Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
Hi! > The M 35 f2.8 is renowned for having sluggish aperature > blades. I took mine in to get it fixed, at a cost of > $35. Well worth it. This prime is much better than > my A 35-70 f4 at 35mm. I won't part with the M, nor > do I feel the need for another 35. It's a little sweet- > heart of a lens. Lon, I bought mine off KEH in EX+ condition. I don't think aperture blades are sluggish. It seems just fine actually. I have no problems with aperture performance. I am more concerned about optical quality... Boris
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
The M 35 f2.8 is renowned for having sluggish aperature blades. I took mine in to get it fixed, at a cost of $35. Well worth it. This prime is much better than my A 35-70 f4 at 35mm. I won't part with the M, nor do I feel the need for another 35. It's a little sweet- heart of a lens. Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I think Boris has the K24/3.5 (just like me, you see? :-) Kostas ft> Okay, ft> In that case, Boris, get a 20mm lens. They're even more fun than a 24mm... Kostas and Frank - you're both wrong. I have K 24/2.8. What I found out about my very M 35/2.8 is two things: 1. At f/2.8 and f/4 it gives very pleasing results 2. At f/5.6 and on the look of the picture is anything but pleasing. I cannot really explain what displeases me, but it would seem as if the result is over-sharpened - if it makes any sense to you. I've shot 2 films exclusively with that lens on my trip to Norway and I will have to review these scans very carefully. Also my ME Super keeps giving me warnings. On one of these two films two frames just overlapped - no inter-frame distance whatsoever. I am starting to think that I have to get rid of it :(... And then I will have to think of AF optics in favor of my older glass... Frankly :), I am not sure where do I go these days, so for now I am keeping things as they are... Lon, who said this list was any good anyway? ;) Boris ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:10:47 -0400, Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good adviced, but Boris, please note that Frank > is urging enablement. Wink. That's only because I can't enable myself these days; I'm living vicariously. -frank -- "It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby." -Eliott Erwitt
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
Good adviced, but Boris, please note that Frank
is urging enablement. Wink.
frank theriault wrote:
I agree with Lon. You're going to get that zoom that's going to cover
the 35mm range anyway. Hang on to the M 35 2.8 ('cause sometimes the
zoom won't be fast or sharp enough), and get something in a range that
you don't already have. Go Wide, young man
Have you got a 24mm lens? Get one of those, they're fun.
Don't worry about autofocus in a 35mm lens, they're wide enough that
at a reasonable aperture you hardly have to focus anyway (well, I
don't, but then maybe there are those on this list who are a tad
pickier about focusing than I am... ).
Get a 24mm - you know you want one...
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Digital works just as well if not better with manual focus. Nick. -Original Message- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, it means that if I wait long enough I will be able to get some hi fi AF optics at cheap prices too... I am kinda thinking I should slowly but surely go AF to prepare my way into digi land...
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:37:21 +0100 (BST), Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think Boris has the K24/3.5 (just like me, you see? :-) > > Kostas > Okay, In that case, Boris, get a 20mm lens. They're even more fun than a 24mm... cheers, frank -- "It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby." -Eliott Erwitt
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Boris, Boris, Boris. Why replace any M lens with something NEW? I really like the M 35 f2.8, myself. This list is NOT a good thing... -Lon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since my wife agreed that I buy 28-70/4 and also declared that she gives me a Lowepro backpack as a birthday gift I cannot insist on replacing my M 35/2.8 with autofocus lens ...
