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    <p>Every maker in Japan had multiple equivalents to this model, some even sold well into the late 1990s/early 2000s (e.g. Olympus). Its only distinctive feature is the body design.</p>
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    <blockquote> <p>Now, both Nikon and Canon did make versions of some of their lenses that fit on the Zeiss Ikon lens mount, but they were sold independently of Zeiss.</p> </blockquote> <p>Actually it's exactly the opposite: Zeiss now sells lenses in Nikon (ZF.2) and Canon (ZE) mounts.</p>
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    <p>All Nikon/Nikkormat SLRs made before 1977 had mirror lock-up, and including the FT3 and EL2.</p>
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    <p>If I want to avoid the tripod, I'd get something with optical image stabilization, or at least a mini-tripod pressed against my chest.</p> <p>Not fair comparing 6x6 film with an APS-C sensor either.</p>
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    <p>You don't lose image stabilization because this combo never had it in the first place.</p> <p>Check this out http://www.metabones.com/products/details/MB_SPEF-BMPCC-BM1</p>
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    <p>Someone obviously haven't used any of the Sony EVF cameras. If anything, it's the finders from APS-C DSLRs that's vastly inferior, not the other way round. (Yes I do own both types)</p>
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    <p>Looks like Nikon SP's 2nd cousin</p>
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    <p>Funny how hacking models with "newer movements" don't count as "any mechanical watch."</p>
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    <p>Panny GX-7 or Oly E-M with 45mm if you want small. I myself would go for Sony NE6X/A6000 with 50mm OSS.</p>
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    <p>Some people may own or wear a mechanical watch, but obviously they have no idea what "hacking" means.</p>
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    <p>Any manual focus camera including SLRs can be pre-focused fast and responsively. That doesn't make them rangefinders. Leica does not have the patent on the word either. To golfers it doesn't even take pictures. But obviously I speak as an infidel who never joined the church even when I owned the M6TTL.</p>
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    <p>The G2 measures distance by triangulation. By definition it is a rangefinder (the term is not mutually-exclusive with AF.)</p>
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    <p>SLR Magic currently has a 50/0.95 for Leica M-mount: http://www.photozone.de/leicam/861-slrmagic</p> <p>Short of servo-AF, such speed demons are a pain to get accurate focus at full aperture. (No need for them if you're gonna stop down anyway.) Paper-thin DOF means the focal point is changed with the slightest movement from the model or the shooter. </p> <p> </p>
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    <blockquote> <p>I wonder if it compares to the outstanding Nikkor 1000mm at a fraction of the cost.</p> </blockquote> <p>This f/5.6 Mirotar is two stops faster than the f/11 Reflex Nikkor.</p> <p>The Contarex version is even rarer than C/Y: http://collectiblend.com/Lenses/Zeiss,-Carl/1000mm-f5.6-Mirotar-%28Contarex%29.html</p>
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    <p>Looks like the Contax/Yashica version. Anyway nothing to do with Leica or rangefinders.</p>
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    <p>Admittedly, modern MC tend to be blue-green (if seen from the right angles). But the true difference between MC and single-coating is transmission/reflections. Just compare your Ai and pre-Ai versions of 50/1.4. OTOH, the pre-Ai S.C. version has reddish-purple multi-coating.</p> <p>The Series E prime lenses have magenta/purple single-coatings like your 50/2 H. </p>
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    <p>The North American retail price of the Zeiss-branded 24mm is still ~$900, not much change from the old $1000.</p> <p>For convenience, the standard 16-50mm and 55-210mm are no-brainer bargains.<br /> <br /> If you don't mind manual focusing, many fast prime lenses are affordable and readily available. Just get an adapter.</p>
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    <p>Apparently much rarer than the Biotar: http://forum.mflenses.com/hugo-meyer-primoplan-v-1-9-75mm-t32620,highlight,+meyer++primoplan++75.html</p>
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    <blockquote> <p>The 16-50mm uses a 52mm screw-in petal hood.</p> </blockquote> <p>Not without a step-up ring from 40.5mm </p>
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