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Topic: LucisPictor's lens "roster"... (updated!)

Hi!

My first try to set up my list of lenses did not work properly. I made the mistake to create one very long list, too long.

So this time I decided to separate the lists into six categories with the advantage that I can add lenses and information since the "edit"-function still works.


(I have "tested" most of those lenses at a Praktica L2, a Zenit-E, a Zenit-EM, a Spotmatic, a Nikon EM,  a EOS500 & 600 and preferably at my EOS350D and 40D. Of course, these are no objective, scientific tests but rather some kind of experiences, although I shot a Siemens star with some of these lenses.)

In order to "classify" the lenses and to provide an idea of what I paid, I put each lens into one price category.
I can't remember exactly what I gave for each lens, but I can tell approximately:

I: Under

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Re: LucisPictor's lens "roster"... (updated!)

Fisheye lenses:

MS Peleng 3.5/8 AC Fisheye | cat. V | A-B
Wow! The Peleng (my copy has a fixed EOS-adapter) is absolute fun to use. Of course you have lens flares, but then, this is a 8mm fisheye! It is crisp sharp and offers an overwhelming perspective. Compared to other lenses of this angle, it is a bargain. Go for it!

Zenitar 2.8/16 Fisheye | cat. V | A-B
That was my first fisheye. Nice at film cameras, the fisheye effect is reduced at digital crop SLRs. Still well built and fun to use with a really good picture quality (and much lower danger of flares than with the Peleng).

Wide-angle lenses:

Vivitar 1:3.5/17 MC | cat. III | A-B
Really nice, better than the Cosina 3.8/20. A decent performer manufactured by Tokina and thus probably quite similar to the Tokina 3.5/17. The Viv might go for a lower price, though. So this Viv 3.5/17 might be a nice "budget" superwide.

Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 4/20 | cat. II | B-
Nice, but not as stellar as some report. I like it on my film cams much more than on my DSLRs.

Nikkor-N.C Auto 1:2.8/24 | cat. IV | A
My third Nikkor lens and a wonderful one. 24mm work like 38mm at my 350D which turns this superwide into a perfect walk-around wide-angle lens. It is fast enough and offers very good performance and very pleasant image character. I like it a lot.

Super Albinar 1:2.8/28 SC | cat. I | B (FD-mount)

Vivitar MC Close Focus Wide Angle 2.0/28 (Komine) | cat. I | A- (manufactured by Komine)
Absolutely amazing! This lens really surprised me. From my other two Vivitar 28mm lenses I knew that they can be good, but this lens is really fantastic. It's my fastest 28mm lens (witht the Kiron) and my best one (with the Zuiko) - this combination makes it my No.1 28mm lens.

Vivitar 1:2.5/28 | cat. II | A-B (manufactured by Kiron)
This is a very nice lens. My copy is in mint condition and produces excellent pictures. Another Vivitar-surprise!

Vivitar Wide

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The "50mm" lenses:

Asahi Super-Takumar 1.4/50| cat. III | A-
That's a classic and a very nice lens that renders pleasant pictures.

E. Ludwig Meritar 2.9/50 | cat. I | B
This little three-lenser is, when stopped down a little, much better than you might expect.

Industar-50-2 3.5/5cm | cat. I | B+
The Industar-50 is extremely small. It is a M39-copy of a Carl Zeiss Tessar-M39-lens with a surprisingly high performance. I am kind of proud of this lens, since it has the name in Russian letters and "5cm" printed on it.

Industar-50-2 3.5/50 | cat. I | B+
The Industar-50-2 is extremely small. It is a M42-copy of a Carl Zeiss Tessar-M39-lens with a surprisingly high performance. I just bought it for fun reasons. (Having such a small lens at an EOS body looks hillarious.) But it really produces fine pictures.

Leica Summicron-R 1:2.0/50 | cat. V | A
Wow! At least among the best three 50s I have. What a fantastic lens!
If you can do with the f2 as the fastest aperture, you will love it!

Nikkor-S.C 1.4/50 | cat. III | A
Fantastic lens. It has its own character and I like it very much.

Olympus Zuiko Auto-S 1.4/50 | cat. III | A-
A compact yet fast lens that perhaps is not the sharpest lens I have, but a very pleasant one. Maybe my favourite f1.4/50...

Pentax-M SMC 1.7/50 | cat. II | A-
Wow! What a lens! I use this lens with a PK-EOS-adapter. Actually, I guess this is one of the best 50mm lenses I have. It seems even better than the Mamiya 55.

