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What are the lenses you're dreaming of?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any Kodak Ektra


PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LucisPictor wrote:

Dreams, unlikely to be fulfilled:

Leica Summicron-M 2/28
Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35
Leica Summilux-M 1.4/50
Wink


My advice: sell many lenses and get that first one. Smile It's the cheapest of the super-lenses, and I suspect it's the best.

My wish list:
135 APO telyt M
the sharpest 90 M (what is it?)
50/1.4 ASPH summi (why?---so many good 50s, and this one is not perfect......)
some magnificent 250+ what should it be?

a 35 summilux asph would be delicious, but the nokton 1.2 is good enough Smile


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In the accompanying WHY DREAM? thread, I mentioned that I don't dream of lenses I don't have because I don't know what looks they will project until I use them myself. So I have desires, not dreams. Right now my desire is for a Rikenon XR 28/3.5 Aspheric (70g), followed by other ultralight lenses in the 20-30mm range. Beyond that, I want old lenses with old coatings (if any). Cheap is good.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Topcon RE Auto Topcor 20mm
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Konica UC Hexanon 15mm

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Will probably acquire all of those in the next couple of years


good luck to find one for a reasonable price


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

erkie wrote:
I feel kind of guilty. My dream lens at the moment is the Kodak Ektar 47mm f2 attached to a Retina II of course. Not really expensive but a PITA to find at a good price. Just a little rare.


Interesting. I just got a Kodak Retina IIa with a Schneider-Krauznach 50/2 from my father. I know nothing about it, except that it's in pristine condition. Looks like it has never been used.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

uhoh7 wrote:
LucisPictor wrote:

Dreams, unlikely to be fulfilled:

Leica Summicron-M 2/28
Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35
Leica Summilux-M 1.4/50
Wink


My advice: sell many lenses and get that first one. Smile It's the cheapest of the super-lenses, and I suspect it's the best.



The cheapest perhaps but still extremely expensive!! Not worth the price for me.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LucisPictor wrote:
uhoh7 wrote:
LucisPictor wrote:

Dreams, unlikely to be fulfilled:

Leica Summicron-M 2/28
Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35
Leica Summilux-M 1.4/50
Wink


My advice: sell many lenses and get that first one. Smile It's the cheapest of the super-lenses, and I suspect it's the best.



The cheapest perhaps but still extremely expensive!! Not worth the price for me.


In that case, I'd get a 28 ultron. A nex without a fast, small 28 is like being 18 with no girlfriend. Wink


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My lens dreams are altogether quite humble; I want a decent 24 or 28mm in M42 mount for my Pentax SV, so it has to be fairly good at full-frame edges. I once had a Vivitar 28mm f/2.5 that I don't ever remember being unhappy with, so I may well try and track one down.

The other lens I dream about is a 50mm f/4 Flektogon for Pentacon Six. I'm finally in a position to own that camera, so the lens is now right at the top of my dream list.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 50mm Flek is well worth getting, Attila's samples with his show stunning IQ. So good I've been wanting a P645 and one for a while now.

I can tell you a really good 28mm for pennies - Tokina or Hoya 2.8/28, same lens, really good one, very sharp, excellent coatings, built like a tank, great bokeh, very common on ebay in all kinds of mounts. Another good one is the Ensinor/Clubman one made by Cimko, probably as good as the Hoya, I had two and they were really good.


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
The 50mm Flek is well worth getting, Attila's samples with his show stunning IQ. So good I've been wanting a P645 and one for a while now.

I can tell you a really good 28mm for pennies - Tokina or Hoya 2.8/28, same lens, really good one, very sharp, excellent coatings, built like a tank, great bokeh, very common on ebay in all kinds of mounts. Another good one is the Ensinor/Clubman one made by Cimko, probably as good as the Hoya, I had two and they were really good.
I'd forgotten about the Hoya. I remember you recommending them and I went out and bought a zoom, and it was fantastic. I'll go set up a fleabay "saved search".

