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PostPosted: Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
caspert79 wrote:
SMC Pentax 45-125mm f/4.
I like the images I’ve seen of this lens, and I think it’s focal range is actually quite practical. This lens + 1 wide angle of choice is all I need on most of my trips.


Like 1 Like 1 Congrats useful practical range on FF and crop imo!


PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
stevemark wrote:
Petri 1.8/55mm & non-working Petri FT EE, and a Tokina Tele-Auto 5.5/300mm (both lenses not arrived yet ...)

S



The Petri FT EE has arrived - here it is:



Non-working, as correctly described by the seller: Shutter doesn't fire, even though it is cocked (as a quick inspection via the open backside reveals). OK ... Let's open the bottom; just four screws and the mechanism is visible.


Fiddling with some the levers near the central part soon is freeing up the first shutter curtain - which now slooooowly starts moving across the frame. Not much later also the second curtain is follwing. Cocking / releasing the shutter for some time - maybe 50 times - makes it travelling quite fast again, but the mirror still doesnt move.

Looking carefully at the driveshaft reveals that A) it is somehow connected to several functions including mirror movements, and that B) only its right part (with the gear) is turning when I'm cocking the shutter. Well ... [EDIT:Removed by Moderator]*!

Inspecting closely all the parts, and after some time I notice that there's a tiny hole, and a spring that doesn't engage ... OK, makes sense now!


Re-engaging the spring is pretty easy (even though the hole is really tiny, much less than 1mm diameter):


Yahoo ... the mirror starts moving!! Not really well yet, but ... Quite soon though, something else makes a "clutching" sound, and *boom* the mirror flips up and down in full speed! Camera sucessfully repaired Wink

S







*{EDIT:Removed by Moderator]


PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
stevemark wrote:
stevemark wrote:
Petri 1.8/55mm & non-working Petri FT EE, and a Tokina Tele-Auto 5.5/300mm (both lenses not arrived yet ...)

S



The Petri FT EE has arrived - here it is:

pic

Non-working, as correctly described by the seller: Shutter doesn't fire, even though it is cocked (as a quick inspection via the open backside reveals). OK ... Let's open the bottom; just four screws and the mechanism is visible.

pic

Fiddling with some the levers near the central part soon is freeing up the first shutter curtain - which now slooooowly starts moving across the frame. Not much later also the second curtain is follwing. Cocking / releasing the shutter for some time - maybe 50 times - makes it travelling quite fast again, but the mirror still doesnt move.

Looking carefully at the driveshaft reveals that A) it is somehow connected to several functions including mirror movements, and that B) only its right part (with the gear) is turning when I'm cocking the shutter. Well ... [EDIT:Removed by Moderator]*!

Inspecting closely all the parts, and after some time I notice that there's a tiny hole, and a spring that doesn't engage ... OK, makes sense now!


Re-engaging the spring is pretty easy (even though the hole is really tiny, much less than 1mm diameter):


Yahoo ... the mirror starts moving!! Not really well yet, but ... Quite soon though, something else makes a "clutching" sound, and *boom* the mirror flips up and down in full speed! Camera sucessfully repaired Wink

S







*{EDIT:Removed by Moderator]


Looks like botched repair to mirror spring from leftover solder. Congrats on repair!


PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Two 'new' lenses en route.

First is a 'mint' Sigma Super Wide II 24mm f2.8 in C/Y fitment to go on my Contax RX. Unusually it appears to have the tag to operate TV and P modes that's normally only found on MMJ/MMG lenses or some adaptall 2 mounts. It's the only C/Y fit Sigma I've found so far with that tag.

Second is a Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f3.5 in m42 fitment to use across all my cameras (even the RX will take it).

Both due in the next week.

Ediit: make that 2 x 135 F3 5 CZJ lenses in m42. Another one was offered for just £15 so I grabbed it.


PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Micro-Nikkor-P.C 55mm f/3.5 Auto



PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
visualopsins wrote:


Looks like botched repair to mirror spring from leftover solder. Congrats on repair!


Yep, I was surprised to see that, too ... Maybe the spring has a tendency to "leave" its proper place (construction problem?), and someone tried to fix it? Obviously, soldering those two parts together won't work, though ...



D. P. wrote:
Micro-Nikkor-P.C 55mm f/3.5 Auto



That's a really nice sample of this reliable workhorse! Enjoy it Wink!!

