Die besten und die liebsten (Objektive)

[Rob70]

Ich lese hier immer wieder von der Begeisterung zum C.Z. 135mm f4,0 Alu und vom Focotar. Also bei meinem nächsten Besuch der Fotobörse in Fellbach werde ich doch mal Ausschau nach dem 135 C.Z. halten.
Eigentlich wollte ich dieses Jahr wegen anderer massiver Ausgaben mich zurückhalten, ist aber doch zu interessant.

Beste Grüße Ulrich

Das Sonnar ist ein scharfer Schmeichler, aber im Gegenlicht ganz schnell ohne jeden Kontrast. Sonst super. Für den Preis, für den es das Objektiv regelmäßig gibt, sowieso.

[hofsethpaul]

i have to write in English to expresss my opinions Als mein Deutsch nicht taugt .

I keep using different glass from my extensive glass "library".

I am unable to decide what is best. sometimes manual ones, sometimes the annoying autolenses. I particularly dislike not having aperture scales and having to use camera buttons.

False focus setting by the auto mechanisms is also annoying, but as the lazy alternative it gets used,

I discover that I use the wide (11-23) zoom more often than M- glass and others on my CL, and when longer lenses are needed I prefer the magnifying view that the Nikon-Z has, provided that the focus and light metering point stays where I expect it to be.. Also, the anti shake system is helpful as long as I remember to set it.

I belong to the excentric group that believes whatever is worth photographing should be "gestocken scharf" (unsharpness can be gained cheaply by smearing a filter with a thin layer vaseline if one does not have patience to use focus and aperture). For medium close ups the Leitz AME 2,8/100 is quite good, while for digitizing slides I use an Apo-Rodagon 50mm on an old Olympus bellows, Back before I gave away my Olympus MFT and all lenses that fit (within the family) I found the Schneider 50/0,9 or so surprisingly sharp and contrasty where it was focussed but disliked the paper thin depth of field.

The various Zeiss zooms are also reasonably good and useful, but the 35-135 does for instance absolutely not fit in a medium sized pocket like for instance the little Elmar C-90mm/4 and its distantly related 40mm/2 Minolta variety (while if longer glass is needed the leitz Apo 180 is not too large.to carry around) The really long ones need a rucksack a tripod, remote or delayed release, which does limit them to specific tasks, while strict sharpness and contrast demands must be granted temporary exceptions.

New "basteleien" like the Nikon remote control that I butchered to use its plug to couple my Novoflex Pigriff C to the camera release plus various projection lenses- have also been interesting to try.

A thorough disappointment was the plastic Canon 50mm f.2 (or perhaps 1,8) that came apart from a fall that my Summicron 2/50 would have easily survived while continuing to give excellent sharpness and contrast nuances possibly only bettered by the latest Kern Switars.


Having bought my "library" a long time ago when the manual lenses were deeply unfashionable I did not worry much about cost and still pick up he occaional addition at fleamarkets in order to try them. Overpriced glass is anything which does not provide a fairly straight MTFcurve 30 lpmm above 60% when stopped down, even if almost free.

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