Just won a Flektogon for 81 quid Cool

I now have no lens dreamlist Very Happy


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got such a lot of really good lenses to sue now I'm more into selling the excess than acquiring more but so far this year I've bought these:

Ross Xpress f3.5 4inch - I collect Ross lenses so had to have it.
Konica Hexanon UC 4/80-200 - an outstanding zoom and I am trying to complete my Hexanon collection
Miranda 2.8/50 - very cheap but intriguing
Miranda 2.8/100 - cheap with a working Sensorex
Topcon RE Auto Topcor 1.8/58 - got it really cheap and my other Topcors are wonderful


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tedat wrote:
the Konica 2.8/15 Fish-eye Hexanon AR UC

..and it's all Attilas fault! Laughing


28mm 1.8 is yours Laughing Laughing


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Attila wrote:
erkie wrote:
I feel kind of guilty. My dream lens at the moment is the Kodak Ektar 47mm f2 attached to a Retina II of course. Not really expensive but a PITA to find at a good price. Just a little rare.


I have it , best one what I seen from a 35mm war time camera. Keep looking and buy it , not count money, well worth to have it.

I wish to have a Konica Pearl IV.



I envy you Attila ! I keep searching for a nice condition example!


PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Arninetyes wrote:
erkie wrote:
I feel kind of guilty. My dream lens at the moment is the Kodak Ektar 47mm f2 attached to a Retina II of course. Not really expensive but a PITA to find at a good price. Just a little rare.


Interesting. I just got a Kodak Retina IIa with a Schneider-Krauznach 50/2 from my father. I know nothing about it, except that it's in pristine condition. Looks like it has never been used.


Put film in it and take it out and enjoy it ! It is my favorite and most used camera. A great lens and a wonderful to use camera. Find yourself an old Kodalux meter or just use sunny16rule .


PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmm that's easy

MF:
-Minolta 135 f/2
-Minolta 200 f/2.8
-Minolta 100 f/2
-Olympus 18 f/3.5
-Olympus 21 f/2

AF:
-Minolta 85 f/1.4G SE (only 700 were made) but the non SE version is fine...
-Minolta 100 f/2
-Zeiss 135 f/1.8
-Minolta/Sony 135 STF
-Minolta 200 f/2.8
-Minolta 80-200 f/2.8HS or Minolta/Sony 70-200 f/2.8
-Sigma 100-300 f/4
-Minolta 400 f/4.5
-Tokina 11-16


PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

125/2.5...


PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

erkie wrote:
Arninetyes wrote:
erkie wrote:
I feel kind of guilty. My dream lens at the moment is the Kodak Ektar 47mm f2 attached to a Retina II of course. Not really expensive but a PITA to find at a good price. Just a little rare.


Interesting. I just got a Kodak Retina IIa with a Schneider-Krauznach 50/2 from my father. I know nothing about it, except that it's in pristine condition. Looks like it has never been used.


Put film in it and take it out and enjoy it ! It is my favorite and most used camera. A great lens and a wonderful to use camera. Find yourself an old Kodalux meter or just use sunny16rule .


No problem. I remember the sunny 16 rule, but even better: have a decent light meter, and the case my father gave me with the Retina contains one as well.

Also, I got the story on the Retina: he bought it in the early 50s, just before going to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. While in the caverns, he shot a few rolls of film with flash, but nothing came out. He said the flash and camera malfunctioned, so he put it away, got a camera and flash that worked, and forgot about it. I read the manual. Most likely, the camera didn't malfunction, it was operator error.

Instructions? We don't need no stinkin' instructions.

So, basically, the camera looks like it was never used because it actually was only used a couple times, then stored for 60 years.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dream lenses. Once upon a time, I wanted a very long, fast lens for birding. I currently have a Tokina AT-X 150-500/5.6 SD. It isn't as big and heavy as a big birding lens, but it's bigger and heavier than I enjoy. Lugging that thing around and taking photos with it is more like work than pleasure.

So, dream lenses are basically lenses to replace ones I already have, with ones that, through the use of unobtainium, intrinsic magic, and at exorbitant cost, will not improve my photography the slightest bit, but will make me feel as though it MUST improve, because I spent so much money...

