Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, Precisely what I've been doing since 2003 - some old lenses are a lot better than "relatively" good, like Yashica's 55/2.8 Macro 24/2.8 and 21/3.5 wideangle and the CZ/Voigtl?nder 135/4, a positively tiny, moderate telephoto lens. I've so far used adapters for M42, CY, Leica, Topcon (no infinity focus), Rollei QBM, Canon FD (with correction lens and not too good), Adaptall-II, Pentax-K and Olympus OM to EOS so far and LTM, CY and Leica R to Leica-M. So far, one of the best 200 mm lenses I've found is a Rollei QBM mount (probably Tokina or Mamiya) 200/3.5, followed quite closely by a CZ 200 Tele-Tessar, a Yashica 200 mm and then a Tamron - all manual focus. I am still pretty impressed by a T-mount 200/4.5 lens that goes by the name of Optomax that I picked up for 2 pounds or so at a flea market near Gatwick airport - it was sold with an M39 (LTM) mount, but guestimating distances with a 200mm on my IIIg is not my idea of fun, so now it gets used with other T-mounts on other cameras. Prices are sometimes so attractive that it's worth taking a gamble on optical quality. Luckily, I've not been disappointed very often. One disappointment is an Olympus 35-70 zoom, but maybe it prefers to be on an OM and not a Canon 20D, I haven't got around to trying it with film yet. (perhaps the adapter is not too good, but the results with an OM 75-150 and the same adapter are fantastic). Cheers Douglas On 16.05.2010 21:59, George Lottermoser wrote: > okay - I get it now. > > and yes > lots of "relatively" impressive used glass > out there > from every manufacturer > for very attractive prices > for every conceivable format > > and every conceivable adapter > to hang them on current digital bodies > > exciting time to play with cameras and lenses > > ;~) > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On May 16, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > >> to my eye rather intense and more than I expected. >> for a small light* $45 lens it surprised me. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >