| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 6602
Location: San Francisco, USA
Expire: 2018-01-18
|
 Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:44 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
luisalegria wrote:
Up to about 1970 35mm was more common than 28mm
There are a lot more 35mm presets out there than 28mm for instance.
35mm did die out pretty rapidly later.
_________________
I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Farside
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Posts: 6557
Location: Ireland
Expire: 2013-12-27
|
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
Farside wrote:
| peterqd wrote: |
| The cost of manufacture is a factor, but that isn't the real reason why 85s are so expensive. You'd never sell an expensive, high quality, lens (or anything else) unless someone was prepared to pay for it. The price is set by supply and demand. What we should be asking is why is there such high demand for 85mm lenses. |
For users of APS-C sensors, a replacement for the standard 135 portrait lens that most people bought back when? Rightly or wrongly it is perceived that the 50mm won't do and the old 135mm are too long now.
_________________
Dave - Moderator
Camera Fiend and Biograph Operator
If I wanted soot and whitewash I'd be a chimney sweep and house painter.
The Lenses of Farside (click)
BUY FRESH FOMAPAN TO HELP KEEP THE FACTORY ALIVE ---
Foma Campaign topic -
http://forum.mflenses.com/foma-campaign-t55443.html
FOMAPAN on forum -
http://www.mflenses.com/fs.php?sw=Fomapan
Webshop Norway
http://www.fomafoto.com/
Webshop Czech
https://fomaobchod.cz/inshop/scripts/shop.aspx?action=DoChangeLanguage&LangID=4 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
atiratha
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
Posts: 77
Location: Czech Republic, Prague
|
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 4:42 am Post subject: |
|
|
atiratha wrote:
I think there is a cheapo 85 out there. Search Ebay for Camdiox 85/2, I think it was a Sonnar formula, made for PK mount.
_________________
In my bag: Fuji X-T20, Samyang 12/2, Voigtlander Ultron 28/2, Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40/1.4, Mitakon Speedmaster 35/0.95, 7artisans 50/1.1, Canon LTM 100/3.5, Canon LTM 135/3.5. www.vh-photo.tk |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
Posts: 5017
Location: UK
Expire: 2014-04-21
|
| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:15 am Post subject: |
|
|
Excalibur wrote:
It is a shame there is a shortage of 85mm (and 100/105mm) lenses as they are more useful than 135mm lenses...erm we must have been brainwashed in the past to accept 135mm as a "must have" as I would have thought with mass production the 85mm to 105mm could have been just as cheap.
_________________
Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pst
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
Posts: 108
Location: Austria
Expire: 2013-08-17
|
| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:10 am Post subject: |
|
|
pst wrote:
| atiratha wrote: |
| I think there is a cheapo 85 out there. Search Ebay for Camdiox 85/2, I think it was a Sonnar formula, made for PK mount. |
Looked it up. Do you have any more information? Could be worth a try...
_________________
Regards, Patrick. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
atiratha
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
Posts: 77
Location: Czech Republic, Prague
|
| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
atiratha wrote:
They come under different names, if you dig a little, there was a thread about it, with photos. Not tack sharp wide open, rather plasticky build, but optically a Sonnar with all its virtues, after stopped down a little. Mostly P/K lens, some claim PKA. I don't remember if they come in other mounts.
Edit: Found the thread http://forum.mflenses.com/mitakon-mc-85mm-f2-made-in-china-t30160,highlight,%2Bmitakon.html
_________________
In my bag: Fuji X-T20, Samyang 12/2, Voigtlander Ultron 28/2, Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40/1.4, Mitakon Speedmaster 35/0.95, 7artisans 50/1.1, Canon LTM 100/3.5, Canon LTM 135/3.5. www.vh-photo.tk |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
aoleg
Joined: 22 Feb 2008
Posts: 1387
Location: Berlin, DE
|
| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
aoleg wrote:
| atiratha wrote: |
| They come under different names, if you dig a little, there was a thread about it, with photos. Not tack sharp wide open, rather plasticky build, but optically a Sonnar with all its virtues, after stopped down a little. |
That lens is a classic Planar design. Double-Gauss construction.
_________________
List of lenses |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pst
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
Posts: 108
Location: Austria
Expire: 2013-08-17
|
| Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:33 am Post subject: |
|
|
pst wrote:
Ah, yes. I remember reading this thread. Thanks for digging it up!
_________________
Regards, Patrick. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cheekygeek
Joined: 05 Aug 2008
Posts: 183
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:26 am Post subject: Two cheap-o 85mm |
|
|
cheekygeek wrote:
I've picked up two relatively cheap 85mm f1.8s in recent weeks.
First I got a Spiratone YS mount, with m42 adapter/t-mount. It has a M/A switch but slow/oily aperture blades.
Then I got a Tele Vivitar preset. It also has oily aperture blades, though that doesn't 't make much difference on a preset lens.
Haven't had time to shoot anything with them yet, but the info I've found in the web about them makes me very hopeful.
http://www.theautodolly.com/images/pair.jpg
_________________
DSLR: Pentax K-3 II, D-BG5 grip, SLR: Pentax SP500, Pentax SP, Pentax SP II, Pentax Spotmatic F, MX, ME-Super, Super Program, pZ-1
Lenses:
Tele-Takumar: 300mm f6.3; 200mm f5.6; Takumar 200mm f3.5; Takumar 135mm f3.5; Macro-Takumar 50mm f4 (1:1)Super Takumars: 24mm f3.5, 55mm f2.0, 135mm f3.5; S-M-C Takumar 35mm f3.5, 50mm Macro f4.0 (1:2), 50mm f1.4, 135mm f2.5 (v2); Pentax SMC K 17mm f4 fisheye; Pentax-A: 50mm f1.4, 35-70mm f4; Pentacon: 50mm f1.8; Spiratone 85mm f1.8 (y/s); Vivitar: 85mm f1.8 preset; Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon Electric 35mm f2,4 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pst
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
Posts: 108
Location: Austria
Expire: 2013-08-17
|
| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:24 am Post subject: |
|
|
pst wrote:
@cheekygeek:
Interesting lenses! Maybe you can post some pictures when you have shot with the lenses.
_________________
Regards, Patrick. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
Search
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