Rollei Planar 1.8/50 | cat. III | A-
What a beauty! This is a gorgeous lens. And it produces very nice pictures. Colour rendering and sharpness are very pleasant and bokeh is wonderful. With my adapter it just misses infinity focus.

MC Volna-9 2.8/50 Macro | cat. III | A-
Wow! This lens is a stunner. You don't need it if you are looking for a fast 50mm, but if f2.8 is enough or if you need a extremely sharp lens that focusses to a very close distance and additionally renders colours nicely, this is the lens you want. Just the highlight bokeh can be intriguing sometimes, due to the star-shaped diaphragm.

Yashica Yashinon 2.0/50 | cat. I | B
A lens I almost got for free. It is a very nice lens, not stellar but really good!

Mamiya Auto Sekor 1.8/55 | cat. II | A-B
I guess that's my favourite manual 50mm-lens (although it is a little "longer"). OK in sharpness and resolution, very nice colours, a fine bokeh, excellent contrast - not much left to be wanted!

Nikkor-S.C 1.2/55 | cat. V | A-
What a lens! Fast as fast can be. Very sharp from f4 on. Great colours and bokeh. Will love to test some more...

Meyer Primoplan 1.9/58 V | cat. III | A-
A very special lens with an individual character. You either like it or hate it, I like it a lot.

Helios-44-2 2/58 | cat. I | B+
This lens shows a very nice rendition. The pictures are sharp but not extremely sharp, the resolution is good but not amazingly high, still it is a very pleasant lens that can produce very nice captures.

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Tele lenses (80-135mm):

Nikkor-H 1.8/85 | cat. IV | A
This is surely is one of the best lenses I have. It even outshines the Jupiter-9 easily and it takes a lot to say that! What a lens!

Jupiter-9 1:2/85 | cat. III | A-
Whoa! That is a fine lens! I have read a lot about it and many users are very pleased with it. Now I know why! Definite recommendation.

Steinheil Culminar 2.8/85 VL | cat. II | A-
The first Steinheil lens in my collection and now I know why this manufacturer has a legendary reputation. Great lens!

Kaleinar 1:2.8/100 | cat. II | B
As far as I can already say, this is a nice lens. I like the pleasant pictures it produces, but I need to test it some more...

Asahi Super-Takumar 2.8/105 | cat. III | A-
This is an extremely nice lens. Small and still fast, great details and a very pleasant overall character.

Will Wilon 4.5/105 | cat. I | B
A projector lens with large format usabilty that I use with bellows on my EOS-DSLRs. A surprisingly fine lens!

Zeiss Novar-Anastigmat 4.5/105 | cat. II | B+
It flares like hell when pointed towards the sun. But otherwise this is a lens with a strong personality. I like it a lot.

Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 1:4/135 (newer version) | cat. II | A-B
This lens is something special. A camera mechanic has mechanically adapted it to the EOS system for good. So it only can be used at an EOS body. Its only disadvantage is the lowest f-stop of 4. Otherwise this is a very good lens.

Carl Zeiss Super-Dynarex 4/135 | cat. II | A-B
That's a very nice lens. But since I have got it in an Icarex mount, I had to change it which did not work 100%.

Jupiter-37A 3.5/135 | cat. II | A-
I have read many good things about it and the first shots seem to prove all the praise right.
After some more shots, I can sign all the good reports about that lens. A fantastic lens!

Schneider-Kreuznach Rollei SL - Tele Xenar 3-5/135 | cat. III | A-
My first Schneider-Kreuznach and a winderful lens in any respect, sharp and at the same time creamy bokeh.

Tamron 2.5/135 MC | cat. II | A-
My fastest 135 lens and a pretty good one as well!

Tamron Twin-Tele 1:2.8/135 (5.5/225) Taisei Kogaku | cat. II | B- (135mm) / D (225mm) BROKEN!
A weird lens (or should I say lenses?) The "Twin-Tele" is a regular 135mm-lens (with a mediocre to good performance but a very nice bokeh!) that can be changed by a special adapter to a 1:5.5/225. But then it loses a lot of its quality: lower contrast, sharpness, worse colours. Thus fine as a 135mm, poor as a "225mm".

