And also it seems like a lot of Yashicas came with 3rd party wide and telephoto lenses along with the standard 50mm Yashinon lenses. I have a Tl-Super from...
I have nothing but praise for Yashica lenses. The ones on rangefinders are superb, especially the 50/1,8 on my lynx 1000 and the 35/1,8 on my Electro 35 CC. My...
I've got this Yashica Electro 35 GSN rangefinder with a Yashinon DX f:1.7/45mm lens (fixed) that I bought for $17.50 on ebay. The lens is simply amazing. Not...
i got a couple of lenses from KEH -- a 135mm f2.8 carenar (with lightweight although metal construction, similar in build quality to a fujinon 50mm f2.2, and a...
KEH is certainly conservative in their grading! A similar thing happened to me a year ago when I bought a Bargain lens from them for an ultrawide project....
Hello! Well, is anyone even slightly familiar with a Carl Zeiss Jena 50f2.8 lens? I have one that needs a repair - focusing ring does not rotate to infinity...
I don't know about the CZJ 50/f2.8 M42, but I have a Zeiss Contaflex with a 50/f2.8 on it using a special mount and it is easily one of the most appealing...
I have the Carl Zeiss Jena tessar 2,8/50, albeit in black and multi-coated (I don't think yours is multi-coated, otherwise it would be stated on the lens). I...
Nicolas/Alex, That is good to hear. You have made me sufficiently curious to get the lens fixed. Well, I don't think I paid much if anything for it, seems...
Tessars (the one marked CZJ 2,8 is a Tessar too, but can't be marked as such due to marketing restrictions in some countries) are probably the best in the lot....
You are right about the industar, trouble is, with 3.5 as a maximun aperture, it makes most viewfinders very dark. I was offered one (for free), I will have to...
I have a couple of versions of this lens and the silver recessed one is one I have. It is a nice lens and capable of good photos. Only bad spot is it is prone...
I think it is 33mm and I have not been able to get original filters or hood for it. On my 39mm mount version, for the cute Zenith-c, I adapted a push-on old...
the industar 50-2 does have a 33mm filter ring as mentioned ,very difficult to find any of these accessories and easier option is to find a 36mm slip on/push...
Thanks for both responses! In my junk box I found a "Kodak Series VI adapter ring 15/32" - 37mm" that fits - the prongs are bent inwards, so I guess that's why...
Nothwithstanding the speed issue, I would say that the inability of the lens to reach maximum apertures beyond 2,8 or 3,5 is not really a disadvantage. It is...
I've never thought of that, since I never had the need to use filters for it. The hood I use is one which I made myself- just a round cardboard tube laminated...
I have recently acquired this lens ,unfourtunately not in m42 (konica about the only mount i cant try),wondered if any had seen or had an M42 version--panagor...
Jay, Well, anyhow, my repair guy tells me that the lens I have is not repairable--another ebay nightmare. Seems I bought if after someone tried to repair it...
... .. ... I got an M42 28mm f2.8 (a soligor) from ebay for the sum of $3.25 a couple years ago. The diaphragm was jammed (it wouldn't stop down). Turns out...
That's a pity. Maybe use it for a display or some project where the optics might come in handy, like a crude loupe or maybe the focusing element for a death...
How many of you have the Bessaflex, and if so, what do you think of them by now? Big advantage over the Spotmatic body is supposed to be a brighter viewfinder...
The dim finders of the Spotmatics were supposed to be due to the groundglass screen installed in them. :-) Jay ... _______________________________________ ...
Selling my Bessaflex TM as its really underutilized. Its not that I don't like it - I do - , but I am shooting less and less film, and when I do shoot film I...
Seems a little bit steep, Kelvin (unless somebody REALLY wants the hotshoe). A new Bessaflex, right here in the US, is only $289. Maybe ebay is the way to...
Brand new bessaflex TM + hotshoe and a macro lens up on auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3874328792 [Non-text portions of this...
Bonjour, What about this lens quality? DO you have some history or information about it? http://m42.povlab.org/lens_detail.php?lid=93 Thank you for your help. ...
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