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Billou
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Just scored a Contax G1 body in perfect condition for 80 euros.  |
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Belcanto
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Belcanto wrote:
No I plan to use them on my Panasonic G5. Quick test just looking through them looked promising. The 55 macro has
some oil on the diafragm blades. But I cant see that it should be a problem for me. I plan to use it to digitalise my fathers Dia-positives so that all my sisters and brothers can get all of them.
I've been surfing the net to learn more about these lenses but its mostly bewildering. Some says they are great and others so so.
I guess it's often fanboys shouting this way or that way with little credibility. I'm shure a 55mm macro of any brand will serve my needs more than well.
Kjell
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cooltouch
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My experience with Yashica lenses is limited. I own a total of one: an M42 Yashinon-DX 50mm f/1.7 and it is one of the sharpest 50mm lenses I own. Definitely sharper than my Helios 44M. But I have heard numerous good things about the Yashica ML lenses. There are quite a few Contax camera owners who can't always justify the high price of zeiss lenses, and who buy the Yashical ML lenses instead. Hopefully someone here will chime in. Or you can start a thread over in the manual lenses subforum, and I'm sure you'll get some responses.
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Jesito
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Jesito wrote:
The biggest bargain I've ever found is my wife, she's worth her weight in gold and never posed any objctions to my collection of lenses and cameras ... 
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Minolfan
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Minolfan wrote:
That is not a bargain, Jesito.
That is luck and happiness!
Much rarer then bargains, congrats with that  |
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Layer-cake
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Layer-cake wrote:
Managed to find a fully operational Olympus Penn EE-2 for $10, have a collection of 3, 1 completely destroyed to partially fix another one that wasn't in bad shape.
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RnR
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RnR wrote:
| Belcanto wrote: |
I've been surfing the net to learn more about these lenses but its mostly bewildering. Some says they are great and others so so.
I guess it's often fanboys shouting this way or that way with little credibility. I'm shure a 55mm macro of any brand will serve my needs more than well.
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I'm using a 28mm ML on a mft camera with a cy speedbooster. Satisfyingly sharp wide open. Its quickly become my std goto lens. I hope you have a good copy.
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vanylapep
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What's the going price for the Contax G 45/2? |
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Belcanto
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Belcanto wrote:
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| I'm using a 28mm ML on a mft camera with a cy speedbooster. Satisfyingly sharp wide open. Its quickly become my std goto lens. I hope you have a good copy. |
One day I hope to afford a fuji x-?? and a speedbooster. Of som reason not known to me I haven't consider it for my G5.
A first glance through the EVF magnified looks promising. Still I'm not shure this is my standard to go lens. Normally I use a 50mm 1.4 something for that. Old habit I suppose. I ordered a couple of adapters so when they arrive I'll give them a better try out.
Kjell
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hifisapi
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best bargain I ever got was a large format kit I bought on ebay for $300 consisting of a camera and 2 lenses. In the box of
assorted accessories I found a tiny barrel lens, a zeiss protar which turned out to be an ultra large format wide angle that I
sold on ebay for $1500.
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Layer-cake
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Layer-cake wrote:
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best bargain I ever got was a large format kit I bought on ebay for $300 consisting of a camera and 2 lenses. In the box of
assorted accessories I found a tiny barrel lens, a zeiss protar which turned out to be an ultra large format wide angle that I
sold on ebay for $1500. |
Thats the type of thing that really puts a smile on a persons face |
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pd1987
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pd1987 wrote:
I reminded it today!
Once I was shooting around with friends, when an orange grungy van stopped and a guy came out. I thought he just wanted to shout, what the hell were we doing, but he appreciated our work and gear and offered a camera he'd found somewhere in Germany.
It was:
Revueflex 1000 S
Auto Flex 50/2.8
Revuenon-Special 135/2.8
Revuenon-Special 35/2.8
All with caps, very good condition in vintage leather bag. He wanted about $30 for it, but I had like $5. My friends went through their pockets and got me another $5...
All in all - I got that set for $10!
Maybe nothing special, but price and situation were amusing!
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Gardener
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Gardener wrote:
Samyang 14/2.8 with "broken autofocus" I bought online for next to nothing  |
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
A bit of Pentax kit came my way this morning FREE
Pentax MZ-50 camera with SMC Pentax FA 35-80
Pentax P30N camera with Sirius 28-70 f3.5-f4.5 & ERC
SMC Pentax-M lens 40mm f2.8 pancake
SMC Pentax-M lens 75-140 f4
SMC Pentax-M lens 50mm f1.4
Takumar (bayonet) 135mm f2.5
Pentax AF280T flash
Pentax AF200SA flash
Pentax Hotshoe grip for the above flashes
Outfit case, UV filter & caps on each lens, manuals, batteries a compact camera and a pinhole lens PK fit
Will the flashes work with TTL on digital Pentaxes??
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flaviomaia
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flaviomaia wrote:
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I reminded it today!
Once I was shooting around with friends, when an orange grungy van stopped and a guy came out. I thought he just wanted to shout, what the hell were we doing, but he appreciated our work and gear and offered a camera he'd found somewhere in Germany.
It was:
Revueflex 1000 S
Auto Flex 50/2.8
Revuenon-Special 135/2.8
Revuenon-Special 35/2.8
All with caps, very good condition in vintage leather bag. He wanted about $30 for it, but I had like $5. My friends went through their pockets and got me another $5...
All in all - I got that set for $10!
Maybe nothing special, but price and situation were amusing! |
I had the Revuenon-Special 35/2.8 and it was really awful. Never get really sharp at any aperture at medium to infinity distantes.
Only with extension tubes it was a decent performer for close ups.
I hope yours is better.