S


PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
D. P. wrote:
Micro-Nikkor-P.C 55mm f/3.5 Auto



Been a while since I've seen a bullet case.
You are going to have a great time with that set-up. That lens is a personal favorite with me.
Very nice condition!
Congrats!
Like 1

-D.S.


PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have bought, again, the Zeiss (Voigtlander) Ultron 1,8/50.
Magic lens.
It's better than my Sony/Zeiss ZA 55/1,8 (equal in sharpness and less CA) from wide open.
None of my others MF normal lenses are in the same level, but near are the planar Rollei HFT 50/1,8, the Minolta MDIII 50/1,4, the Canon FDn 50/1,4, planar 50/1,7 C/Y


PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


I received a pair of Tessar type non-telephoto 135mm lenses for exakta mount, a Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 135/3.5, and a Meyer Optik Primotar 135/3.5. The Primotar was a cheap sale the photographic store vendor marked as having heavy haze. They overstated it somewhat, and in any case, it cleaned very easily.

The Xenar focuses to 1.5m, the Primotar to 1.6m. The Xenar has an 18 blade aperture, the Primotar 'only' has 15. The Primotar has a helicoid whereas the front of the Xenar rotates as you focus. It also has a preset aperture to the Xenars' manual type. However the chromed brass finish of the Xenar is hard to go past, and of these two examples, it wins for IQ and contrast (at infinity, haven't checked out the Primotar bubbles yet).


PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Alun Thomas wrote:

I received a pair of Tessar type non-telephoto 135mm lenses for exakta mount, a Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 135/3.5, and a Meyer Optik Primotar 135/3.5. The Primotar was a cheap sale the photographic store vendor marked as having heavy haze. They overstated it somewhat, and in any case, it cleaned very easily.

Interesting - the Meyer stuff is pretty scarce here in Switzerland, and the only Primotar I ever had was a 3.5/180mm (sold fifteen years ago). It's a huge and heavy lens, but - given its age - it was pretty capable even on 24MP FF: Low contrast and relatively good resolution wide open, and medium contrast / good resolution / very little CAs stopped down (f8 to f11).

Alun Thomas wrote:
However the chromed brass finish of the Xenar is hard to go past, and of these two examples, it wins for IQ and contrast (at infinity, haven't checked out the Primotar bubbles yet).


The Xenar looks pre-WWII, and the Primotar post-WWII ...? I have a Meyer Görlitz Tele Megor 5.5/15cm which has a chromed brass barrel similar to your Xenar, and that one obviously is prewar:


At a length of only 75mm (less than 3 inch) it is a really small lens, BTW.

I have some Post-WWII 135mm Xenars as well - a Tele Xenar 3.5/135mm with Exakta mount, and a tele Xenar 4/135mm with Retina/DKL mount. Neither of them is particularly impressive, especially compared to the Bertele / CZJ Sonnar 4/13.5cm ...

S


PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fujita Fujitar F.C. 80mm f3.5 (Fujita66 mount)
Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primotar 85mm f3.5 (Primarflex mount)
Telemar-22-2 200mm f5.6 (M42)
and broken Taron Eyemax camera with Taronar 45mm f1.8 for future projects

Now, I figured out how to mount Fujita lenses but does anybody has about (cheap) adaptation of Primarflex lenses (M70, if i'm not mistaken)?


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
[quote="stevemark"]
Alun Thomas wrote:


The Xenar looks pre-WWII, and the Primotar post-WWII ...?

S




The serial number is 3730099, which is around 1953-54, so it must be one of the last lenses they made with this method of construction. It does have a red triangle to indicate the elements are coated. I also have a Tele-Xenar with the serial 4928624 from ~1956-57. The lens is now a telephoto design, has a helicoid for focusing, is of alloy construction, and the manual aperture has clicks. I imagine SLR mount variants most likely had a preset aperture, but this one is L39 mount. I have pictured them with their adaptors to show correctly how much shorter the new design is. It's now a 5/4 design instead of 4/3, but of my copies the 5/4 had the edge in contrast indicating some improvement perhaps in coatings during that period.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
stevemark wrote:
visualopsins wrote:


Looks like botched repair to mirror spring from leftover solder. Congrats on repair!


Yep, I was surprised to see that, too ... Maybe the spring has a tendency to "leave" its proper place (construction problem?), and someone tried to fix it? Obviously, soldering those two parts together won't work, though ...



D. P. wrote:
Micro-Nikkor-P.C 55mm f/3.5 Auto



That's a really nice sample of this reliable workhorse! Enjoy it Wink!!