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Tele lenses (180mm +)

Soligor 1:3.5/180 | cat. II | B-
A length I didn't have so far. Kind of closes or better narrows the gap between my 135mm lenses and my 200mm Varexon. After the first tests, I realized that it was not in that good condition. It appeared to be new, but when you handled it, you realized that is had a slightly shaky focus ring. The pictures were OK, but sometimes not really good. It seems that the wobbly focus ring had some influence on the picture quality. Meanwhile I was able to fix it, well, sort of. It produces fine pictures, but nothing amazing.

Leica Elmar-R 4/180 | cat. V | A
Simply a fantastic lens! "Only" f4 but it's absolutely usable wide open!

Telear-N 3.5/200 | cat. II | A- (Some problems at the moment. Needs CLA...)
A not really rugged lens that produces excellent pictures, in most regards even better than the Varexon I had. It's sharp and produces fine colours and it's pretty fast for 200mm lens. Even the bokeh is nice, although its aperture blades close to some unusual shape.

ENNA M

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Zoom lenses:

Tokina RMC 4/28-85 | cat. III | A-
Perhaps the best universal MF zoom lens in my collection. Rugged and a very good performer.

Tokina SZ-X 1:4-5.3/28-105 SD (Nikon mount) | cat. II | B
A nice, well-built lens that provides for a good picture quality. Probably not on the same level as some top-class primes, but if you consider that this is a zoom lens, you will really be satisfied with it.

Rikenon 3.4-4.5/35-70 | cat. IV | B-
This was the first SLR lens I have ever bought (in 1990 for my Ricoh KR10x) and I still like to use it.

Soligor C/D 1:3.8-5.3/35-200 MC Zoom+Macro | cat. II | B+  (ON SALE!)
This is an exceptional lens! Much better than I expected from a zoom lens with that focal range. It is sharp even wide open and shows a great close-up performance. Misses the "A-" only because of CA at high contrast edges. If you can find, go for it! But it's much worse on fullframe.

Soligor 4-5.6/60-300 (Nikon mount) | cat. IV | A-
At least as good as the legendary Tamron SP 60-300 but much cheaper to get. This Soligor is the reason why I have sold my Tamron 60-300!

Zoom-Rolleinar ;C 4/80-200 | cat. III. | A-
A little difficult to mount on an EOS cam, but well worth the effort.

Soligor MC 1:3.5/70-220 Macro (Nikon mount) | cat. IV | A-
A lens that evokes different opinions. I think that this is one of my best manual lenses. I

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Here are my lenses that I can use at other cameras...


To be used on my Canon FTb QL:
- Super Albinar SC 2.8/28, Soligor MF 3.5-4.5/28-105, Hoya HMC Macro 3.8/80-205 and all my Adaptall-2-lenses...


To be used on my FED-3 Rangefinder:
- Industar-61 L/D 2.8/53, Jupiter-12 2.8/35, Jupiter-8 2.0/50


P.S.: Sold lenses !!! Yes, I am able to sell lenses...

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Cosina 5.6-6.7/100-300 MC Macro | cat. II | B- (ON SALE!)
A little slow at the long end, but not too bad a lens.

Kiron 4/70-210 (PK) | cat. III | A- (ON SALE!)
That's a fascinating lens. It's performance really surprised me. Everything you need in a tele zoom lens.

Opticam 1:2.8/135 | cat. I | B- Aperture diaphragm removed!
Although the Opticam shows several signs of usage on the outside, the lenses are clear and its performance is fine. It is a good 135mm-lens, but not spectacular.

Weltblick Auto 1.8/35 - OK, but really fast!

Leica Elmarit-R 1:2.8/35 | cat. IV | A
A simply fantastic lens! A pleasure to use and an excellent performer.

Olympus Zuiko Auto-W 3.5/28 | cat. II | A
This is a surprising lens. I like it very much. Although it only offers f3.5, it might even be my best 28mm lens. If there is something to critizes, it is some slight CA at high contrast edges, otherwise this is a very fine lens. Defintely recommendable!

MIR - 1B 1:2,8/37 | cat. III | A-
A lens in absolute mint condition. This lens is very solid, typical for Russian lenses and what is more, it offers very good picture quality. I like it a lot.

Nikkor-O Auto 2.0/35 | cat. IV | A
What a lens! Not just an excellent performer, it also is faster than most of the other great 35mm lenses I have! Fantastic!

Carl Zeiss Tessar 1:2.8/50 | cat. III | A-B
A beautiful lens and a typical Tessar, not fast but sharp at the centre!