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| Samyang 14/2.8 with "broken autofocus" I bought online for next to nothing |
Nice one  
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cooltouch
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cooltouch wrote:
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| Samyang 14/2.8 with "broken autofocus" I bought online for next to nothing |
I didn't know Samyang made an AF 14/2.8? What, was this guy badly mistaken, or have I missed something?
Anyway, good move!
Great catch, Phil! Wish a freebie like that would come my way every once in a while.
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pavko
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pavko wrote:
| cooltouch wrote: |
| Gardener wrote: |
| Samyang 14/2.8 with "broken autofocus" I bought online for next to nothing |
I didn't know Samyang made an AF 14/2.8? What, was this guy badly mistaken, or have I missed something?
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I'm almost sure that it was listed as having broken AF Looking however on DOF of such lens one can assume that AF is there and working perfectly  |
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philslizzy
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philslizzy wrote:
| cooltouch wrote: |
| Gardener wrote: |
| Samyang 14/2.8 with "broken autofocus" I bought online for next to nothing |
I didn't know Samyang made an AF 14/2.8? What, was this guy badly mistaken, or have I missed something?
Anyway, good move!
Great catch, Phil! Wish a freebie like that would come my way every once in a while. |
Thanks Michael, its not anything I would use so its going on ebay. I ought to get a couple of hundred for it.
photo of my swag, not shown are the cases and the Takumar 28 f2.8 turned into a pinhole lens 
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barryreid
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I'd love to have been given that lot, it would give me the excuse to buy an MX and shoot the 50/1.4 with it (I'd get rid of the rest though). The MX & 50/1.4 is about as good as it gets for all manual film photography IMO.
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cooltouch
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I have the 50/1.4 (M) and a KX, which I prefer over the MX, and you're right -- it's a hard to beat combination. Actually I wouldn't mind owning both the 135/2.5 and that 75-150 zoom. I'm tapped out though, so I'm not even gonna make an offer.
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thebbm
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thebbm wrote:
my turn , i'm a bargain tracker so...
in 2013 i bought (all shipping included )
contax g1 + planar 45mm f2 = 80e (very very beautiful gears)
contax yashica distagon 35mm 1.4 = 280e
contax yashica planar 85mm 1.4 = 275e
helios 58mm f2 = 5e
minolta rokkor 58mm 1.2 = 80e
olympus om zuiko 55mm 1.2 = 150e
leica flex + summicron 50mm + elmarit 35mm in MINT conditions : 400e
leica r elmarit 95mm 2.8 = 135e
leica r summicron 35mm ( unable to turn the focus ring or diaphragm ) : free thanks my mom ( 1 weeks on it and now it work )
tomioka auto chinon 55mm 1.2 = 65e ( very very soft wide open, i don't like it)
webtclick 135mm 1.8 = 65e ( very heavy 800g)
it's not always bargain, damn FUNGUS !!! :
olympus om zuiko 35mm f2 : 130e
minolta rokkor 35-70mm f3.5 : 50e
in 2014 : best of the best bargain i find
leica r summilux 35mm 1.4 in good conditions ( free from scratch ) : 560e with a R5 & a bag limited édition (1000)
best regards
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memetph wrote:
A soligor 3.5 200mm received for free with a Yashica Electro TL bought an Ebay, It is mint and surprisingly good.
My last deal: a Jupiter 8 from 1959 with a Zorki 4 for 22 euros.
First it was a great disappointment : stucked focusing and impossible to focus to infinity.
After relubrification and having removed an internal srew which stopped the focusing, it is like new.
An amazing lens ! |
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Farside
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Farside wrote:
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Will the flashes work with TTL on digital Pentaxes?? |
No, the digital flash is P-TTL, iirc. Also, iirc, the earlier Pentax dSLRs did have compatibility with earlier flashes but not from the K100 onwards. P-TTL only since then.
No matter, if the flashes have any form of manual setting or thyristor control, you're good to go.
I have a cracking little film-era Metz setup, with motorised flash zoom, auto-everything near enough, and it acquits itself well on the Kdigis, only thing missing from total integration is the proper auto exposure, but it's bloody good, being so versatile as to be almost indistinguishable from full point and shoot as to make no difference.
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LucisPictor
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LucisPictor wrote:
| thebbm wrote: |
my turn , i'm a bargain tracker so...
in 2013 i bought (all shipping included )
contax g1 + planar 45mm f2 = 80e (very very beautiful gears)
contax yashica distagon 35mm 1.4 = 280e
contax yashica planar 85mm 1.4 = 275e
helios 58mm f2 = 5e
minolta rokkor 58mm 1.2 = 80e
olympus om zuiko 55mm 1.2 = 150e
leica flex + summicron 50mm + elmarit 35mm in MINT conditions : 400e
leica r elmarit 95mm 2.8 = 135e
leica r summicron 35mm ( unable to turn the focus ring or diaphragm ) : free thanks my mom ( 1 weeks on it and now it work )
tomioka auto chinon 55mm 1.2 = 65e ( very very soft wide open, i don't like it)
webtclick 135mm 1.8 = 65e ( very heavy 800g)
it's not always bargain, FUNGUS !!! :
olympus om zuiko 35mm f2 : 130e
minolta rokkor 35-70mm f3.5 : 50e
in 2014 : best of the best bargain i find
leica r summilux 35mm 1.4 ( i tell the price in 4/5 days when it arrived, i hope in good conditions )
best regards |
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thebbm
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thebbm wrote:
last week i buy a little bunch:
- leica R5, fire but the compensation ring (+-2 IL ) is broken.
- summilux R 35mm 1.4, very good optically ( not fungus, no no scratch ) but cosmeticly a little used and maybe need some tightening.
- a big leather bag made in italy by 'Klaus bree for leica'
- a glasses "aus jena x2"
price 600 euros !!!
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