Archlich
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Their customer support said it's not rangefinder coupled. Has a built-in blind, with several detents along the focus throw.
GOLDEN Pancake 7artisans 35mm F5.6
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Their customer support said it's not rangefinder coupled. Has a built-in blind, with several detents along the focus throw.
james.liam
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Like the traffic cop overseeing an accident might say, “nothing to see here folks, just move along”.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
hap
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You know what they say about "too good to be true".
james.liam
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Golden crapcake.
dourbalistar
Buy more film
Rayt
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This used to be a nice place where we come to talk about photography. Trolls need to stop trolling. Photo net all over again.
yossi
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I am not related to the seller in any way. Just that I got one from him and found that it is a great fun lens (and at $65 only). I believe the seller included those caveat to avoid answering endless questions after sale (imagine just for a $65 lens?)
I used it on a full frame M9 Monochrom and found that at closer range, it can cover the whole sensor. Beyond 4-5m at small apertures, slight vigenetting at four corners are clearly visible (due to mechanical vignetting rather than optical it seems so.)
Sorry for OT.
Benjamin Marks
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LOL. C'mon guys, the lens probably wasn't intended as a personal insult to anyone here. Think of it as a sunny-day lens for when all your other lenses are out at the cleaners.
james.liam
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Hey wait, that's what an old Soviet-era Jupiter lens is for! At least it has an aperture ring.
Archlich
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Not just golden anymore:
https://leicarumors.com/2021/02/27/...nt-is-now-available-in-three-new-colors.aspx/
They should have just gone with the black one since day 1.
https://leicarumors.com/2021/02/27/...nt-is-now-available-in-three-new-colors.aspx/
They should have just gone with the black one since day 1.
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agentlossing
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If this were to drop below $150, I'd probably consider it (of the black or black and silver variety!) just to have something that slipped into a pocket.
nzeeman
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and of course any chinese lens thread comes to a stop because someone say - but buy leica, leica is better and so on... again i say-you can go and praise your red dot in discussion about leica lenses-stop always interfering with cheaper makers. its not our fault you pay 10000 for same quality...
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Chill out nzeeman. I paid $150 for my Elmar 35 a very much more versatile lens.....& the fine print on the 7A says it's not for film cameras. Nothing particular against Chinese lenses. BTW i had a Miyazaki mount 35mm Zeiss Tesssar salvaged from a dead Yashica T3. It was a fine lens, and a good conversation piece....but kind of awkward on a regular M series. Would have been idea on a CL or CLE though.
nzeeman
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yes awesome - leica is best... thanks for helping me decide - im getting all of them now. when you have 150 deals for leica lenses please tell me so i can make profit on them...
Phil_F_NM
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I've been to Golden Pancake in St. Louis. Pretty dang good! I know I was shooting my Leica M4 and probably a Canon digital at that time, so there are probably Golden Pancake images made by Leica somewhere in my film archive.
As for Leica expense, a lot of hyperbole here. I've never paid more than $1000 for a Leica lens, I don't think. As a matter of fact, the most expensive lens I've ever purchased was either a Nikon or a Contax (Kyocera) lens. If you think Leica is expensive, you need to look at some of the mid-range high speed motion picture lenses. If you like the look you get from the knockoffs, that's awesome, go have fun shooting, but don't cast judgment on the decisions of others for buying a better quality lens.
Phil Forrest
As for Leica expense, a lot of hyperbole here. I've never paid more than $1000 for a Leica lens, I don't think. As a matter of fact, the most expensive lens I've ever purchased was either a Nikon or a Contax (Kyocera) lens. If you think Leica is expensive, you need to look at some of the mid-range high speed motion picture lenses. If you like the look you get from the knockoffs, that's awesome, go have fun shooting, but don't cast judgment on the decisions of others for buying a better quality lens.
Phil Forrest
nzeeman
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point is not if i enjoy or not (its not a knockoff also but that is not a topic)- point is not to interrupt cheap lenses threads with leica talks because i dont go around leica threads saying how awesome this VC lens is for half price. and yes there are more expensive things but they have nothing to do with this. leica is overpriced because cheaper lenses outperfom them often-thats a fact and proven on many blind tests. you can recognise leica look only when you know its leica written on it-on blind test nobody ever saw 3d pop or microcontrast that leica users see-simply because those things are not existing. now lets come back to topic - and that is this pancake lens... i dont like the design at all btw - and its a bit unusual decision to make lens like this - it is compact - yes but its neither cheap or fast enough. i am not sure what was the idea when making this... i am pretty sure better choice for pancake 35 would be to really make a copy of something super compact like ricoh ff700 lens was. that would be cheap to produce and its very sharp no distortion lens. but who knows - i think both 7art and TTart have majority of customers in asia and they might have different needs that we are not aware of.
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nzee..... the point is a new lens announcement is always subject to comparisons... so comments are not ant-chinese, or anti cheap. (I'm still waiting on my 8 element replica...) but comparing this lens to others helps figure out if if it's a good fit for the type of photography i do.... in this case the following answered my questions:
"Please pay attention:
Not intended for use on the Samsung NX, Leica M.
Do not use on film or range-finder camera
The lens has not been tested on a full frame.
There is no aperture designation on the lens.
The distance marks do not correspond to the actual values.
but it may work for someone else.
"Please pay attention:
Not intended for use on the Samsung NX, Leica M.
Do not use on film or range-finder camera
The lens has not been tested on a full frame.
There is no aperture designation on the lens.
The distance marks do not correspond to the actual values.
but it may work for someone else.
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