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Schnauzer
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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: Oh my Oh my Oh my |
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Schnauzer wrote:
First off, thank you Attila for sending me a lense that was everything you said it was.
I put the CZJ flektogon 35mm f/2.4 on the 40D. I took 1 picture inside to see if everything would work. It did. I went out side and took a quick snapshot of some flowers that my wife is getting to plant to see what quality of picture I would get
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I came inside and took a quick ambient light shot of my best friend and constant companion Maxwell at f/2.4. I keep an old comforter on his couch when no one is home to protect it, so forgive the looks.
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bob955i
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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bob955i wrote:
Nice shots Ron and welcome to the Flektomaniacs Club.... 
I take it you like the lens then?  |
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Great Flektographs, Ron! Colors are awesome with this lens! |
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Laurence
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
Your Flektography is beautiful, Ron! Love the nice dog!
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
I love the dog picture, exquisite "half-tones".
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maddog10
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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maddog10 wrote:
Ron,
Photos are not sharp at all and the color rendition is horrid. You should send that lens to me! 
Very nice! Now we get to see some manual focus work from you. I bet it will quite some time before an AF lens gets mounted again.
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Dialing in your own focus is a lot more fun than using AF lenses. Why leave
all the fun to a microprocessor and electric motor? |
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
| bob955i wrote: |
Nice shots Ron and welcome to the Flektomaniacs Club....
I take it you like the lens then? |
Thanks Bob.
I like it a lot.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
| Katastrofo wrote: |
| Great Flektographs, Ron! Colors are awesome with this lens! |
Thanks Bill.
This lense is an eye opener to me.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
| Laurence wrote: |
| Your Flektography is beautiful, Ron! Love the nice dog! |
Larry, please understand that I was trying for no composition with these shots, just a couple of shots to see what the lense was capable of.
I say this because I have seen the beautiful shots that you post.
Maxwell is my best friend in the world, thank you. I would give my life for this guy.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
| Orio wrote: |
| I love the dog picture, exquisite "half-tones". |
Thank you Orio, I appreciate it.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
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Ron,
Photos are not sharp at all and the color rendition is horrid. You should send that lens to me!
Very nice! Now we get to see some manual focus work from you. I bet it will quite some time before an AF lens gets mounted again. |
Don't pull that crap with me Mike . You are not getting my new lense. No way.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
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Dialing in your own focus is a lot more fun than using AF lenses. Why leave
all the fun to a microprocessor and electric motor? |
Well Bill, I am very happy with the lenses that I have.
I must admit that I am very surprised at how easy this M/F lense is to focus, even for these 65 year old eyes.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
Now for some advice.
My most used lenses are my 17- 55 f/2.8 IS and my 70-200 f/2.8 IS, so what should I be considering next in a quality M/F lense to get into my most used area?
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maddog10
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:36 am Post subject: |
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maddog10 wrote:
A nice lens in the 100-135mm range would be nice, I am almost always going to recommend Nikon, Tamron makes nice glass. Some of the Soviet glass is a great value. Quality German glass will be costly, but well worth it. I still find it hard to settle on one brand over another, almost all seem to have some desirable characteristics.
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
I suggest the Jupiter 37A, 37AM, for your next lens. Inexpensive, resolves
nicely, and great colors, good for portraits, too. Orio has some shots that
will knock your socks off.
Thankyougoodnight,
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esrods
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:42 am Post subject: |
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esrods wrote:
| Schnauzer wrote: |
Now for some advice.
My most used lenses are my 17- 55 f/2.8 IS and my 70-200 f/2.8 IS, so what should I be considering next in a quality M/F lense to get into my most used area? |
It's very tough to replace those two lenses with MF lenses (  shoot me!)
I have 24-105L IS and 70-200 4L/IS and I rackon Carl Zeiss lenses are the only ones that come close  to these.
Of the ones I have I recommend the following:
Contax Zeiss 2.8/28 (or Flek 4/20)
Contax Zeiss 2.8/35 (or Flek 35)
CZJ Pancolar 1.8/50
CZJ Sonnar 3.5/135
Jupiter 21M 4/200 (Not quite CZ but I like it)
By the way, don't you love the colour of Flek !
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patrickh
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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patrickh wrote:
Nikkor 105/2.5 AIS. Unbeatable lens (except for the nikkor 105/1.. Relatively cheap still because so many are out there. 
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
| Schnauzer wrote: |
Now for some advice.
My most used lenses are my 17- 55 f/2.8 IS and my 70-200 f/2.8 IS, so what should I be considering next in a quality M/F lense to get into my most used area? |
Haha! You been bitten Ron! The Flek 35 is a very bad lens to start off with if you want to avoid getting addicted
To advise on what next, a lot depends on what you're prepared to pay. I've been determined to keep within a fairly tight budget, so Distagons and Biogons are a pipe dream for me. But there are some great M42 lenses still within my price range. If you're in the same bracket, this is what I'd suggest:
20mm - CZJ 4/20, 2.8/20
28mm - Vivitar 2.8/28, Super Tak 3.5/28
50mm - Pancolar 1.8/50, Super Tak 1.4/50, Industar-50-2
85mm - Super Tak 1.9/85, Jupiter 9 or Helios 40 if you can lift one.
100mm - Tak 100 or 105
135mm - CZJ 3.5/35, Jupiter 37A, Tair 11 or Tak 3.5/135
200mm - Jupiter 21, Pentacon 4/200
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Excellent suggestions!
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:51 am Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
Thanks everyone for the ideas.
I have been very busy today.
My daughter is graduating from college this weekend (pre-med).
She is an honor student so today was taken up with honors college activities.
Tomorrow is regular graduation.
In August she will be off to 4 years of grad school. I will miss my baby.
Anyway, next week I will be back to playing photographer.
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:40 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Congrats, Ron, proud papa!
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