PannySVHS Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I can relate to that pretty well, Glenn. In six and a half years I have not built a set nor have I really thought about it. 🙂 Lenses are a hobby and recreational pleasures as well to me as being tools for my short films and corporate videos. So I am buying and trying them (ideally) and selling them if not satisfied (ideally:). I still have an used set of Tevidons of 10, 16, 25, 35, 50, 18- 90, 15- 150 which is as good as brandnew. Also have some doubles and roughed up 70ies. I was only able to rig the 35mm to my S1 in S35 mode. So trying out lenses to me is not as profane sometimes as it should be. I just bought a Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm Sonnar F3.5, which is supposed to be a beautiful image taker, as many 135s are indeed. My sample has a spot of fungus in it. So that cools the passion to test it down a bigger deal. The 35- 105 I put on ebay the same day I received because of the faulty focus. Still it is very relaxing to play with cameras and lenses it is a great pleasure. It gives me so much joy and good spirits. But my "collection" of lenses is pretty chaotic. 🙂 projectwoofer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 17 hours ago, mercer said: That's a great lens. It's rumored that Canon was so impressed by it that it had been considered to receive the L moniker. @PannySVHS I read somewhere that early on Canon were much pickier about which lenses got the 'L' designation and there are a number of non-L lenses that would have been given the L status if released decades later. In that sense it's really down to reading the reviews and looking at sample images. PannySVHS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 The Canon L 20-35 F3.5 should be a hell of a lens by your account. It´s one I have had my eyes on for a while. @kye The 35-105 could have been a dream zoom lens for a full frame video camera. But the plasticy quality but foremost the problem with the bearings keep me from trying another one. Maybe I should keep my sample to start practicing some lens doctoring. But I think I am to nervous for stuff like that.:) kye and mercer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 3 hours ago, PannySVHS said: The Canon L 20-35 F3.5 should be a hell of a lens by your account. It´s one I have had my eyes on for a while. I've had my eyes on this lens as well. Since it's closer in age to my FD 50mm 1.2 L, I thought it could be a good carry around lens to match. kye and PannySVHS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noone Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I think with the prices of the FD 20-35 3.5 L for about the same or maybe less, can get the later EF 20-35 2.8 L and while I am a fan of FD L lenses in particular, and I am not a huge fan of zooms, there is just something about the old EF 20-35 2.8 L that i hang onto mine (the alternative is throw it in the trash since it is very battered and the MF/AF switch cover is gone and I use a piece of coloured electrical tape in its place). mercer and kye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPNS Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 not sure if anyone gives a shit, but since there's a new MFT camera out, i thought this could be useful for some people. a little 1 minute field of view comparison test from the same camera position using some of the nicest cine lenses for the money, the meikes, with only available light: excuse my lack of acting abilities and general laziness, but i think they look nice, and they match really well. kye, webrunner5 and BTM_Pix 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 You did great considering how many cups of Coffee you drank! Thanks for the work you put in. kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 7 hours ago, noone said: I think with the prices of the FD 20-35 3.5 L for about the same or maybe less, can get the later EF 20-35 2.8 L and while I am a fan of FD L lenses in particular, and I am not a huge fan of zooms, there is just something about the old EF 20-35 2.8 L that i hang onto mine (the alternative is throw it in the trash since it is very battered and the MF/AF switch cover is gone and I use a piece of coloured electrical tape in its place). Yeah that was a misread on my part. I'm looking for the EF L version. Samples on Flickr look really nice and seem to have a similarity to my FD 50mm 1.2 L. noone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 9 hours ago, noone said: I think with the prices of the FD 20-35 3.5 L for about the same or maybe less, can get the later EF 20-35 2.8 L and while I am a fan of FD L lenses in particular, and I am not a huge fan of zooms, there is just something about the old EF 20-35 2.8 L that i hang onto mine (the alternative is throw it in the trash since it is very battered and the MF/AF switch cover is gone and I use a piece of coloured electrical tape in its place). DO NOT EVER THROW AWAY A WELL REGARDED LENS WITH GOOD GLASS IN IT!!! Seriously, I'm on the VLFV Facebook group and there are people constantly on the lookout for vintage lenses to re-house, and if it's a classic zoom then that may include those models too. Even if the front element is scrap there's probably another copy somewhere else where the rear element is scrap and together they'd made a great finished lens. These things aren't being made any more and are only going to get rarer. As the price of Leica R and CZ sets go through the roof people are talking about other lens lines more and more, eventually they'll get around to EF and zooms I'd imagine. 