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I've been a BAD Boy!
 such a bad boy......... |
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I wear pants
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hehehe, looking good! 
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yes, but are they any good?
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Nice beauty!!!
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The cam is a gem, it is the Canon 50/1.5 that is new.
(.72 Keven)
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Keven
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The cam is a gem, it is the Canon 50/1.5 that is new.
(.72 Keven)
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I see! 
The Canon seems of really great condition, and matching w/. the camera!
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Well, Ralph, congratulations. You got the seemingly holy grail of ltm normal lenses. Please tell us if it is indeed magical. I'm still looking for one.
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Frank, I immediately ripped that Summi....?what are they called?.... off the M6 and popped on the Canon. What a beautiful little lens.
Film is loaded and I have started shooting with it. It will stay on the camera for a while, actually, I will shoot a few rolls with it and hopefully process a bunch together for a comparison.
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void
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Rover, you're specializing in Canon camera porn or what !?
Congrats, looks gorgeous ! |
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In Tritone I Trust
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Bad rover, BAD....!!!!
Now pop off that Canon or I bash you and bash you and bash you....! |
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void
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Originally Posted by Kris
Bad rover, BAD....!!!!
Now pop off that Canon or I bash you and bash you and bash you....! |
LOL !!! Bill M. creates school |
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ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ moderator
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makes sense to me...really...after all it IS the lens that makes the photo, not the body!
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I will say this, there is no better made lens in my bag right now. What a piece of mechanical craftsmanship.
No bigger than the small Canon 50/1.8 which is not a surprise as they share the same filter ring diameter, 40mm. My Series VI 50/1.9 Lens Hood fits fine, seems a shame though to slip it over the metal of the lens. This lens is truely like new, mucking up the finish would be a shame. I may look for a screw in round hood. Ergonomicly it feels really good. The focus ring may be a little narrow, but not too much so. I am looking for places to go to shoot this weekend. The Norwich Navigators, a AA minor league baseball team is home this weekend. That should afford me some good people shots, candids.
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Warms the heart to see a Sonnar on a Leica... Looking forward to seeing what you catch with it.
William
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I have been REALLY BAD!!!
The first roll with the F1.5 and the little IIf was a knock-your-socks-off and I have not scanned yet. I have been playing with the newly-repaired -and ancient- DCS200IR. Mind you, this is one case where scanning negatives is easier than using THIS digital SLR. But the IR pictures are cool. AND I may adapt a Canon 50mm F1.5 to it anyway. The one from Frank has a long focal length as it is missing the rear lens group. That and my LTM to Nikon F adapter...
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ɹoʇɐɹǝpoɯ moderator
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oh great, now i have to start looking for a 50/1.5 ????
damn you people! 
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It never ends Joe, it really doesn't.
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what kills me is that i like the 50/1.8 and i have no REAL NEED for anything faster.
but no, you have to shove that fine looking chrome barrel into my face...
and it's the 50/1.4 that i mostly want cause of it's rep...
what's a poor boy to do?
joe
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Originally Posted by rover
It never ends Joe, it really doesn't.
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I know this is not Canon gear but does misery love company, or is there something contagious on this site (I'm looking to blame anyone other than myself for my "Bad Boy" behavior tonight). Two items that I really didn't need, but sure am glad to have -- although I might be sleeping in the guest room for the next few nights (good thing we don't have a dog or it could be worse )
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If that poor Contax I ever needs a respite from all those Swiss, I'd be happy to give it a vacation... Especially if one of the Cousin Tessars comes along...
Much more seriously, that's a beautiful pair. Will they be used together?
William
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Thank you, William. Yes, they will be reunited -- purchased from the same seller five minutes apart. I have an earlier version of that same lens, but I guess my OCD kicked in -- I wanted to keep it all "era" original.
You're not really interested in those old Contax "bricks," are you William? They have grown on me; when I first took an interest in Contax it was IIa only, then I warmed up to the II but never thought that I'd buy a I. Now I like them all. By the way, I just got good news from Henry Scherer today: my 50/3.5 rigid Tessar is coming home tomorrow!!! It should be all spiffed up and ready to roll.
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't tell my wife! I just nabbed a Canon G3 ql17.
Sending money order tomorrow. SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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You're not really interested in those old Contax "bricks," are you William? They have grown on me
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Oh, they have been growing on me. I started with being curious about these odd FSU cameras and it's been a fast spiral down ever since...
More I learn about any of them (contrax or kiev) the more I want them. I really have this desire for a Tessar on the Kiev II I am still waiting on. Scares me if I let myself think about it. I really can't put a finger on why, but there is a certian something for me in the Zeiss based stuff that is as ineffable as the various things you hear from Leica fans. All I do know is that I believe I can tell the differences between your various shots - I'm probably fooling myself, but hey, isn't that what this game is really about???
William
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"Some people are 'the glass is half full' types. Some people are 'the glass is half empty' types. I'm a 'the glass is full of radioactive waste and I just drank half of it' type. And I'm still thirsty." -- Bill Mattocks
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Two items that I really didn't need, but sure am glad to have -- although I might be sleeping in the guest room for the next few nights (good thing we don't have a dog or it could be worse ) |
I like the ALPA design it is very different from other cameras - if you take away the word ALPA and the gold thing most ALPA cameras looks like scale models / prototypes from a design studio - this meant in a possitive way - it is totally uncluttered simpel design - no unnessesary gadgets or flashy chrome parts - its is like before the marketing people comes along and ask the designer/engeneers to put some extra lightbulps - chrometrims and preferably something that goes bib all the time. Simplicity in design - very beautifull - B&O and Braun Stereo stuff had some of the same styling in the 70ties but ALAPs simpel look goes back way further - Anyway the M2 is simple to were it seems like the Leica designers with the M6 lost it with red logos etc.- mine has a leitz - but I understand it is Leica now - and the battery thing in the front - a bit messy. I do not see many ALPA cameras around my part of the world, but I sure would not mind one like the one you show
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Rover, side by side, would you say the 50/1.5 is built using the same barrel as the 1.8 ? I've seen on my 1.8 that the aperture blades could easily go one stop more to 1.5 or so, there's still enough free space in the lens barrel for that.
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