jeztastic
Newbie
Hi, I picked up a rather good condition Paxette from the carboot sale this weekend. 
It's rather a good looker. I will post some photos when I have them developed.
It came with a Casserit 50mm f2.8 lens. What's the sharpness like of this lens? Also, can anyone recommend a good 35mm lens for it?
I've attached a pic taken with my Pentax K10D and Cosina 28mm f2.8 manual lens.
It's rather a good looker. I will post some photos when I have them developed.
It came with a Casserit 50mm f2.8 lens. What's the sharpness like of this lens? Also, can anyone recommend a good 35mm lens for it?
I've attached a pic taken with my Pentax K10D and Cosina 28mm f2.8 manual lens.
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Luddite Frank
Well-known
Nice little camera!
Is the lens-mount bayonet or screw-mount ?
Looks like the lens on the camera is a Steinheil, so it's one of the better lenses Braun offered...
Not familiar with these later Super-Paxettes - mine is an S-P II - but there were Schneider lenses for the Braun 39mm screw-mount... Steinheil are decent;next to those would be Roeschlein-Kreuznach.
Try to avoid Staeble lenses - the several that I have for my S-P II are just frightening in terms of quality ( lots of seeds and bubbles in the glass, mis-shapen aperture opening ( a-symmetric when stopped down ) ).
Share some pics from it, when you have them !
LF
Is the lens-mount bayonet or screw-mount ?
Looks like the lens on the camera is a Steinheil, so it's one of the better lenses Braun offered...
Not familiar with these later Super-Paxettes - mine is an S-P II - but there were Schneider lenses for the Braun 39mm screw-mount... Steinheil are decent;next to those would be Roeschlein-Kreuznach.
Try to avoid Staeble lenses - the several that I have for my S-P II are just frightening in terms of quality ( lots of seeds and bubbles in the glass, mis-shapen aperture opening ( a-symmetric when stopped down ) ).
Share some pics from it, when you have them !
LF
jeztastic
Newbie
Yes, it's a screw-mount Steinheil Casserit 50mm f/2.8. I'd really like a wide angle lens to go with it now. It all seems to work perfectly, even the lightmeter is mostly in the right ballpark! I could really get into the whole rangefinder thing. Save my pennies for a M9 I guess...
gulbman by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
girlarrow by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
This one has been sharpened considerably in PP.
PeleWhitstable by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
gulbman by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
girlarrow by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
This one has been sharpened considerably in PP.
PeleWhitstable by Jez Aitkens, on Flickr
Luddite Frank
Well-known
Not bad, not bad at all....
The standard WA for the Paxette was a 38mm ( now there's a focal-length you don't see every day...)
I think the 38 mm I have is a Staeble.
I have to dig mine out and run a roll of film through it...
They are just about the cutest little interchangeable lens camera there is...
The standard WA for the Paxette was a 38mm ( now there's a focal-length you don't see every day...)
I think the 38 mm I have is a Staeble
.I have to dig mine out and run a roll of film through it...
They are just about the cutest little interchangeable lens camera there is...