Since I'm kinda committed to Nikon, and don't wish to have multiple sets of 'essential' lenses for multiple camera brands, all must be in Nikon mount, or adaptable to Nikon mount. That leaves out a lot of wonderful lenses. Oh, well. Also, I've added a couple AF lenses because they really are that good.

Nikkor 13/5.6 Ai-S (talk about a dream...)
Nikkor 15/3.5 Ai-S
Zeiss 21/2.8 Distagon T* ZF
Nikkor AF-S 24/1.4G
Zeiss 25/2 Distagon T* ZF
Leica 28/2.8 Elmarit-R
Nikkor AF-S 85/1.4G
Leica 90 APO Summicron-R ASPH
Zeiss 100/2 Makro-Planar T* ZF
Nikkor AF-DC 135/2D
Leica 180/2 APO-Summicron-R
Micro Nikkor AF 200/4D


PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've recently acquired two of my dream MF lenses -- Tamron SP 80-200mm f/2.8 LD and Tamorn SP 300mm f/2.8 LD IF. I love 'em.

I can think of only a couple other MF lenses I'd really like to get someday: the Tokina 17mm f/3.5 and 90mm f/2.8 macro. Oh, and the Nikkor-UD 20mm f/3.5.

But I gotta break ranks with the theme of this forum and say that I would like to someday own a couple of EOS EF lenses. The 100-400mm f/4-5.6 L and 500mm f/4.5 L would be nice. Wouldn't mind owning the 300mm f/2.8 L either. And the 24-105mm f/4 L, and the 16-35mm f/2.8 L, and . . .


PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A fisheye lens at the right price.. Laughing is my dream!


PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zuiko 8mm f/2.8 FE

Zuiko 18mm f/3.5

Zuiko 21mm f/2

Zuiko 24mm SHIFT

Zuiko 50mm f/1.2

Zuiko 100mm f/2

Zuiko 250mm f/2

Zuiko 350mm f/2.8

Zuiko 1000mm f/11 APO
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All to be used by my imaginary digital OM3-Ti....


PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cooltouch wrote:
....But I gotta break ranks with the theme of this forum and say that I would like to someday own a couple of EOS EF lenses. The 100-400mm f/4-5.6 L and 500mm f/4.5 L would be nice. Wouldn't mind owning the 300mm f/2.8 L either. And the 24-105mm f/4 L, and the 16-35mm f/2.8 L, and . . .


I have two of the EF lenses you list; the 24-105L and the 100-400L and both are uniformly excellent. I also have the 17-40L which is a good cost effective alternative to the 16-35 albeit a stop slower - most of the 16-35 abilities at half the cost. In the case of my copies at least, all of these lenses are far better than a lot of the internet lore would have you believe.

My dream lenses?

Simple - all of the current Zeiss ZE range.


PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cooltouch wrote:
But I gotta break ranks with the theme of this forum and say that I would like to someday own a couple of EOS EF lenses. The 100-400mm f/4-5.6 L and 500mm f/4.5 L would be nice. Wouldn't mind owning the 300mm f/2.8 L either. And the 24-105mm f/4 L, and the 16-35mm f/2.8 L, and . . .


Yeah, I had to include a couple AF lenses as well. I love MF lenses, but sometimes, an AF lens is better.


PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Arninetyes wrote:
cooltouch wrote:
But I gotta break ranks with the theme of this forum and say that I would like to someday own a couple of EOS EF lenses. The 100-400mm f/4-5.6 L and 500mm f/4.5 L would be nice. Wouldn't mind owning the 300mm f/2.8 L either. And the 24-105mm f/4 L, and the 16-35mm f/2.8 L, and . . .


Yeah, I had to include a couple AF lenses as well. I love MF lenses, but sometimes, an AF lens is better.


Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing


PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mo wrote:
A fisheye lens at the right price.. Laughing is my dream!

Full-circle, or frame-filling, or either, or both?
Need it be photographic quality, or will poster quality do?