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stephen_morris3

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  1. This seems interesting: Letsminox
  2. I don't know what Cloudfront is but thanks for real feedback. I thought you might be right about the lens being de-centered, since it's basically double-face-taped to an LM-to-E-mount focusing helicoid adapter. However, I don't see any way to check for that in the photo I posted. Everything on the left side is further away than the right, so there's no way to compare. I don't see any smearing but I want to check to see that when I re-mount it more permanently.
  3. Maybe use a little imagination, as I suggested before? Typing in the names of cameras and lenses is what led me here in the first place.
  4. I don't know about aggressive but I objectively see someone posting unfriendly stuff--almost bullying. I'm just responding to that instead of being a doormat. And, why should I start a new post? I did a general internet search about this camera and this came up. It makes total sense to comment in context, regardless the age--as I keep pointing out. If that is the unwritten rule in this group, then maybe y'all should set up some automatic system for deleting a thread after a certain interval, right? Again, WHAT'S ODD about posting a comment even 10 years later? Delete your post if you don't want comments later than you somehow think appropriate! Me looking for conflict? No! Just looking for information and a reasonable discussion without running into trolls who constantly comment about old threads. The thread speaks for itself. Just re-read it. Perhaps you're part of the jerk clique looking for trouble yourself?
  5. It seems exceeding clear if you read the posts above. Do you think trying to brow-beat those who make honest posts or comments--however old the thread is--anything but being a jerk?
  6. This was taken this summer with an H Coral 45mm/1.9 from a 1959 Aires Viscount on Sony A7R3. The camera cost me less than $5. Sure, this is cheating because it's shot at the lens' optimum aperture. I also have photos taken wide open, and--except for depth-of-focus--performs just as well--like a Summicron. Its bokeh is creamy and IMO better than a Summicron and as good as a Planar. Distortion and spherical aberrations are well under control--like the champs. It also tends to give that almost 3D pop I really dig. Because I'm curious about the evolution of lenses, I've found stories about why some vintage lenses are much better than others. The H Coral was made by a company called Showa Koki who dropped out of consumer optics and went to supplying the highest level of scientific, industrial and IT optics. Their grandchild is Showa Optronics. There's a world of photo phun out there for those who can work a screwdriver and have an open mind and a willingness to learn.
  7. Yawn! I wrote search the lenses, not the cameras. Maybe apply a little imagination to your searching? Flickr's resolution isn't all that bad; sufficient for me to make some evaluation of what a lens is capable of. There are also some very detailed reviews and testing of most of the lenses that I've converted or lenses I've used common adapters with. But it's probably just as well to keep the vintage lens conversation "secret" on the down-low. Love all your positive contributions here!
  8. As many as I can get my hands on at a bargain! I'm a recycler-reseller. As I wrote earlier, search for the lenses I listed (an other converted lenses) on Flickr. You might learn something.
  9. Good advice. Just so you know, I do look harder to see, as most here do, I'd suppose.
  10. The two Super Takumar 50s I tried were spectacular but I haven't tried any non-50s. I suppose I'll be careful when any come up, although I've read and seen fantastic photos by such. As you point out, there are 100s of great vintage lenses. Just a matter of sorting. These "old" discussions have been really helpful in that process.
  11. No kidding? So, you're assuming I don't compare lenses wide open?
  12. Yawn yourself! So what if the original posters are not around! Does that change the validity of the information of opinions? Seems like there's a jerk or two lurking. Why not troll on FB where all the others are? Shaming someone for posting in an "old" thread? Send us to the gallows!
  13. I knew I could count on a comment about resurrecting an "old thread". And I always answer that threads like this about vintage equipment are almost timeless; they're reference works and have helped me a lot as such. You obviously have had the opposite experience compared to me. So far, I've converted Yashica DX 35mm/1.8 (Electro 35 CC), DX 45mm/1.7 (Electro 35 GT), Schneider Robot-Xenon 40mm/1.9 (Robot Star 25), Zeiss-Opton Tessar T 75mm/3.5 (Zeiss-Ikon Ikonta-M), Beauty-S 45mm/1.9 (Beauty Lightomatic), H Coral 45mm/1.9 (Aires Viscount), Minoxar 35mm/2.8 (Minox 35 GT-E), Schneider Xenar 38mm/2.8 (Kodak Instamatic 500) and more. I am getting nothing but great results. At least I like them. I respectfully disagree about comparisons being pointless. I find the lenses to be very consistent with their reputations. A Yashica Tomioka lens (of their premium series) is always a top-performing Tomioka. The Coral lens from a 1959 fixed-lens rangefinder is at least as good a performer as my Leitz Summicron 50. I don't think any major camera maker was sloppy with their lenses. They built their reputations on the performance of their lenses. Yashica, Canon, Konica, Minolta, Olympus, Fujica, maybe others, were praised for their laser-sharp compact camera lenses. Nor do I suspect spy-camera maker Robot cut any corners on the quality/sharpness of the lenses they used. I'm finding the Schneider Xenon can keep up with my Leitz Macro Elmarit 60 regarding resolution--and with 15 aperture blades! Note, I only extract lenses from non-functioning cameras. Check out other the masochists on Flickr who get amazing manual-focus performance for peanuts. Just search the name of the lenses and you will see. Some are converting lens as an enterprise. My Summicron-killing Coral costs me a whopping $5. Because of the quality, I'm having a hard time moving over to modern auto-focus lenses on my Sony A7R3.
  14. Confessions of a camera butcher: I've been very impressed with Tomioka lenses and bought a Yashica Electro GX, hoping it wouldn't work. It almost did and I wasted about half a roll. Now it is my favorite general-carry lens with my Sony A7R3 since I MacGyver-rigged it to a reverse-filter adapter. This from a recent trip to Gotland, Sweden.
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