silverhalidedreamer
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boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
I will just do some nice 50's. The first is the perennial favorite, a Cooke Amotal 2" f/2.0. The Rhodies are deliberately underexposed @f/4.0:
The Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar, 5cm, f/2.0 @ f/8.0:
The Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar, 5cm, f/2.0 @ f/8.0:
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Richard G
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1950s DR (dual range) 50 Summicron on M9-P. With close-up attachment.
The Red Leaf by Richard, on Flickr
The Red Leaf by Richard, on Flickr
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
I have some good lenses because I have listened to and learned from folks on this board. When I started here I knew squat about lenses. Now I know squat+1 about lenses. Progress but not a lot. But you folks know about lenses! I have been guided in purchases, like the Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar, encouraged in others like the '57 KMZ Jupiter 8 and awarded some gems like the '41 CZJ 5cm f/1.5 SN 272nnnn. Add in a 35mm f/1.7 CV. And some nice 50mm Canons and so on. I have been really lucky - the story of my life - that folks have shared their knowledge so freely and been so generous of all.
Here is a shot I got early in the morning driving from Ely, NV to LA. It was NV Highway 93 IIRC and the sun was just breaking over the hills. This old CZJ was kind enough to make an ordinary scene just a little bit better. This lens is over 80 years old.
Here is a shot I got early in the morning driving from Ely, NV to LA. It was NV Highway 93 IIRC and the sun was just breaking over the hills. This old CZJ was kind enough to make an ordinary scene just a little bit better. This lens is over 80 years old.
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Tim Read
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Boojum - Good morning from Bondi Beach NSW Australia. Your good luck story above resonated with me as I have been similarly lucky. Here is a recent shot with my year of birth 1941 CZJ 5cm f1.5 T - also "awarded" as you put it. It could well be that we are lucky via the same sharer of knowledge !!?? 
An avenue of Paper Bark trees, one of my favourites, taken in Centennial Park which is nearby where I live.
An avenue of Paper Bark trees, one of my favourites, taken in Centennial Park which is nearby where I live.
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
Here is the 35mm CV f/1.7. The reviews of this lens underrate it. I think it handles light very nicely. Here are two shots with it on an underrated Leica, the 240. I like the 240's color, just a shade less bold than the M9. OK, first is another shot of a fishing boat at Bornstein's unloading its catch. The second is same night, same lens, same camera a short distance away of a crane just because I liked the light and color.
The reviewers all have their opinions and some even know what they are talking about. But there are also folks who really know and understand how glass works when bending light and who can suss out the good from the bad. I listen to those folks, too, and find they have a better track record. Because they know.
The reviewers all have their opinions and some even know what they are talking about. But there are also folks who really know and understand how glass works when bending light and who can suss out the good from the bad. I listen to those folks, too, and find they have a better track record. Because they know.
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Dogman
Veteran
I have several favorite lenses. Most of them hover around in the "normal" range, which for me is a lens in the 35mm to 75mm range for 135 format. One of these favorites is the older Voigtlaender 28/2 Ultron on the Fuji X-Pro2. Being a 42mm equivalent, it's just about perfect as a standard lens. I also like the "look" from this lens.
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1934 Carl Zeiss Jena 5cm F1.5, wide-open on the M9. My favorite lens. This one was like Wax Paper when received. The earliest that I've converted to Leica Mount using a Jupiter-3 focus mount. Focus is perfect across range. This is from the 1607xxx block, a "Version 2" optical formula lens. One of the later barrels with filter threads that can be fitted into a J-3 mount. The formula was changed in the 166xxxx block.
I see a lot of my favorite lenses in this thread.
I see a lot of my favorite lenses in this thread.
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boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
mcfingon
Western Australia
Good one Tim, here's my year of birth Sonnarski, a 1951 Jupiter 3, wide-open on the Sony
The old Lubricants had outgassed, the lens had never been opened and cleaned. I had to use Big Bertha to open this one up.
Richard G
Veteran
Summaron M 28mm f5.6 solid brass, tiny. Glued to my M9-P. The light fall off tames the paving and deepens the sky.
skopar steve
Well-known
One of my favorites that I don't use much anymore is my OM Zuiko 50mm 2.0 macro.
Dogman
Veteran
The Olympus 25/2.8 pancake lens from the standard 4/3 system. I loved that little lens. I used an adapter to use it on micro 4/3 as well. It was sharp and tiny, even by Olympus standards. It always managed to pull detail out of whatever subject I was shooting.
From 2014.
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From 2014.
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