ctdogs
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Much recent discussion about Canon 135/3.5 lenses, but how about some lesser known lenses--Komura 135/3.5 or Vemar 135/3.5. Has anyone here used these lenses? Were you pleased?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Other 135/3.5 lenses
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Gabriel M.A.
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I own the Komura 135/3.5, and while I like it, I prefer the black Canon 135 f/3.5 LTM, because it (the Canon) is shorter, slightly lighter, can use filters, and focuses closer (by how much, I don't remember and I don't have the lens(es) in front of me).
Waus
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wasn't there a Steinheill(?) 135mm & a Sun 135mm?
Livesteamer
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Steinheil had a 135 Culminar but it was f4.5 . I've got one but have not used that length enough to say much. Steinheil also made this lens in an Exacta mount. Joe
Roger Hicks
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Many years ago I had a Dallmeyer 135, though I don't recall the speed. My memories of it are neither good nor bad.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
venchka
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The last version of the Canon 135/3.5, black, 48mm filters, is so good & so cheap why bother with anything else? I own one. I use it occasionally. I should use it more often. I keep it primarily because I can't sell it for enough to justify not having it. Another reason I keep it: If/when I get a NEX body I know I will use it more.
Wayne
Wayne
ctdogs
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Thanks for the information
Thanks for the information
To all who replied, thanks for the information. Very interesting.
Thanks for the information
To all who replied, thanks for the information. Very interesting.
ottluuk
the indecisive eternity
Nikon also made a 135/3.5 (available in S or screwmount) that has a good rep.
Half a stop down you have the Jupiter-11 135/4 which is surprisingly good and available for next to nothing. The downside is that apparently, it can't be made to focus accurately up close and wide open on a Leica-specced body. I have occasionally used my unmodified J-11 for distant landscapes and results are good. The M42 SLR version would make an interesting portrait lens, I think.
Basically, it's quite hard to make a really bad slow 135mm lens. Curiously, the Leica 135/4.5 Hektor seems to have a pretty bad reputation - I wonder what's up with that? They made them well into the 1950s, in both M and LTM.
Half a stop down you have the Jupiter-11 135/4 which is surprisingly good and available for next to nothing. The downside is that apparently, it can't be made to focus accurately up close and wide open on a Leica-specced body. I have occasionally used my unmodified J-11 for distant landscapes and results are good. The M42 SLR version would make an interesting portrait lens, I think.
Basically, it's quite hard to make a really bad slow 135mm lens. Curiously, the Leica 135/4.5 Hektor seems to have a pretty bad reputation - I wonder what's up with that? They made them well into the 1950s, in both M and LTM.
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