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boojum said:
Interesting. Shoot some digital so we can get an immediate idea of what it looks like. Was it expensive? Where did you get it?
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I have an M-RF adapter so will sure try it my Canon R6 II. I paid $520 USD including shipping to Norway.
It left Taiwan today, so will be some days before it's in my hands.
Got it here: The Perfect Lens Choice for Artists | Mandler 35mm F2
I just sent an email 🙂
Out to Lunch said:
Where did you find it?
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See above 🙂
 
plexi said:
I have an M-RF adapter so will sure try it my Canon R6 II. I paid $520 USD including shipping to Norway.
It left Taiwan today, so will be some days before it's in my hands.
Got it here: The Perfect Lens Choice for Artists | Mandler 35mm F2
I just sent an email 🙂

See above 🙂
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That's no excuse. We want results now! LMAO It should be an interesting lens. Good luck with it. M-mount lenses are getting really popular.
 
I followed the link and read it. It is interesting to follow the growth and development of Asian technology. Immediately after the close of WW II much of what came out of Japan seemed to be made of reprocessed beer cans and was labeled as "Jap Scrap." I did not come up with the term, it was the term of the time. And the first cars from Japan were poorly made and rusted out quickly. Then they hired the QC master Deming. Too many citations to post here, Google him. Deming turned around Japanese production and quality soared and became a byword of Japanese manufacturing. When the English got their hands on their first Japanese motorcycle they realized their domestic industry was done. The difference in quality was that great. The Japanese had an annual Deming Award for the best product and still may. Just look at the Japanese camera business, and autos, and TV, and so on.

And so now with China. The old epithet of "China Copy" seems past. They make good lenses. I have three and like them a lot. They are well made and yield great images. The Thypoch Simera 50mm F/1.4 is sweet. And now Mandler strides onto the stage, reprising an old Leica lens. Many if not most are remakes/updates of expired patent European lenses. Who among us could afford an original Elcan?
 
Taipei-metro said:
This camera w lens and it's 'homage' D Lux, was made in Xiamen City 廈門 市, Fujiang Province, China, side by side w some Chinese ladies workers... ( i've seen a documentary )

i bought it used a couple of months back...
( i've never been to Xiamen City, as a ( Rep of China ) Taiwan Army, i stationed at 'Kingmen Island' 2 miles off coast of Xiamen City ...😅🤣)

Panasonic LX100,




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Fujifilm APSC 24MP XT100,
Super EBC Fujinon 15-45mm

OT;
i can fly direct to Xiamen City from Los Angeles City w Xiamen Airlines 😍...( need to up grade to S5 )

Xiamen Airlines at Los Angeles Int'l Airport

Img by Taipei-metro, Panasonic G6, Zuiko 14-42
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Xiamen is a beautiful city though tourism has taken over Gulangyu Island. I never took the time to visit Kinman even though ferries ran daily these 30 years.
 
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Anyone visiting Tokyo should check out Fujiya camera in Nakano. I bought a mint condition M2, 40mm CLE Rokkor and a very nice 50mm Elmar Red scale and prices were very good because of the exchange rate and no tax for foreigners.
 
Out to Lunch said:

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A few years ago I decided to walk Nakano so I chose a random train station and wandered for 4 or 5 hours back to Nakano Station with no Google Map. The more I wander around neighborhoods I more I wished I lived in Japan! This time went to Enoshima and tried to walk to Kamakura but the heat was too much even though it was much cooler along the shore. Camera shops have A/C!
 
Rayt said:
A few years ago I decided to walk Nakano so I chose a random train station and wandered for 4 or 5 hours back to Nakano Station with no Google Map. The more I wander around neighborhoods I more I wished I lived in Japan! This time went to Enoshima and tried to walk to Kamakura but the heat was too much even though it was much cooler along the shore. Camera shops have A/C!
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One of the great gifts in life is to wander in another country. I understand that 80% of America has no passport. Many never leave their county. Yes, bless then if they are happy in this small goldfish bowl, but the sea is so much more interesting.
 
boojum said:
One of the great gifts in life is to wander in another country. I understand that 80% of America has no passport. Many never leave their county. Yes, bless then if they are happy in this small goldfish bowl, but the sea is so much more interesting.
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I walk a lot for the street photography. I had an interesting and unusual job that required a lot of travel so I took full advantage. I walked all over everywhere I could in 20+ countries often solo. Americans live in fear. If you go on any travel website the typical question is: “is it safe”?
 
