Lets go long

[gb hill]

I was just wondering, with all the talk about wides around here, and to use an old game plan from my football playing days "Lets go long" With the Beesa Rs short RF base, what is the longest lens that you have used on your Bessa? With the cameras 75mm framelines I've come to notice that the 75mm is not very popular. Leica & Canon have a 90. the J-9 is an 85mm and you just don't see the voigtlander 75mm come up for sale too often, and it's around $300 I think new. I don't use a long lens enough to justify buying one. I have a Canon 135 in LTM that sees very little use and besides i'm concentrating more on a 35mm that will fit my bessa R because my J-12 will just have to stay with my fsu gear. So what are your exoeriences? Mine seems to be that I started out talking about going long & ended up breaking wide.🙂

 

[back alley]

i think you see more 90's for sale because there are many more of them out there. there are much fewer 75mm lenses and the leica ones are expensive and popular so folks tend to hold on to them.
i have had both and enjoyed the cv 75 much more than the 90 fl.

 

[gb hill]

I saw a zeiss 75mm lens in LTM, on e bay the other day. & the bid was about to end at somewere around $140.00, but never having seen or heard anything about this lens before, and really having my mind on a 35, (I even clicked on it to see it), because to me anyway, sounded so odd of a lens. I probably should of bought it, but I didn't know I would be talking about them 2 days later. :bang:

 

[dostacos]

I have both the 75 & 90 and have used them very little. I will try them as a portrait lens when I get my backround stand and a pair of light stands with umbrellas.

for out in the world if I need to go long it will be with my Pentax SLR or my Photosnaiper [for the annual air show in Chino CA]

 

[0bli0]

i have a j-9. i use on my bessa-L (with a turret finder) and a few times on my r2, using the 90 framelines as a guide. i had a higher keeper rate doing scale focus vs. rangefinder - i'm sure because i was being much more cautious w/ respect to aperture. to be fair, i've used it at f/2 doing scalefocus fairly well.

now that i've ditched the r2 in favour of the r4a, i may put the turret on and have a go (and a laugh)...

 

[Doug]

I've used the 90mm on a Bessa-T, but I think that's my least-used lens...

 

[BillBingham2]

GB,

When I carry a three lens kit, these days it a 105 at the long end. I'd say it's used about 7% of the time in general, but there are times it starts on the body and does not come off. A lot depends upon when I am photographing. I have a 135/2.8 Komura that I use some times when I want to reach out a bit more.

If I were to redo my entire kit, I think I would have a set of R3 and R4 bodies. On the R3 would be either a 40/1.4 or a 75/2 'Cron. On the R4 would be either a 25/4 or a 15/4.5. I'd jump to a 180/2.8 SLR if I needed something longer. The concept of a 1:1 finder with built in parallax correction is very tempting.

I love the 90/2 'Cron I have, as well as the 85/2 Nikkor (the model that started the Nikon revolution) and I have a 75/2.5 on loan to my son. The 105 ROCKS, but fast long glass is big and heavy (compared to say a 25/4). I've kicked the tires on FSU 85/2, just sold the best one I ever found.

The stuff I take pictures of is too diverse not to have the option of a moderate telephoto with me in my bag. My old two lens kit was a 35 and a 90.

B2 (;->

 

[brachal]

I've used the 85mm Jupiter-9 and 135mm Jupiter-11 on my R (with turret finder) and gotten very good results from each. The 11 can be gotten so cheaply, there's really no excuse not to have one. The turret finder + J11 combo is also a great conversation starter.

 

[Kin Lau]

With my Bessa R's light weight, the Elmar 90/4 is a better fit weight and focus wise than my Serenar 85/2 (very heavy).