Beautiful Lenses

[THIRTYFIVEMILL]

Call me mad but there are some lenses I love shooting as much as I love shooting with. IMHO, the early Pentax Takumar range of lenses is among some of the sexiest designs ever produced. This 135mm f/3.5 Super Takumar SMC arrived today and just blew me away. Feel free to post the lenses you just love.

 

[nandbytes]

We totally need a lens porn thread on this forum is one doesn't exist already

 

[THIRTYFIVEMILL]

We totally need a lens porn thread on this forum is one doesn't exist already

Darn right!! [emoji38]

 

[Plain Nev]

The art of the lens. I have the 200 and it's gorgeous. I just love those rifled barrels. And they do seem to survive in remarkably good condition as well.

 

[dcash29]

Thought I'd seen the design somewhere before

 

[THIRTYFIVEMILL]

Thought I'd seen the design somewhere before

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Ooh! That's gorgeous!

 

[THIRTYFIVEMILL]

The art of the lens. I have the 200 and it's gorgeous. I just love those rifled barrels. And they do seem to survive in remarkably good condition as well.

They do. I have 200mm arriving tomorrow along with an 8 element 50mm f/1.4. Can't wait!

 

[Box Brownie]

Thought I'd seen the design somewhere before

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Well you certainly need a sharp pencil to compliment your sharp lenses

 

[woof woof]

Modern Sony e mount Voigtlanders.

Minolta Rokkor 55mm f1.7 MC.

Nippon Kogaku 50mm f2 on a Sony A7.

Another I like the look of is the compact Olympus Zuiko range, 24, 28 and 35mm f2.8 and 50mm f1.8. I have those and more but I don't think I have a picture of one.

 

[THIRTYFIVEMILL]

Modern Sony e mount Voigtlanders.

You can see where they took their design cues from. Lovely looking lenses, too.

 

[Harlequin565]

One lens I wanted to love but that click stop at infinity drove me round the bend.

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

Nippon Kogaku 50mm f2 on a Sony A7.

That was in my opinion the best 50mm lens ever made by Nikon. Bitingly sharp at any aperture, I had one on my Nikon F which I've still got and the lens & camera still work as well and as smooth as the day I bought them.

 

[woof woof]

I think the 50mm f1.8 "pancake" lens is sharper. I have the closer focusing version. It's not IMO a great looking lens so maybe doesn't belong here so this picture is included just for identification purposes.

 

[Pound Coin]

The OM Zuikos.

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[THIRTYFIVEMILL]

The OM Zuikos.

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Pic or it doesn't count!

 

[woof woof]

 

[Deleted member 89409]

zeiss opton sonnar 1.5/50

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

The Tamron AD2 lenses seem good to look at for me...

 

[chrism_scotland]

@woof woof Those FE mount Voigtlander's are gorgeous bits of glass; amazing things to MF; I also think the Loxia lenses themselves look pretty good if perhaps a little "utilitarian"

 

[Pound Coin]

Drool....