S


Probably better fixed with a thin metal wire wrapped around the axle itself (twice?) and crossing the disc at the slot the spring end sits in. The fix needs to have tensile strength while still allowing the spring end to turn a bit.

The Micro-Nikkor is another rewarding example of the Xenotar / Biometar design.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ernst Dinkla wrote:
stevemark wrote:
visualopsins wrote:


Looks like botched repair to mirror spring from leftover solder. Congrats on repair!


Yep, I was surprised to see that, too ... Maybe the spring has a tendency to "leave" its proper place (construction problem?), and someone tried to fix it? Obviously, soldering those two parts together won't work, though ...



D. P. wrote:
Micro-Nikkor-P.C 55mm f/3.5 Auto



That's a really nice sample of this reliable workhorse! Enjoy it Wink!!

S


Probably better fixed with a thin metal wire wrapped around the axle itself (twice?) and crossing the disc at the slot the spring end sits in. The fix needs to have tensile strength while still allowing the spring end to turn a bit.

The Micro-Nikkor is another rewarding example of the Xenotar / Biometar design.


Like 1 at least make the bend at the end of the spring more of a right angle so it doesn't slip out again.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


First of two 135/3.5 CZJ arrived today. Appears in very good condition and glass is nice and clear.
First impressions are how small it is and a quick compare to the Rolleinar suggests it may be a little sharper and have more contrast wide open.

I've fitted it to the m42 to Contax adapter and it looks to work well. Need to get a few pics to check it thoroughly.

Now have a decent walk about starter kit of lenses for the RX comprising 24/2.8 sigma, 35-70 Yashica MC and CZJ 135/3.5. It'll do untill I can find more proper Zeiss Contax lenses.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vintage_Photographer wrote:
First of two 135/3.5 CZJ arrived today. Appears in very good condition and glass is nice and clear.


Be careful as it is known for its aperture with a nasty tendency do get stuck.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mazgier wrote:
Vintage_Photographer wrote:
First of two 135/3.5 CZJ arrived today. Appears in very good condition and glass is nice and clear.


Be careful as it is known for its aperture with a nasty tendency do get stuck.


Yes read a few reports about that. This one seems good. So far.


PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vintage_Photographer wrote:


First of two 135/3.5 CZJ arrived today. Appears in very good condition and glass is nice and clear.
First impressions are how small it is and a quick compare to the Rolleinar suggests it may be a little sharper and have more contrast wide open.

I've fitted it to the m42 to Contax adapter and it looks to work well. Need to get a few pics to check it thoroughly.

Now have a decent walk about starter kit of lenses for the RX comprising 24/2.8 sigma, 35-70 Yashica MC and CZJ 135/3.5. It'll do untill I can find more proper Zeiss Contax lenses.



If yours is not decentered, then you have one of the best vintage 135’s imo ?.


PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2024 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kodak Cine Telephoto 76mm (3 inch) f/4.5 in Kodak 16mm S-Mount



This lens is surprisingly tiny, girth wise, it is long for sure, but very very thin. It was never too high on my list of desires of Kodak cine lens (given the relatively slow f/4.5 aperture. However, given the fact that I do not have any 75mm prime lens and the fact that Kodak Cine lens are usually usable from their widest aperture, when the opportunity presented itself I got this one.

A quick test around the back-yard shows that this lens is no exception. Given the telephoto nature of this lens, vignette is not a real issue on the M4/3 sensor.


Olympus OMD E-M10 iii w/ Kodak cine telephoto 76mm 4.5


PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting it gets such decent coverage, as IIRC, this lens was primarily paired with the 8mm Cine-Kodak magazines rather than the 16mm s mount cameras


rloewy wrote:
Kodak Cine Telephoto 76mm (3 inch) f/4.5 in Kodak 16mm S-Mount



This lens is surprisingly tiny, girth wise, it is long for sure, but very very thin. It was never too high on my list of desires of Kodak cine lens (given the relatively slow f/4.5 aperture. However, given the fact that I do not have any 75mm prime lens and the fact that Kodak Cine lens are usually usable from their widest aperture, when the opportunity presented itself I got this one.

A quick test around the back-yard shows that this lens is no exception. Given the telephoto nature of this lens, vignette is not a real issue on the M4/3 sensor.