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
Ryan Lee wrote: Btw, out of curiosity, would anyone happen to know the going rate for a F50 1.4 or a FA28 2.8? I know I've scored better than a bargain, but I don't know how much exactly. Google for splosdb :-) S
RE: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
You ar one lucky bastard!! This 50mm is alegdedly among the very best 50mm lenses ever made - at all! Congratuklations!! Enjoy it! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Ryan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 8. september 2004 11:50 Til: PDML Emne: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! Guess what gem! ;) I was actually looking though the classifieds (which I never read) to see whether it was a viable option to list ist D no.2 in, and my attention was suddenly grabbed and smacked around by an ad for a supposed 'smc-f pentax 50 1:1.4', for AUD45 (that's about USD32). I figured it was highly likely a bait and switch, but I gave the number a call, and upon hearing it was indeed lettered in red, and plasticky, I called a cab and hurtled down to the seller's location. OMG! SMC-F 50mm f/1.4, practically MINT! Bought it straight away. That wasn't the end. An SMC-FA 28 f/2.8 AL as well, excellent condition, AUD55! Also spent AUD15 on a CPL, 5 on a skylight, 5 on a hood, 3 on 3 rolls of Kodak Gold 24 400. Including the AUD30 I spent on a cab, I still did pretty well I reckon. He was also selling a Sigma 600 f/8 mirror, and a mint manual focus Sigma 75-200 3.5-4.5, but I wasn't interested. Turns out he used to have an ME Super and it somehow got fried and he hadn't touched his camera gear in about a year. He was quite glad to offload it and you -know- how glad I was to be on the receiving end! So anyway, spent the rest of the afternoon at John Coyle's who inspected and helped me shoot this romantic product shot: http://home.iprimus.com.au/heygoose/imgp0243a.jpg (his body btw- mine's on holiday..) and I must say it's almost bizarre how well they go! Cheers, Ryan
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Hi! > No kiddin!. Coincidentally, I would like both of those lenses. In particular > the 28. However, the Better Half wants some more time to recover from buying > the *ist D. I see the logic, but ... Since my wife agreed that I buy 28-70/4 and also declared that she gives me a Lowepro backpack as a birthday gift I cannot insist on replacing my M 35/2.8 with autofocus lens ... Boris (anticipating fruits of his enablement to arrive anyway)
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Ryan posted: > > ... I called a cab and hurtled down to the seller's location. OMG! > > SMC-F 50mm f/1.4, practically MINT! Bought it straight away. > > > > That wasn't the end. An SMC-FA 28 f/2.8 AL as well, excellent condition, > > AUD55! and Boris said: > You're one lucky fellow... No kiddin!. Coincidentally, I would like both of those lenses. In particular the 28. However, the Better Half wants some more time to recover from buying the *ist D. I see the logic, but ... ERN have to settle for envying Ryan
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You can get a high end price from http://keh.com and a low end price from ebay (just search for the item and then select "Completed Items" from the sidebar menu. -- Ryan Lee wrote: The closest thing to that I can think of was a photographic flea market sort of event they had not too long ago- pity I had something else on or I probably would have quite enjoyed myself there; love a good bargain.. unfortunately I haven't heard of anything similar since. So how would one go about keeping up to date with such events? Linhof luck? Your deal with the Mamiya gear sounds pretty lucky to me! But then again I've no clue what a Super Technika outfit is worth.. Btw, out of curiosity, would anyone happen to know the going rate for a F50 1.4 or a FA28 2.8? I know I've scored better than a bargain, but I don't know how much exactly. