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For the 125mm f/2.5 Apo-Lanthar lovers
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:26 pm    Post subject: For the 125mm f/2.5 Apo-Lanthar lovers Reply with quote
I know many of you don't have one. But you NEED one! Twisted Evil

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
sure, absolutely, and here is a new chance for EOS Click here to see on Ebay (no relations whats'oever).

P.S.: great pics Peter as always. Can't you show a bad one, I feel so miserable otherwise Wink Wink


PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I took mine out for the first time in several months the other day, and a casual snap shot reminded me of how special it was... I also had on me a Trioplan 100/2.8 that day, and while that made some instersting images, one shot with the Apo-Lanthar showed that the two were on entirely different planes of existence.


Hangin' On by Dr. RawheaD, on Flickr


PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great lens indeed. I am personally not very fond of the totally washed out smooth backgrounds. But I reckon that especially in some context, like scientific pictures, these are much wanted to single out elements from the context.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rawhead, great picture! Surprised

Orio, of course it would be nice to have some more "body" in the picture. But I was not specifically looking for smooth backgrounds; it's more or less a given in some macro shots where the distance between the background and the subject is too large. The same happens with many of my bird shots (made with my SMC Pentax-F* 250-600/5.6). Stopping down more is not always the solution because of the minimum usable shutter speed. But why am I telling you this? You know this very well! Smile

Anyway: the macro season has just begun so I'm sure I will soon have a few other samples that are more to your taste Wink


PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent photos, I really need to take mine out as well and shoot something else with it than the daily product macros and portraits in my studio.

kds315* wrote:
sure, absolutely, and here is a new chance for EOS Click here to see on Ebay (no relations whats'oever).


Just to specify - I know Klaus' has no relation to seller whatsoever and he clearly posted it just out of interest because that lens so rarely sells on eBay.

A few comments on the eBay listing

1. Item is in Taiwan, seller location United Kingdom according to profile. Don't eBay rules forbid to sell stuff that isn't in your hands?

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The Canon mount is also said to be the rarest and most valuable of the different mounts that this lens was produced in.
<-- This is totally wrong (PK-A, C/Y, M/MD and O/OM etc. rarer, and definitely not the most valuable, Nikon mount versions sell for a lot more). People who own this lens are not ignorant about its history of production, especially not when they know how to price it (very high). Possibly that's just salesman's "boosting of truth" of course.

3. Strange that the owner does not describe whether lens is a Canon FD or an EF mount version, with or without Voigtländer supplied adapter...

I would not bid on this, I hear warning bells ringing too loud

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice lense and shots


PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bokeh characteristics are variable, and I'm one of those that like 'em all. Smooth buttery to swirly crazy Smile

What just hit me in the head hard with that shot was the resolution of the in-focus area. *THAT* is something I don't see so much of with my other "bokeh" machines shot wide open Smile


PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mine is getting used almost every weekend. From last Saturday.


PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Peter, the photo with the backlit leaf, is one of my favorite themes...
Really excellent!!

rawhead wrote:
Yeah, I took mine out for the first time in several months the other day, and a casual snap shot reminded me of how special it was...

Excellent photo, rawhead!

kds315* wrote:
sure, absolutely, and here is a new chance for EOS Click here to see on Ebay (no relations whats'oever).

P.S.: great pics Peter as always. Can't you show a bad one, I feel so miserable otherwise Wink Wink

This is an insane price for a lens that originally sold for less than $1000.
This is why I chose to go with the Zeiss 2/100 Makro Planar.
I think that sooner or later, Voigtländer will reissue the lens and we will be able to get it at half-price...
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