Rayt said:
I walk a lot for the street photography. I had an interesting and unusual job that required a lot of travel so I took full advantage. I walked all over everywhere I could in 20+ countries often solo. Americans live in fear. If you go on any travel website the typical question is: “is it safe”?
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I have not been abroad in a few years. My usual experience is that things are fine wherever I go. A long while back I lived in the narco state of Mexico and where I was was safe. Travels around were safe. The people were mostly decent, honest and honorable. Just do not have "bad face." And keep all those pics you took when you get home. In a few years they may be even more interesting. And try to remember that when abroad you may be the only personal impression those folks get of an American or whatever you are. Act like they are family. They are. ;o)
 
Johngwill said:
I seem to remember the "S" was often not used!!
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Those were tough times for the Japanese regardless of guilt or culpability. We had family in Berlin and when the war was over foodstuffs, clothes and so on were sent, a lot. War or now war they were still family. Opa helped them get on their feet and Oma sent the packages. The Japanese started with no more than grit and look what they accomplished. Soichiro Honda went from making piston rings in WW II to building one of the largest and most successful motor/motorcycle companies in the world. That's a long way from reworked beer cans. Other than a 2CV and a Dodge diesel half-ton all I have driven since 1978 has been Hondas and no regrets. The Dodge was a money pit, just a piece of crap with a good engine in it. The 2CV was fun, a darling. The Hondas always start and run.
 
Just picked up a Canon AE-1 Program that seems to had little use, and once I gave it a quick clean up and new battery, it's purring like a kitten. Also came with a 50mm f1.8 and 28mm 2.8 (both lenses I used in a past life). Brings back memories of my first "real" camera, the Canon TX I bought new on April Fools day in 1976.

Best,
-Tim
 
One of the great gifts in life is to wander in another country. I understand that 80% of America has no passport. Many never leave their county. Yes, bless then if they are happy in this small goldfish bowl, but the sea is so much more interesting.
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"Small" is a bit harsh. The Lower 48 states are larger than Europe to the Belorussian/ Ukrainian border.
 
Rayt said:
A few years ago I decided to walk Nakano so I chose a random train station and wandered for 4 or 5 hours back to Nakano Station with no Google Map. The more I wander around neighborhoods I more I wished I lived in Japan! This time went to Enoshima and tried to walk to Kamakura but the heat was too much even though it was much cooler along the shore. Camera shops have A/C!
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I haven't traveled much since the pandemic closed down on us, and I'm itching to get out there again... Back to the British Isles where I have a number of friends, to Paris and Milan, and Cork and Aachen .... Back to Tokyo (YES!) and Adelaide, Melbourne, Christchurch ... Ah, so many places I'd love to visit again, and see for the first time. To sail the islands of the Caribbean, to see Fiji and Pago Pago ...

This past five years has been a deathly time. 🙁

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Taipei-metro said:
for myself to find out...What the fuss about 'Rangefinder cam Experience'....
( the 40mm 6-element F1.7 is an excelent lens )

my G-III 17 QL,.....Camera and lens....made in Taiwan 😍😍😍




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Canon APSC T4i,
Canon Lens 18-55
Neewer n-TTL Speedlite fired
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Will be most curious to hear your observations, as that camera is still plentiful and inexpensive if purchased "as-is".
 
Malcolm M said:
"Small" is a bit harsh. The Lower 48 states are larger than Europe to the Belorussian/ Ukrainian border.
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This is true. But the point was not geographic size but traveling within the size and abroad.

When I used "small" it was in direct reference to the closest phrase, that most folks do not leave their counties. That is a small goldfish bowl but good for them if that is enough to satisfy them.
 
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