7 hours ago, PPNS said: not sure if anyone gives a shit, but since there's a new MFT camera out, i thought this could be useful for some people. a little 1 minute field of view comparison test from the same camera position using some of the nicest cine lenses for the money, the meikes, with only available light: excuse my lack of acting abilities and general laziness, but i think they look nice, and they match really well. Cool test - thanks for posting. If acting ability was critical for lens tests then I'd be sitting at my desk looking worried and compulsively drinking coffee too!! 3 hours ago, webrunner5 said: You did great considering how many cups of Coffee you drank! Thanks for the work you put in. Especially considering that it looked like espresso shots with every sip being a bottoms-up situation! webrunner5 and noone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcio Kabke Pinheiro Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 WIll not go through 277 pages of the thread, but the Minolta 35-70 f/3.5, the disguised Leica, was already mentioned here? Will be the next to take a spin with my X-S10, since was already incredible in my m43 bodies. PannySVHS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 It´s said to be a great lens, version 2 and 3 supposely the best. Though some say all three are very close. I was hunting for low super low prices, since I´m a sucker for 35-70 zooms. But they go for around 70- 100 USD, which is great for what they are but not in the super low territory.:) @Marcio Kabke Pinheiro Not sure, but I even think it was a Minolta design adopted by Leica. I might be wrong and some research would clearify. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcio Kabke Pinheiro Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 3/2/2022 at 7:07 PM, PannySVHS said: It´s said to be a great lens, version 2 and 3 supposely the best. Though some say all three are very close. I was hunting for low super low prices, since I´m a sucker for 35-70 zooms. But they go for around 70- 100 USD, which is great for what they are but not in the super low territory.:) @Marcio Kabke Pinheiro Not sure, but I even think it was a Minolta design adopted by Leica. I might be wrong and some research would clearify. 🙂 Yep, indeed a lot of people say that the Leica Vario-Elmar 35-70mm f/3.5 is the same lens reshoused (the controls of both lenses are very similar). I have the version III, I guess (the one with macro). Some time ago I took some shots with my GX9 and it was VERY sharp; since my old lenses are looking sharper in my X-S10 (probably because of the thinner sensor stack, and increased resolution), I will take a spin when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted March 4, 2022 Super Members Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 3/2/2022 at 7:51 PM, Marcio Kabke Pinheiro said: WIll not go through 277 pages of the thread, but the Minolta 35-70 f/3.5, the disguised Leica, was already mentioned here? Yes, I have one and posted some examples on a Leica T about 34282 page ago 😉 webrunner5, Marcio Kabke Pinheiro, mercer and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehebrewhammer Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 5:25 AM, BTM_Pix said: Contax-Zeiss Sonnar 135mm f2.8 on Sigma FP Shot about 25 mins apart on a very changeable weather wander! Sometimes dreams come true, because I just picked one of these up for $40 CANADIAN DOLLARS at a pawn shop. I'm happy to add it to my 28mm 2.8, 35mm 1.4, 35-70mm, and 50mm 1.4 Contax Zeiss set, which all cost me a hell of a lot more. I've never had a 135mm lens, and find it a little odd, but I think it's going to make an awesome intermediate lens for filming events with a tripod. webrunner5, kye and BTM_Pix 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 New Sony 16-35mm lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Well it has a lens in it. Pretty pricy but hey if you look better why not. https://opalcamera.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyFan12 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Late version of the Minolta 35mm f1.4. I like it as a middle ground between the 35mm f1.4 Nikon AIS and a more "clinical" lens like a Sigma Art lens or Rokinon. mercer, Phil A and webrunner5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Minolta sure had their act together on lens manufacturing. Hard to believe they went belly up. But Sony was smart to buy them and keep some of the original people on that is for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted April 2, 2022 Super Members Share Posted April 2, 2022 Some frame grabs from different focal lengths of the Tokina 18-200 EF boosted on an OG Pocket Cinema Camera. webrunner5, mercer and HockeyFan12 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webrunner5 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 They sure have a unique look. Magic camera for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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