blush, slow lens questions in small caps

[frank granovski]

<img src="http://www.8palm.com/nose1.gif"> the best portrait lens i

own is the 90mm minolta m. it has deep bokeh and it is sharp. my cl

40mm is just as good but it is not a portrait lens. I guess it is

somewhere in-between a wide-angle and a normal. will my 40mm

summicron-c leica leitz lens and my 90mm f4 m-rokkor minolta lens fit

and work properly on the fabulous new ikon? are there any issues?

answers, please. is the cl's shutter better than the ikon's shutter or

is it the other way around? <img

src="http://www.8palm.com/loveit.gif">

[andrew_hall1]

Last time you posted (more or less) the same question, I gave you this address: info@zeissikon.com

 

Unlike the Leica forum, they did not (or were not expected to) bite, I suppose.

 

This time, make sure they get your tradmark icons (no pun intended), even a pic or two.

[ray .]

<i>the best portrait lens i own is the 90mm minolta m</I><p>

Frank, didn't you just get this lens about a week or so ago? How

about posting a portrait you did with it?

[paul t]

Frank, why do you keep asking the same questions, without doing a quick

search here, or going to the Zeiss website? Are you bored? Lonely? Time on

your hands? And what time is it in Vancouver or wherever you are?<p>

Your lenses should work perfectly, bar some issues with the framelines they

bring up. The 90mm lens will bring up 85mm framelines, I believe, on the

Zeiss, which is close enough. There are no 40mm framelines on the Zeiss;

some people use the 50mm framelines and crop loose, others file off a lug on

40mm lenses and use the 35mm framelines. I'd say the 40mm can work pretty

well as a portrait lens. It's very close to our normal human field of view. It's a

slight compromise using the 40mm when the framelines don't match exactly,

but some people here, notably BDS, get great results doing exactly that. For

more about filing the bayonet lugs, use the photonet 'search button". And for

more about the Zeiss Ikon, go <a href="http://www.zeissikon.com/

camera.htm">http://www.zeissikon.com/camera.htm</a>

And if you're generally bored and want to read more about cameras, it's

always worth consulting <a href="http://www.cameraquest.com/"> Stephen

Gandy's Cameraquest site. </a>

[monkey]

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[frank granovski]

I'm bored because Horst has my CL; and I don't know for how long. Okay, Paul. Thanks for that info---the 40mm brings up 50mm frame-lines, the 90mm brings up 85mm frame-lines. So I can't use these 2 lenses with the Ikon unless I want to cut off heads and feet.

[paul t]

Well, with the 85mm you might cut out the tiniest bit of toe and the odd unruly

curl. really it makes no practical difference. If you use the 50mm framelines

with the 40mm lens, you'll get their hats, and their snowshoes too.

[frank granovski]

Wow! Gimme that pic! That looks just like me, from my hair and my smirk to my furs and my pristine CL. It's 2:10 a.m. here in lovely Raincouver. Oh, and I did e-mail Zeiss but they never e-mailed me back. ;*)

[paul_neuthaler]

Re: Frank: "Although I feel his pulse, I dare not say he lives." -- Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, 1642

[brunom]

Frank

As the ZI has been delayed until August how can you expect anyone to know the answer to your question in June?

 

Bruno

[jeremy_tok]

by looking at the spec sheet

[brunom]

Jeremy

 

Spec sheet don't tell everything, and they certainly don't mention whether or nor you can fit [with no issues] the 20-30yr old lenses mentioned by Frank, who can, I assume, also read spec sheets!

 

Why don't you read the spec sheets and tell Frank what is[or not] stated?

 

Bruno

[Jerry_]

Portraits (of two or three people) can be done well with a 40mm lens; the 90mm lens will work on a one-person image.

 

 

 

While you are getting your CL fixed, any chance you can locate a second CL body so your talents won't go stale using the pair of lenses you have?

[zeos_386sx]

RE: Monkey C's picture...

That's Master Granovsky in disguise for shooting Canadian bears and streetwalkers. He's so cute they come right over to lick him on the cheek.

[jeremy_tok]

Sigh.

<p>

Yes Bruno, ya the man! There is a very good possibility that the following equation is indeed true!

<p>

ZM mount ≠ M mount

<p>

Ya never know! Zeiss designers may be asleep at the table! Cosina's too! They're really all idiots!

<p>

Idiots, all of them!

[socke]

Anybody read Alan Wilders report? The 50 Planar focused perfectly on his MP.

As long as Zeiss didn't design the ZI to be incompatible to their own lenses, it should be fine!

[dan_fromm2]

Volker, the last thing this forum needs is a voice of reason.

[icuneko]

I used to have a Leitz-Minolta CL. New--better than pristine. I used a 40mm f2 Rokkor lens on it a lot. For single-person or self-portraits it was fine when I even cropped out the head and shoulders for enlargement. It is very sharp and with Pan X film the enlargements were still fine. Also useda Minolta 90 f4 (actually a Leica Elmar C). It is very fine for portraits, and has nice, smooth bokeh/OOF. You'd do well sticking with both of these lenses. Since they are M mounts, I'd assume they will work just

fine on the yet-to-be-released ZI.

[brunom]

Jeremy

 

Never heard of the focus problems with the Konica 'M' mount lenses? Things happen which are not on spec sheets.

 

Double sigh !

 

 

Bruno

[brunom]

Volker

 

I agree with what you say, but Frank was referring specifically to the 2 CL lenses?

 

Regards

 

Bruno

[frank granovski]

Yes, I meant with my 2 CL lenses. I saw 2 other CLs but they were both a way over-priced and one had a broken lever. I don't plan on buying another CL, I can't locate a decent M3, M2 or M4, and the Ikon interests me. So I'm back using my FM2T and the 135mm E lens, for what it's worth.

[__jon__]

Cat Taking A Huge Dump In A Fur Jacket Pose?? C'mon Frank, Pleeeeeeeeeae!

[frank granovski]

"jacko beats rap" in small caps, meaning.... <img src="http://www.8palm.com/freak7.gif">