ranger
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what is required to mount Jorge's nice Summicron lens to a Bessa R screw mount? Do I lose any optical quality doing this? (I presume i need some sort of adapter) thanks. rob
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back alley
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if it's an m mount lens then it's not gonna work.
ranger
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thanks back alley. Guessing an R2 would work then?
back alley
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r2 is m mount so it should work.
but then you need to think about the speed of the lens.
short base length and a fast lens gets tricky.
joe
but then you need to think about the speed of the lens.
short base length and a fast lens gets tricky.
joe
ranger
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hmmmmm.......Ultimately all I really want is the Bessa R with a REALLY nice Leica 50mm lens. What do you suggest? (hoping you have a good answer!) guess a LTM lens would be right. I don't know enough about Leica lenses, just want to have a sharp one. (i have cv lenses but notice the Leica pics look wonderful) help me Back Alley! ha ha rob.
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lots of choices in 50mm that are ltm.
the cv 50 is an obvious place to start.
then canon, a 50/1.8 is a great and not too expensive lens.
canon 50/1.5 for something a bit different but more expensive.
many like the nikkor 50/2 lens.
from my reading and looking at web pics only, i'm starting to like the elmar 50's also.
i just paid for an 50/2.8 collapsible elmar in ltm. i plan on using it on my m3.
if i had the money the new leica 50/2.8 m lens sounds perfect to me.
lots to choose from in ltm 50's.
joe
the cv 50 is an obvious place to start.
then canon, a 50/1.8 is a great and not too expensive lens.
canon 50/1.5 for something a bit different but more expensive.
many like the nikkor 50/2 lens.
from my reading and looking at web pics only, i'm starting to like the elmar 50's also.
i just paid for an 50/2.8 collapsible elmar in ltm. i plan on using it on my m3.
if i had the money the new leica 50/2.8 m lens sounds perfect to me.
lots to choose from in ltm 50's.
joe
bmattock
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I am not a Leica expert, but I believe they made the Summicron in LTM, which would work on the Bessa R. And I don't think the baseline would be a problem for focusing with that lens.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
ranger
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Thanks Bill and Back alley, you two are always interesting to follow on this site. I was never able to find a nice Canon P without back alley getting to it first! I am very familiar with Nikkor lenses, used them all my life on SLR. Canon is just as good. Maybe the leica is just a bit better....dont know. Pulled the trigger on a Bessa R just now, so i better go lens shopping. I may even sell my newly aquired Bessa L and 21mm (everyone seems to be after that lens) If either of you have any specific lenses that you think I may like, feel free to contact me. thanks for the help. Rob.
bmattock
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ranger said:
My favorite lens on my Bessa R - which is my favorite rangefinder camera - is the Canon 50mm f/1.4. I also have the Canon 50mm f/1.8 and like it too. I have a nearly-complete set of Canon LTM lenses (none of the really fast stuff), and a whole bunch of el cheapo 135mm LTM clones made by ever buddy and their brother back in the day. I do not have any Leitz glass save for a lonely Hektor 135 f/4.5, as I generally can't afford it. I must confess to a growing ache for a Summar - and I've put in one or two lowball bids, but so far, no dice. I'm just going to play a waiting game, though - eventually I'll catch someone asleep at the switch and get one cheap.
I might someday be persuaded to weed through my collection and sell off a whole bunch of small cheap things to buy one M3 in half-way decent condition. But even $500 is more than I can swing these days.
As to the Canon P - I'd love one, but Joe has driven up the price. He's evil that way.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
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canon prices seem to have leveled off, maybe even down a bit since i sold 2 of the p's and all those canon lenses...🙂
i kept the roughest looking p (my favourite) to use the ltm glass w/o adapters.
joe
i kept the roughest looking p (my favourite) to use the ltm glass w/o adapters.
joe
Flinor
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I've used mine with a collapsible 50 Summicron. Thy're available fairly inexpensively and work well together. I like the lens enough that I bought a 50 viewfinder from Stephen so I could pu it on my CLE for just walking around.
sf
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back alley said:
You've still hot a short baselength and a fast lens, there. I'd look at something slower than F2.8 . . . though, really, I have a lens that is not supposed to be accurate wide open at it's closest distance, and it is 100% tack sharp at impossibly close distances, wide open. So, you never know. It's just a matter of your eye, the focusing patch, and the calibration of the RF.
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I'll second the recommendation of the Canon 50/1.8 as it's a very nice lens that is undervalued these days. Another very good lens is a Jupiter 8 50/2. The DOF at f2 is enough to hide the lens to film difference between FSU & non-FSU LTM cameras. Very nice signature and the later black lenses look really nice on the R.
Just my 2 farthings...
William
Just my 2 farthings...
William
bmattock
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shutterflower said:
I don't know where people get this stuff that keeps popping up about short baselength of the Bessa R and close-in focus. Same thing with focusing a 135 LTM on the Bessa R.
My favorite lens is a Canon 1.4, which I shoot wide-open all the time and seem not to have a problem focusing, even in close. Likewise, I have scads of cheap LTM 135's, which I also produce sharp, in-focus negs from. And my eyes are 45-year-old geezer eyes which are not in the best shape.
If I can do, why can't ya'll?
I suspect that most of those who tell me what I can't focus on a Bessa R do not have a Bessa R, they read it somewhere. Irritating.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
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wlewisiii
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I've got to agree with Bill. I have a CL (even shorter at 18.6mm EBL vs 25.16mm) and have no trouble focusing my Sweeney/Jupiter 3 wide open. I do think a fast long lens could be more difficult, but that will have more to do with individual photographers, thier eyes and their technique than with the R's rf baseline.
William
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RML
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Can I suggest that springing for an M munt camera might be a wiser choice? I know I first went for an LTM mount camera (the Bessa L, and later the R) but in the end I still ended up with an M mount camera (Leitz Minolta CL, then Leica M2 and later Epson R-D1). Somehow the line of progress is inevitebly (sp?) towards M mount as the choice of lenses (already large with LTM) is overwhelming when you have the choice of both LTM and M lenses.
BTW, I never felt restricted by my Bessa R + Jupiter 8 but only when I got the CL I realised how much faster swapping lenses is with an M mount, and how much more choice of lenses I have.
BTW, I never felt restricted by my Bessa R + Jupiter 8 but only when I got the CL I realised how much faster swapping lenses is with an M mount, and how much more choice of lenses I have.
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