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:04 AM Subject: Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! Camera Club swap meets in big cities are a great place to buy stuff too (or at least used to be before eby). Probably my best deal ever was at one of those. There was a guy selling a Mamiya SB-67 outfit. He had a Polaroid back for it. I asked what he wanted. He said $50. So I bought it. The back that also fit my Mamiya Universal Press was going for about $250 used back then, and my friendly local dealer gave me $60 for the "P" adapter that I did not need on the Universal. So total cost $-10. On the other hand, I recall from a couple years back that someone on the list (I forget who it was) was given, yes I said given, a Linhof Super Technika outfit. Luck like that I never had. -- Ryan Lee wrote: lol! I'll sell you the F 50 1.4 and the FA 28 2.8 AL for 100 together, but that's only when you also buy the Hoya 49mm skylight filter (which I'm letting go for a mere USD19,990, driveaway) I'm selling. The 'romantic' look was a bit odd. It was shot using John's visibly clean M 50 1.7, *ist D. Not sure what caused that soft focus look. Maybe the exposure was a bit too long.. Cheers, Ryan (in Brissie, what about you?) - Original Message - From: "David Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! Blimey Ryan, you got a great deal there! I'll give you $55 for the 50mm and $65 for the 28mm q-: (and yes, very romantic gold *ist D) BTW - What city are you in? David -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
Given a Linhof? Nice. I only wish. Back in HS a friend was given a '63 Fender MusicCaster. Really a nice gift. Sincerely, C. Brendemuehl - 'Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.' -- John Calvin (1509-64) ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
The closest thing to that I can think of was a photographic flea market sort of event they had not too long ago- pity I had something else on or I probably would have quite enjoyed myself there; love a good bargain.. unfortunately I haven't heard of anything similar since. So how would one go about keeping up to date with such events? Linhof luck? Your deal with the Mamiya gear sounds pretty lucky to me! But then again I've no clue what a Super Technika outfit is worth.. Btw, out of curiosity, would anyone happen to know the going rate for a F50 1.4 or a FA28 2.8? I know I've scored better than a bargain, but I don't know how much exactly. Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:04 AM Subject: Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! > Camera Club swap meets in big cities are a great place to buy stuff too (or at > least used to be before eby). Probably my best deal ever was at one of those. > There was a guy selling a Mamiya SB-67 outfit. He had a Polaroid back for it. I > asked what he wanted. He said $50. So I bought it. The back that also fit my > Mamiya Universal Press was going for about $250 used back then, and my friendly > local dealer gave me $60 for the "P" adapter that I did not need on the > Universal. So total cost $-10. > > On the other hand, I recall from a couple years back that someone on the list (I > forget who it was) was given, yes I said given, a Linhof Super Technika outfit. > Luck like that I never had. > > -- > > Ryan Lee wrote: > > lol! I'll sell you the F 50 1.4 and the FA 28 2.8 AL for 100 together, but > > that's only when you also buy the Hoya 49mm skylight filter (which I'm > > letting go for a mere USD19,990, driveaway) I'm selling. > > > > The 'romantic' look was a bit odd. It was shot using John's visibly clean M > > 50 1.7, *ist D. Not sure what caused that soft focus look. Maybe the > > exposure was a bit too long.. > > > > Cheers, > > Ryan (in Brissie, what about you?) > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "David Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:02 PM > > Subject: Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! > > > > > > > >>Blimey Ryan, you got a great deal there! I'll give you $55 for the 50mm > >>and $65 for the 28mm q-: > >>(and yes, very romantic gold *ist D) > >> > >>BTW - What city are you in? > >> > >>David > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > > >
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
Camera Club swap meets in big cities are a great place to buy stuff too (or at least used to be before eby). Probably my best deal ever was at one of those. There was a guy selling a Mamiya SB-67 outfit. He had a Polaroid back for it. I asked what he wanted. He said $50. So I bought it. The back that also fit my Mamiya Universal Press was going for about $250 used back then, and my friendly local dealer gave me $60 for the "P" adapter that I did not need on the Universal. So total cost $-10. On the other hand, I recall from a couple years back that someone on the list (I forget who it was) was given, yes I said given, a Linhof Super Technika outfit. Luck like that I never had. -- Ryan Lee wrote: lol! I'll sell you the F 50 1.4 and the FA 28 2.8 AL for 100 together, but that's only when you also buy the Hoya 49mm skylight filter (which I'm letting go for a mere USD19,990, driveaway) I'm selling. The 'romantic' look was a bit odd. It was shot using John's visibly clean M 50 1.7, *ist D. Not sure what caused that soft focus look. Maybe the exposure was a bit too long.. Cheers, Ryan (in Brissie, what about you?) - Original Message - From: "David Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! Blimey Ryan, you got a great deal there! I'll give you $55 for the 50mm and $65 for the 28mm q-: (and yes, very romantic gold *ist D) BTW - What city are you in? David -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
