[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Aram Langhans]

Lovely set of photos, Don.

I shot with the Rollei SL35 system for 30 years until I wore both bodies 
out and then went to Leica R.  I had the original SL35's that were 
German made and the lenses were badged Zeiss and were German made before 
they moved everything to Singapore and things went down hill.  Those 
original Zeiss one pin lenses (5 of them) were really amazing pieces of 
glass.  Small, light and produced excellent images. The Singapore lenses 
were branded Rollei.   I have toyed looking for some of the Zeiss ones 
again.  I sold the lot to someone on the LUG way back.

Aram

On 4/5/2025 6:49 AM, Don Dory wrote:
> Tamioka was an independant contract manufacturer in Japan.  They deviated
> from standard double gauss designs.  The Rollei 1.4 is a slightly modified
> Zeiss Planer.  The Rollei 1.8 is a Zeiss design of 7 elements largely
> brought over from Voightlander.
>
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 12:05 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Don,
>>
>> I like very much your collection of old lenses, in my opinion the Rollei
>> 50 1.4 and the Pentax are the best ones, but when you say Rollei 50mm f 1.4
>> I suppose you refer to a Zeiss Planar….?. I never heard about a Tamioka…
>>
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>>> El 24 març 2025, a les 10:30, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va
>> escriure:
>>> Greetings to all.  Another week using 60's lenses for effect.  The first
>>> one is from a neighborhood gathering where I believe the lens was the
>> 58mm
>>> Minolta f1.2L
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/neighborhood+gathering.jpg.html
>>> I believe this was the Rollei 50mm F1.4:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/engaging+her+son.jpg.html
>>> This was caught on the sidewalk of a cafe in the tourist district with
>>> probably a Tamioka 50mm F1.4:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/dogs+like+scritches.jpg.html
>>> Seen through the 7 element Pentax 50mm f1.4 SMC:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/thoughtful.jpg.html
>>> All the best.
>>>
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>>> Don
>>> don.dory at gmail.com
>>>
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Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
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