ENNA Tele-Ennalyt 1:3.5/135 | cat. I | B+
Really feels like a plastic lens that does not make you expect a lot. But after you've used it for the first time, you realise: very pleasant colours and very nice sharpness. The focus ring turns nicely and helps to focus exactly.

Jupiter-11 1:4/135 | cat. II | A-B
A very solid lens that handles well, with a very pleasant bokeh and a really good performance.

Volna-3 2.8/80 MC | cat. II | A-
The only medium format lens I use adapted to my EOS DSLRs. A fantastic lens. I really like the way it renders details, colours and bokeh.

Jupiter-21M 4/200 | cat. II | A-
Big and heavy but a great performer. This lens is definitely underrated. If you find one, go for it!

Tokina 3.5/200 | cat. II | B+
This is a lens that you can find for little money and still gives you a decent performance. Not top-class but recommendable for most situations.

Tokina AT-X 2.8/24-40 | cat. III | A-B
This lens is even a bit better (and faster) then the Hoya.

Sigma Zoom-0 II 1:3.5-4.5/28-85 MC | cat. IV | A-
Whow, this lens is really a match for my Tokina-Zoom (80-200). 28 to 200 with two lenses and with a fine quality that I didn't expect in zoom lenses. I would say that's another recommendation!

Pentax-A 3.5-4.5/28-80 Zoom | cat. II | B+
Pretty nice, nothing spectacular but I really like it on my Pentax Z-10.




SMC Pentax 1:2.8/24 | on loan | A-
A little gem. This lens performs really well and is a pleasure to use. I had this lens on load for a while...


Cosina Wide-Angle 1:3.8/20 MC | cat. III | B-
Quite nice. Not stellar, since there is some distortion and CA, but for the price it is a very affordable superwide.

Nikkor-UD 3.5/20 | cat. IV | A-B
That's a beautiful lens and a great performer. Not much more to say...

Hanimex Automatic 1:3.5/23 | cat. I | B-
Well built, much better than I've expected. Great condition. The image quality of this lens is good, not amazing - there are CAs at the the edge of the picture and it is only sharp in the centre when wide open. But it meets my expectations about a cheap 23mm lens.

Cosina 1:2.8/24 MC Macro | cat. II | B+
Quite nice but not stellar.

Vivitar Wide Angle 2.0/24 MC | cat. IV | A-B
My fastest 24mm lens and it still performs well. There is some lack of details at the edges when wide open, but otherwise very nice.

Tamron 1:2.5/24 | cat. III | A-B
Very nice first impression. Not bad at all. It does not get to where the Nikkor 24 waits, but it is a decent performer. Nice glow when wide open.

Asahi Pentax SMC 1:2.8/28 | cat. II | A-B
Thanks to a PK-EOS-Adapter I can use the Pentax K-lenses at my EOS. And this 28mm is indeed a very fine lens.


ENNA Ennalyt 1:3.5/28 | cat. I | ---
Not a bad lens. Unfortunately my copy was not really in good condition, thus its performance was hard to determine. I've sold it.

Kiron 1:2.0/28 | cat. II | A-
Really sharp and great rendition. Very good lens - and fast! Sold!

Petri 1:2.8/28 MC Macro | cat. I | A-B
An interesting lens. "Macro" because it can focus on close objects. A 28mm lens, however, will not produce real close-ups. But this Petri lens rightly bears the name "Macro" since it can produce very sharp pictures and the bokeh also is rather nice. A surprising lens at the 350D. Sold.

Raynox Auto 1:2.8/28 | cat. II | B- ---
Maybe a little soft for sharpness fanatics but very pleasant when it comes to colour. I like it, also because it it nice to handle. Sold.

Yashica ML 1:2.8/28 | cat. III | A-B
Very nice first impression. Really a nice lens that gets close to the Zeiss "original". Nevertheless, Sold.

Porst WW 1:1.8/35 MC Auto H | cat. III | B+
An incredibly fast lens (f1.8 at 35mm!). Quite soft wide open, I mean, of course! Good at f4 and pretty sharp from f5.6 on. Prone to some CAs at the edges, nice colour rendering. So not a sharpness monster and no perfect performance, but f1.8 is priceless in certain situations.

Auto Exaktar 1:2.8/35 (two versions) | cat. I | C+
An average lens. Comparable to the Soligor but a little weaker in every aspect. Sold.

