Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So they've finally come out with a lens in which your stop down issues are not there from an irregular f stop circle which you get no matter how many leaves you've got and how round they are!!! They had that on some enlarger lenes. I always hopped somebody would do that. Perfect circles you slip in. Bokeh should improve. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:03:10 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... Not! > > Frank, I was speaking of this lens: *Miyazaki-shiki Tessar T* 35mm/f3.5 > *It > says "When you purchase the lens (center), metal lens cap (screw-in, left > front), metal lens hood (screw-in, front right photo) and three > fixed-aperture ring (respectively, f3.5, f5.6, f11 support) that comes with > that." > and > "The minimum focusing distance, 0.8m is. Of course, infinity is out." > > http://tinyurl.com/2v72nzb > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:37 AM, FRANK DERNIE > <frank.dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > >> I don't think so, no, the aperture is conventional, although, since the >> whole >> kaboodle rotates with focus like the old lenses, the aperture index will >> not >> necessarily be found where one may expect it. >> I did not notice anything about not focussing to infinity though. >> FD >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Thursday, 23 September, 2010 13:19:24 >> Subject: Re: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... Not! >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at >> yahoo.co.uk >>> wrote: >> >>> That Cooke is maybe not the world's smallest 35mm for M. Miyazaki-san >> also >>> offers this smaller Tessar 35mm: >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2v72nzb >>> >>> It needs a LTM to M adapter, but it's still smaller than the Cooke >> Miyazaki >>> 35. >>> >> >> >> But if you want to change the aperture, you have to dismount the lens and >> change a part, furthermore, it has no infinity? Cute, but no cigar. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information