Will
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telenous said:
We have another group that ban everything but the 50s...
too many 50s!
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We have another group that ban everything but the 50s...
Pre war vs Post war?
Serial number roughly 3,000,000 will be post war and the lens will be coated. I believe Zeiss started coating lenses during the war years. Lenses made during the war carry serial numbers in the high 2 millions.
This is for Jena lenses. Lenses with other markings are post war.
Serial number roughly 3,000,000 will be post war and the lens will be coated. I believe Zeiss started coating lenses during the war years. Lenses made during the war carry serial numbers in the high 2 millions.
This is for Jena lenses. Lenses with other markings are post war.
Will
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rover said:
Thanks, Rover
Any large different between the coated and uncoated sonnars?
I can't say as my IIa is in line with Henry Scherer with it's coated Sonnar.
raid
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I have a pre-war (or war time) Sonnar 50mm/2 in LTM that is an excellent lens overall. Its performance was well received by people inspecting the test results of twelve 50mm lenses.
tkluck
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Shot 2 rolls of film at a first communion & family party last weekend. Was using a 35-70 zoom. Idle curiosity (and boredom during the sermon) led me to keep, more or less, track of the focal length I was tending to use. (actually wondering if I could justify a bigger, faster, sexier zoom).
Except for obvious attempts to catch things too far away, or squeeze one more relative into the frame with my back to the fence, I was hovering around 45-55 mm. Emptied the OM-1 and switched to the Fed-2 with it's collapseable 50mm.
Almost as if to confirm this not particularly rigorous data, I did note that I felt no real desire to use the J-12. Back yard party and mandatory group photos. Different story at indoor parties during the winter; 24 & 28mm, 35mm on the RFs (wishing for a 28).
50mm has always been my first choice for so called "street" phtotgraphy of people. Street implying out pf doors with room to step up or slide back. I carry around a Minox with it's 'normal' lens (the only thing normal about Minox...) and never miss having the typical p&s zoom, even indoors. My wife forgets that her camera even has a zoom ("too many buttons").
---I seem to be waxing absurdly verbose, but it took this long for my scanner to get to frame number 12. 😱
Except for obvious attempts to catch things too far away, or squeeze one more relative into the frame with my back to the fence, I was hovering around 45-55 mm. Emptied the OM-1 and switched to the Fed-2 with it's collapseable 50mm.
Almost as if to confirm this not particularly rigorous data, I did note that I felt no real desire to use the J-12. Back yard party and mandatory group photos. Different story at indoor parties during the winter; 24 & 28mm, 35mm on the RFs (wishing for a 28).
50mm has always been my first choice for so called "street" phtotgraphy of people. Street implying out pf doors with room to step up or slide back. I carry around a Minox with it's 'normal' lens (the only thing normal about Minox...) and never miss having the typical p&s zoom, even indoors. My wife forgets that her camera even has a zoom ("too many buttons").
---I seem to be waxing absurdly verbose, but it took this long for my scanner to get to frame number 12. 😱
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