI-converted lens? As the serial number is from a 20/4 -K . Anyone knows the english word for the thing with the 2 ears of which you can identify it is an AI(s)-lens? It seems to be screwed on this lens. Andy asks how you can see if it would be AI-converted. _________________ Greetings, Dick
Nikon D300 & Nikon D70, bunch of AF-glass, SB-800-flash and a Jinbei D180 Delicacy Kit
MF-glass (all Nikon-mount):
Kiron 70-210:4 Zoomlock, 80-200:4.5
Peleng 8mm:3.5 fisheye
Sigma 24mm:2.8 Super Wide II
Vivitar 135mm:2.8 (Komine made)
Vivitar 200mm:3.5 (Komine made)
M42-mount:
Helios 44M 58/2 (with Zenit-TTL-camera attached)
Helios 135/2.8 (not Russian, with Chinon CE3 Memotron-camera)
Pentacon 50/1.8 (with Praktica LTL3-camera)
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orly_andico
Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 253 Location: Philippines
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:54 am Post subject: |
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orly_andico wrote:
tyranny of the optical tsetse! is priceless! |
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ChrisLilley
Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 1767 Location: Nice, France
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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ChrisLilley wrote:
That is an AI converted lens, yes. It has been converted with the Nikon factory kit.
The item you refer to is usually called "rabbit ears" but is not a reliable indication that the lens is AI'ed. What to look for is the back of the aperture ring, next to the mount. An AI'ed lens has a ridge running partly round (for the aperture sensor), plus another very short part sticking out (for the minimum aperture sensing switch), while the rest of the aperture ring is flush with the mount.
A pre-AI lens has the aperture ring sticking out all the way round. _________________ Camera (ˈkæ mə rə), n. Device for taking pictures in bright light
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t. Key: Ai-P, Ai, Ai'ed, AiS
Camera: Nikon D90, D40, DK-21M eyepiece, ML-3 remote MF lenses: Nikkor 20mm f/4 K, AI'ed | N.K. Nikkor-N 24mm f/2.8 | Nikkor-N.C 24mm f/2.8 | Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 AiS late model | Арсенал (Arsenal) Мир-24Н (Mir-24N) 35mm f/2 | Cosina Voigtländer Ultron SL II 40mm f/2.0 | Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AiS | Zoom-Nikkor 80-200 f/4.5 Ai | ЛЗОС (LZOS) Юпитер-9 (Jupiter-9) 85mm f/2 | Cosina Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 90mm f/3.5 SL | Nikkor-P 105mm f/2.5 pre-Ai, Ai'ed | Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/4 | Schneider Kreuznach Componon 105mm f/5.6 | Nikkor 135mm f/2.8, Ai'ed 1976 model | Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 ED AiS | Арсенал (Arsenal) ТЕЛЕАР-Н (Telear-n) 200mm f/3.5 | Nikkor 300 mm f/4.5 Ai (full equipment list) |
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Boomer Depp
Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 552 Location: Kingston,Washighton
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Boomer Depp wrote:
The AI mounts first appeared when the K-mount was still being produced.The tail end of the 4/20 production run were factory converted to AI before they were made available to the public.So more then a few 4/20 lenses,though they have the K mount sequential serial numbers were indeed AI and not K mount lenses.Looking at the serial number of the lens of 124081 it would fall at the tail end of the 103011 - 125156 sequential run,so I would suspect this lens was indeed factory converted. _________________ Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if...." And then do it. |
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ChrisLilley
Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 1767 Location: Nice, France
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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ChrisLilley wrote:
Could well be. Mine is 109436 so early in the series (103011 - 125156); it came to me as pre-AI and I converted it using a kit which I purchased separately.
Its a fine lens, though I may be selling it in the new year as I have another at that focal length (hopefully, an upgrade) coming for my birthday _________________ Camera (ˈkæ mə rə), n. Device for taking pictures in bright light
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t. Key: Ai-P, Ai, Ai'ed, AiS
Camera: Nikon D90, D40, DK-21M eyepiece, ML-3 remote MF lenses: Nikkor 20mm f/4 K, AI'ed | N.K. Nikkor-N 24mm f/2.8 | Nikkor-N.C 24mm f/2.8 | Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 AiS late model | Арсенал (Arsenal) Мир-24Н (Mir-24N) 35mm f/2 | Cosina Voigtländer Ultron SL II 40mm f/2.0 | Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AiS | Zoom-Nikkor 80-200 f/4.5 Ai | ЛЗОС (LZOS) Юпитер-9 (Jupiter-9) 85mm f/2 | Cosina Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 90mm f/3.5 SL | Nikkor-P 105mm f/2.5 pre-Ai, Ai'ed | Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/4 | Schneider Kreuznach Componon 105mm f/5.6 | Nikkor 135mm f/2.8, Ai'ed 1976 model | Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 ED AiS | Арсенал (Arsenal) ТЕЛЕАР-Н (Telear-n) 200mm f/3.5 | Nikkor 300 mm f/4.5 Ai (full equipment list) |
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Boomer Depp
Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 552 Location: Kingston,Washighton
Expire: 2011-12-04
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Boomer Depp wrote:
Having a fondness for small compact lenses,I do plan to acquire a Nikkor 4/20 someday.For a time last spring I was following a few 4/20's on ebay,but when the time came for the final bid I had already blown my wad on another lens or two.
The Nikkor 3.5/20 also has a good repetition shooting distance shots on film...and an even better repetition then the 4/20 shooting closeups digitally.Someday down the road I would like to acquire this lens as well the 4/20.
Having the Nikkor AI-S 3.5/18,2.8/20,24 & 28 in my collection,hasn't swayed my desire to still acquire either of these unpretentious compact lens....I plan to fill the holes in my Olympus Zuiko collection first though,before returning to expanding my Nikkor collection. _________________ Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if...." And then do it. |
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DikkieDick
Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts: 63 Location: Groningen, Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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DikkieDick wrote:
Well, I would like to place a bid, but unfortunately the shippingcost to Europe from the US is quite expensive (currently as expensive as the highest bid), so I prefer 'winning' lenses in the neighbourhood. _________________ Greetings, Dick
Nikon D300 & Nikon D70, bunch of AF-glass, SB-800-flash and a Jinbei D180 Delicacy Kit
MF-glass (all Nikon-mount):
Kiron 70-210:4 Zoomlock, 80-200:4.5
Peleng 8mm:3.5 fisheye
Sigma 24mm:2.8 Super Wide II
Vivitar 135mm:2.8 (Komine made)
Vivitar 200mm:3.5 (Komine made)
M42-mount:
Helios 44M 58/2 (with Zenit-TTL-camera attached)
Helios 135/2.8 (not Russian, with Chinon CE3 Memotron-camera)
Pentacon 50/1.8 (with Praktica LTL3-camera)
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