Olympus OMD E-M10 iii w/ Kodak cine telephoto 76mm 4.5


PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
caspert79 wrote:
Vintage_Photographer wrote:


First of two 135/3.5 CZJ arrived today. Appears in very good condition and glass is nice and clear.
First impressions are how small it is and a quick compare to the Rolleinar suggests it may be a little sharper and have more contrast wide open.

I've fitted it to the m42 to Contax adapter and it looks to work well. Need to get a few pics to check it thoroughly.

Now have a decent walk about starter kit of lenses for the RX comprising 24/2.8 sigma, 35-70 Yashica MC and CZJ 135/3.5. It'll do untill I can find more proper Zeiss Contax lenses.



If yours is not decentered, then you have one of the best vintage 135’s imo ?.


Second one arrived yesterday and is (a little annoyingly) better than the first even though I paid less than half the firsts price!
I will be mated to m42 to Contax adapter for the RX and the other is the perfect partner for the Rolleiflex SL35 which already has the 50mm HFT f/1.8 from the 'same' family.


PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A Hanimex 105mm f/2.8 is coming my way. It looks like it's the same lens as the Tokina version of the Soligor 105mm f/2.8.
I've already owned the Sun-made version of the Soligor 105mm f/2.8, so I'm curious how it compares.


PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vintage_Photographer wrote:
caspert79 wrote:
Vintage_Photographer wrote:


First of two 135/3.5 CZJ arrived today. Appears in very good condition and glass is nice and clear.
First impressions are how small it is and a quick compare to the Rolleinar suggests it may be a little sharper and have more contrast wide open.

I've fitted it to the m42 to Contax adapter and it looks to work well. Need to get a few pics to check it thoroughly.

Now have a decent walk about starter kit of lenses for the RX comprising 24/2.8 sigma, 35-70 Yashica MC and CZJ 135/3.5. It'll do untill I can find more proper Zeiss Contax lenses.



If yours is not decentered, then you have one of the best vintage 135’s imo ?.


Is there any m42-contax yashica adapter to use m42 lenses on c/y mount?
I've read multiple times about how good that Zeiss could be , but having the 2.8 Zeiss version on c/y I'm not sure if it would be worth to bother, except size of course ; what about CA on that Zeiss ? The c/y it's not the best on this focal length

Second one arrived yesterday and is (a little annoyingly) better than the first even though I paid less than half the firsts price!
I will be mated to m42 to Contax adapter for the RX and the other is the perfect partner for the Rolleiflex SL35 which already has the 50mm HFT f/1.8 from the 'same' family.


PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kiddo wrote:
Vintage_Photographer wrote:
caspert79 wrote:
Vintage_Photographer wrote:


First of two 135/3.5 CZJ arrived today. Appears in very good condition and glass is nice and clear.
First impressions are how small it is and a quick compare to the Rolleinar suggests it may be a little sharper and have more contrast wide open.

I've fitted it to the m42 to Contax adapter and it looks to work well. Need to get a few pics to check it thoroughly.

Now have a decent walk about starter kit of lenses for the RX comprising 24/2.8 sigma, 35-70 Yashica MC and CZJ 135/3.5. It'll do untill I can find more proper Zeiss Contax lenses.



If yours is not decentered, then you have one of the best vintage 135’s imo ?.


Is there any m42-contax yashica adapter to use m42 lenses on c/y mount?
I've read multiple times about how good that Zeiss could be , but having the 2.8 Zeiss version on c/y I'm not sure if it would be worth to bother, except size of course ; what about CA on that Zeiss ? The c/y it's not the best on this focal length

Second one arrived yesterday and is (a little annoyingly) better than the first even though I paid less than half the firsts price!
I will be mated to m42 to Contax adapter for the RX and the other is the perfect partner for the Rolleiflex SL35 which already has the 50mm HFT f/1.8 from the 'same' family.


Yes there is an M42 adapter made by Fotodiox.
As the M42 and C/Y have the same mounting flange to film distance the adapter sits inside the C/Y mount. Focus to infinity seems fine. The adapter works on my RX but not the Yashica 108. It seems there is a lever at the bottom of the mount that fouls the adapter yet on the RX there is plenty of clearance. The adapter only allows the lens to be operated fully manually - focus, step down the lens, shoot, open the aperture again for the next shot.

Metering assumes it's f1.4 but as the lens is stopped down before firing the metering adjusts correctly.

https://amzn.eu/d/4sPiADq

Looking at the reviews it seems not to work on S2 either.


PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
1965 LTM Canon 3.5/25mm
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