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lol! I'll sell you the F 50 1.4 and the FA 28 2.8 AL for 100 together, but that's only when you also buy the Hoya 49mm skylight filter (which I'm letting go for a mere USD19,990, driveaway) I'm selling. The 'romantic' look was a bit odd. It was shot using John's visibly clean M 50 1.7, *ist D. Not sure what caused that soft focus look. Maybe the exposure was a bit too long.. Cheers, Ryan (in Brissie, what about you?) - Original Message - From: "David Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! > Blimey Ryan, you got a great deal there! I'll give you $55 for the 50mm > and $65 for the 28mm q-: > (and yes, very romantic gold *ist D) > > BTW - What city are you in? > > David > >
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On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:49:45 +1000, Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So anyway, spent the rest of the afternoon at John Coyle's who inspected and > helped me shoot this romantic product shot: > http://home.iprimus.com.au/heygoose/imgp0243a.jpg (his body btw- mine's on > holiday..) > and I must say it's almost bizarre how well they go! Okay, the link worked this time. Pretty! Very pretty!! What'd ya shoot it with. Love that narrow dof. Very artsy. cheers, frank -- "It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby." -Eliott Erwitt
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Thanks Boris! Lucky for sure. Apparently there was a guy who was dead keen on the 600mm f/8 Sigma mirror lens, and he was coming later in the evening. I'm glad I got there first- no doubt I'd have lost both these bargains otherwise! Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:42 PM Subject: Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4! > You're one lucky fellow... > Well, it means that if I wait long enough I will be able to get some hi fi AF > optics at cheap prices too... I am kinda thinking I should slowly but surely go > AF to prepare my way into digi land... > > Congrats on your next enablement... > > Boris > >
Re: Enabled again! SMC-F 50 f1.4!
Blimey Ryan, you got a great deal there! I'll give you $55 for the 50mm and $65 for the 28mm q-: (and yes, very romantic gold *ist D) BTW - What city are you in? David
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On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:49:45 +1000, Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guess what gem! ;) > > I was actually looking though the classifieds (which I never read) to see > whether it was a viable option to list ist D no.2 in, and my attention was > suddenly grabbed and smacked around by an ad for a supposed 'smc-f pentax 50 > 1:1.4', for AUD45 (that's about USD32). I figured it was highly likely a > bait and switch, but I gave the number a call, and upon hearing it was > indeed lettered in red, and plasticky, I called a cab and hurtled down to > the seller's location. OMG! SMC-F 50mm f/1.4, practically MINT! Bought it > straight away. > > That wasn't the end. An SMC-FA 28 f/2.8 AL as well, excellent condition, > AUD55! > > Also spent AUD15 on a CPL, 5 on a skylight, 5 on a hood, 3 on 3 rolls of > Kodak Gold 24 400. Including the AUD30 I spent on a cab, I still did pretty > well I reckon. > > He was also selling a Sigma 600 f/8 mirror, and a mint manual focus Sigma > 75-200 3.5-4.5, but I wasn't interested. Turns out he used to have an ME > Super and it somehow got fried and he hadn't touched his camera gear in > about a year. He was quite glad to offload it and you -know- how glad I was > to be on the receiving end! > > So anyway, spent the rest of the afternoon at John Coyle's who inspected and > helped me shoot this romantic product shot: > http://home.iprimus.com.au/heygoose/imgp0243a.jpg (his body btw- mine's on > holiday..) > and I must say it's almost bizarre how well they go! > Congrats, Ryan!! Good scores, all. Unfortunately, the link won't work for me, so I can't see the fruits of your enablement just now). Have fun! cheers, frank -- "It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby." -Eliott Erwitt