ISCO G

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Re : Greens London 1:35/135 - I have a Greens London 1:4.5/200 and have been disappointed in it's performance. Maybe something is wrong with mine. Interesting that you have one though, I've never seen another Greens London lens in any focal length.

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Cal! Good to see you neighbor.

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Carsten,

Wow, that's an inventory. (Yes, I realize that some are gone now, but still...)

Try the Mir 1 -- don't put it off any longer. If you like the Jup 9 and the Meyer Trioplan, you'll find it very much to your taste.

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CVickery wrote:

Re : Greens London 1:35/135 - I have a Greens London 1:4.5/200 and have been disappointed in it's performance. Maybe something is wrong with mine. Interesting that you have one though, I've never seen another Greens London lens in any focal length.

Yes, that's what I thought. I only bought it because I got an extremely good offer. And thus I did not expect much of it. But when I used it the first time, I was surprised.
Well, the 3.5/135 lenses are apparently rather easy to calculate, so they might have got a good series there. As far as I know Greens lenses were some rebranded Asian ones.

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Nice, but I hope you're not forgetting photography itself over all that "gearism"..
Personally, before I would weed through loads of 135s, I would buy a Canon EF 2/135 and be done with the issue since it's better than all classic ones. Time is valuable too.

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bionet wrote:

Nice, but I hope you're not forgetting photography itself over all that "gearism"..
Personally, before I would weed through loads of 135s, I would buy a Canon EF 2/135 and be done with the issue since it's better than all classic ones. Time is valuable too.

Hi B,

Maybe so, but you are forgetting the "fun" element.
I somehow get more satisfaction from a good pic with an MF lens.

Having multiple lenses also allows you to select "the lens you feel like today" when starting a trip.

smile
Paul.

Equipment:  5Dii + nikkors + taks + czjs + contax + canon stuff.

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Well the one thing that's good about manual lenses is they're smaller. Current EF-lenses are ridiculously huge, especially the zooms.
I also dislike the ugly design with the thick tube because the AF motor needs to fit in. Plus, everyone uses these... but not a 1960 Asahi.

Still, realistically seen, only the optically best of these are worth keeping, at least in the case of 135s (lots of <=50s that are better than many modern ones).

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bionet wrote:

Well the one thing that's good about manual lenses is they're smaller. Current EF-lenses are ridiculously huge, especially the zooms.

In this regard, I am still amazed with the tiny size of the Zuiko OM lenses; I've seen two 135s (f/3.5 -I own one- and f/2.8) and a 50 and they are delicious; their size alone make them worthwhile as a collectible (and I'm very pleased with the optical quality of my 135, also).

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Right. I buy lenses (mostly because I can get them for really good prices), I try them and then I decide if I keep them (I do that if I like them in one way or the other) or if I sell them again.
Since I haven't paid a lot of money, I won't lose much. Sometimes I even make a little profit. wink

Anyway, my real "profit" is the fun that I have using those "old" lenses at a new camera body (and at some "old" bodies as well). It is the "feeling"...

It is not that I want to have as many lenses as possible, but I love to find out what can be done. And it's great to surprise people. In more than a few cases people didn't believe me that a particular photo was shot with such an "old" lens.

And some lenses I only still have, because I don't want to sell them for some quid and more I wouldn't get.

There are some real treasures I would never sell:

Peleng / Zenitar / Takumar / MIR / Kiron
Mamiya / Industar / Pentax / Revuenon / Rollei
Jupiter 9 / Trioplan
Jupiter 37 / Zeiss (EOS) / ...
Telear / Tair
28-85 / 70-220 / 80-200 / 60-300
all my Nikkors, the Zuikos, the Leica and some others

Carsten

Last edited by LucisPictor (2008-10-01 18:44:15)

Carsten | 5D, 40D, 50e, 300, SPII, Nikon F etc.; Fed 3b, Electro 35 GS, Minox, Kodak...
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Carsten, your 135 collection is not complete without a 15-blade Orestor/Pentacon f/2.8. Trust me. I now have quite a few lenses too, but I always pack this one in the bag when going out. It's just my easiest m/f lens to focus right, and I'm convinced it's faster than f/2.8. I've taken it to dimly lit pubs, done landscape panoramas with it, loads of portraits, and it just works for everything, usually wide open. Focus just seems to "snap" in the viewfinder. They can be had for a pretty reasonable price too.

