[LRflex] Re: Odd Lens Adapter Query - now cheap old lenses
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:41:08 +0100
Ricahrd,
thanks for the pointer to Fred Miranda - I'll very probably be spending
quite some time there soon.
Best regards from Hannover
Douglas
On 10.02.2010 15:59, Richard Ward wrote:
> Hi Douglas
> I am exceptionally jealous of your 'cheap old lenses' collection. I do
> fear that the recent article in Popular Science is not going to be 'our
> friend' when it comes to prices on the older equipment. At least in the short
> run anyway. The hope to be gleaned, I guess, is that more people in general
> will see value in the stuff gathering dust in a drawer and not toss it in a
> dumpster.
> I wonder if you have perused the alternative lens threads on
> FredMiranda.com? The main thread is essentially a Sample Image and Best Shot
> Gallery with quite an extensive catalogue of lenses and image types. Whether
> someone is interested in 'old lenses' or not, I'd say the images themselves
> are worth a look all by themselves.
> Sincerely
> Richard W.
>
>
> Aram,
> There are thousands of very good lenses out there at fantastically low
> prices (and camera bodies too - I just picked up an almost perfect Canon
> A1 with a 1.8/50 SC and a motor drive for 50 euros, an Oly OM-10 and a
> Pentax MX for 25 euros each - with standard lenses and winders).
>
> These are all s/h store prices - not bids won on some online auction site.
>
> My personal favourites:
>
> Voigtländer/Rollei (Zeiss) 4/135 - tiny, light, pin-sharp
> Old version Zeiss 1.4/85 for Rollei - heavy and VERY fast, beautifully
> soft wide-open
> Voigtländer 4/200 for Rollei - great lens, looks very "retro"
> Zeiss 2.8/135 Sonnar - beautifully neutral, slightly cool colour
> rendition, very sharp
> Zeiss 3.5/200 Tele-Tessar - not quite sure about this one - but it feels
> very good - must use it more often
>
> Rollei 3.5/200 - very sharp, perfect contrast, very light, very good
> balance - in contrast, the Zeiss is a bit front-heavy
>
> No wonder that Leica and Zeiss had some of their lenses made by Kyocera
> (Yashica)
>
> Yashica 2.8/24 - a surpisingly good WA lens
> Yashica 3.5/21 - almost identical (if not a little better) than the
> Super-Angulon 4/21)
> Yashica 2.8/55 - superb short macro lens
>
> Topcon 1.8/58 - an almost legendary classic - recently reborn as a
> Cosina/Voigländer lens, the RE-2 that came with it sadly seized up.
>
> I must admit that I also ended up with some real "dogs" - the Rollei
> 4/21 is very prone to flare, and I'm not all that pleased with the Zeiss
> 2.8/45 pancake at wider apertures.
>
> The next couple of weeks will be spent finding out what all the buttons
> and switches are for on the Canon A1, but my first impressions are that
> it's a "tactile pleasure" like the best of the older Leica SLRs
>
> I still have a whole bunch of Oly, Pentax and Canon FD lenses and a
> whole gamut of zooms (Tokina, Soligor, Tamron, Vivitar) to try out - the
> next few months are going to be fun.
>
> Who knows, I might even get around to running some film through a couple
> of Leicas too
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> On 10.02.2010 03:34, Aram Langhans wrote:
>
>> That's quite an assortment of adapters. Glad to see some old gems are
>> getting some use even today.
>> And there were quite a few gems in the past, and some lenses that have
>> unique signatures that are quite interesting.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>> -
>>
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