[LRflex] Re: - now cheap old lenses
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:38:55 +0100
Mike,
film is not dead - just breathing a little heavily.
I finished collecting Leicas (to use, not just fondle) when the R8 came
out - I still don't like it, but that's just personal taste - and now
the bottom off the s/h market has dropped out, I'm catching up on other
brands too - and I think I just fell in love with the Canon A1 - it
feels just so right :-) .
I even managed to find a new and functioning powerpack for my big fat
Rollei 6006 and last vacation saw quite a number of rolls passing
through a Rollei 3003 (and other film cameras) as well as shooting with
a DSLR.
The whole thing was made very easy by there being a minilab about 200
yards from our accommodation that did very reasonable 1-hour processing
and scanned everything to CDs that we viewed on the TV in the evenings.
When I can get my results so fast without having to soup it myself I'm happy
Cheers
Douglas
On 10.02.2010 15:02, Mike B. wrote:
> Folks think we are crazy to buy used Leica R's but NOW they are affordable.
> "Film is going away - whay waste money on film cameras.." is what I keep on
> hearing.
> Though I have to joke that any 60mm filters still AREN''T!
> I was always a Nikon slr shooter but had some extra cash 3 years ago and $300
> for the R-E was reasonable.
>
> I have only my beloved 21mm Angulon and the Sigma-made-for-Leica zoom. Most
> Leica purists say it ain't a REAL Leica zoom though it is aLeica not
> independent-maker product. Each cost $300 apiece.
> Where I was to buy the R3 is getting in used 28 and 50mm lenses at an
> affordable price - so finally I can add some "normal" lenses....
>
> Own also a Leica D Lux 3 - love it! One of the first in NYC when I got it. I
> bought my R-E about a year later...
>
> Just got a "new" unsold Leica Mini II and have had a Leica p&s 35.
> Plus a very ancient and brassy 90mm Elmar for my Voigtlander Bessa R rf
> camera - but hardly use it - f stop ring slips when focusing.
>
> When I was selling cameras - retail - a year and a half ago -- just drooled
> over a client's R9.
> BEAUTIFUL - but all he could afford was a 50mm lens. He was a contract
> shooter from Louisiana - shooting urban flood damage in Chicago with his
> company retinue of Canon digi stuff. Why a shooter from Chicago WASN'T doing
> the work was a mystery.
>
> We developed a roll of Portra VC for him - ohhh the sharpness and bokeh of it
> all!
>
> --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Odd Lens Adapter Query - now cheap old lenses
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 3:39 AM
>
> 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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