Canon EOS30D, 17-40L/4.0, EF 50/1.8, but who gives a damn about that? The interesting stuff is...
Tamron SPs: 90/f2.5, 35-80/f2.8-3.8, 35-210/f3.5-4.2, 60-300/f3.8-5.4 and a whole heap of other stuff not "quite" as good
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HI, Steve!

I was observing some Orestors lately, but they all went for more than I wanted to pay. wink
But it's a good hint. Thanks!

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What sort of prices? I think I paid about

Canon EOS30D, 17-40L/4.0, EF 50/1.8, but who gives a damn about that? The interesting stuff is...
Tamron SPs: 90/f2.5, 35-80/f2.8-3.8, 35-210/f3.5-4.2, 60-300/f3.8-5.4 and a whole heap of other stuff not "quite" as good
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bionet wrote:

Well the one thing that's good about manual lenses is they're smaller. Current EF-lenses are ridiculously huge, especially the zooms.

I think you have never seen a Tair-3 attached to a 400D  smile

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SteveFE wrote:

What sort of prices? I think I paid about

Carsten | 5D, 40D, 50e, 300, SPII, Nikon F etc.; Fed 3b, Electro 35 GS, Minox, Kodak...
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Carsten,
this is totally OT and I would like to apologize if it sounds a bit silly. I quite like the LucisPictor name. Latin is my bread and butter (pays the bills) but I like German better. Do you mean a Lichtkuenstler or a Lichtmaler? . The Greek would be Photozographos, not Photographos which just means a photographer. Not that Greek has Photozographos but we can always invent it. And more  to lenses, yesterday a friend of mine gave me an om to eos adapter ring and I managed to get a Pancolar 50/1.8 MC. And also, the British Journal of Photography has a review of the Distagons 25 and 35mm and the name of the article is Diamonds are forever. Quite right! Take care. Mach's gut. Theo

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Hi, Theo!

OT here is no problem as far as I'm concerned. wink

Your question doesn't sound silly, either. You're completely right: "LucisPictor" is meant to be a Latin translation of "photographer" (which is nothing less than the modern transscription of the Greek term "Photozographos", to quote you). In German, I would call it "Lichtmaler", "Lichtschreiber" or freely "Lichtkuenstler", so in English "lightpainter" or "lightartist" respectively. I hope that isn't too boastful. wink

I have learned Latin at school and needed it to be allowed to study my subjects at university, they are quite strict on that here.

Carsten

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Carsten | 5D, 40D, 50e, 300, SPII, Nikon F etc.; Fed 3b, Electro 35 GS, Minox, Kodak...
http://tinyurl.com/35x4vve // AF: 1.8/24;1.8/50;15-30;18-125;24-200;28-70;28-105  3.5/8;2.8/16;4/20;2.8/24;2/28;2.5/28;2.8/28;1.9/35;2/35;2.8/35;1.4/50;1.7/50;1.8/50;2/50;2.8/50;1.2/55;1.9/58;1.8/85;2/85;2.8/85;2.8/105;2.5/135;3.5/135;4/135;4/180;8/500 # 28-85;28-105;35-200;60-300;70-220

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LucisPictor wrote:

Fisheye lenses:


Zenitar 2.8/16 Fisheye
That was my first fisheye. Nice at film cameras, the fisheye effect is reduced at digital crop SLRs. Still well built and fun to use with a really good picture quality (and much lower danger of flares than with the Peleng).

Pictures taken width this lens on DSLR looks like a good wide angle foto ?

Nikkor 50mm 1.4/50 ,Nikkor 3.5/135mm, Nikkor 4/200mm,Nikkor 4,5/300mm
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No, papi, by no means.
You still have a heavy distortion at the sides, also with 1,6crop cams. You can correct it in Photoshop and the like, but then you lose some angles again.

I reckon that the 16mm of the Zenitar are, at my 350D, approx. 14mm and effectively (corrected) about 16mm of my Tokina 12-24 (which has very little distortion).

So, you get the rounded lines at the edges but not as heavy as with Fullframe DSLR or film cameras, due to the crop that cuts away the outmost parts at the sides.

I'm going to publish a comparison of Peleng, Zenitar and Tokina in a new thread as soon as I get to it, ok?
Here you are: http://oomz.net/mf/viewtopic.php?pid=38100#p38100

Carsten

Last edited by LucisPictor (2007-02-02 12:13:52)

Carsten | 5D, 40D, 50e, 300, SPII, Nikon F etc.; Fed 3b, Electro 35 GS, Minox, Kodak...
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