Roger Hicks
Veteran
Yes, but surely these are all mirror-box lenses, not RF coupled.gordonb said:Canon made 200mm through 1000mm lenses for the S-Mount including an 800mm Serenar back in 1953 - See Page 9 - only $796
Cheers,
R.
Yes, but surely these are all mirror-box lenses, not RF coupled.gordonb said:Canon made 200mm through 1000mm lenses for the S-Mount including an 800mm Serenar back in 1953 - See Page 9 - only $796
varjag said:I also have (and use occasionally) Komura 200/4.5 that Brian mentioned. I believe it is the longest out there with direct rangefinder coupling. The lens is telephoto design, so it is about 12cm long. It has good oldschool Japanese build and is single coated. Marginally longer focal length than Olympic Sonnar, but must be a tad easier to focus being 1.5 stops slower.
Still, focusing it on close (if you consider 7m "close") to medium distance with 0.72 finder is a challenge. As I don't have a 200mm finder the framing is also a problem: the RF patch approximates the inner third of image, with borders somewhere out there between it and 135mm frameline.
But for some reason I use it more than 135mm lens. Which is not to say much.
Dear Eugene,varjag said:I also have (and use occasionally) Komura 200/4.5 that Brian mentioned. I believe it is the longest out there with direct rangefinder coupling. The lens is telephoto design, so it is about 12cm long. It has good oldschool Japanese build and is single coated. Marginally longer focal length than Olympic Sonnar, but must be a tad easier to focus being 1.5 stops slower.
Still, focusing it on close (if you consider 7m "close") to medium distance with 0.72 finder is a challenge. As I don't have a 200mm finder the framing is also a problem: the RF patch approximates the inner third of image, with borders somewhere out there between it and 135mm frameline.
But for some reason I use it more than 135mm lens. Which is not to say much.
Maybe so, but I would still take exception with that - there is nothing impermanent or expedient about a Visoflex 😉
Regards,
Bill