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Can't really fault that lens imo Big landscapes it's my goto with the 35GM
The GAS confessional - all who suffer are welcome. :)
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Can't really fault that lens imo Big landscapes it's my goto with the 35GM
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A spur of the moment purchase last week, a m42 Fuji Photo EBC Fujinon SW 24mm f2.8. I only picked it up because I had never seen one come up for sale before and it was going cheap as a spares and repair. The repair was very straight forward and easy, just waiting on an adapter to try out what is possibly the rarest lens I have ever come across.
Seriously I can't find another anywhere for a comparison, it might just be rare because its crap who knows...
Seriously I can't find another anywhere for a comparison, it might just be rare because its crap who knows...
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Why do I keep buying Dallmeyer lenses . . . . . .
Age wise they span early 100 years. Middle is an 1864 2B 8¼" (210mm) f3 Quick Acting Portrait Petzval, I paid £30 for it, they sell for over £1,000 in this condition (I also have the lens hood). Top right is a 9" f6 2D, with soft focus adjustment roughly 1910. Below is a No 5 9" Stigmatic, I have photographs of Alec Strachan, who actually made this lens in 1901. He worked for Dallmeyer from its founding in 1860, and was still there in 1910. It's a triple convertible lens, you can use the front & rear cells combined or just the front or rear cells giving a range of focal lengths.
The three on the left are the newest, a 1930s 6" f3,5 Dallmeyer Press lens, at the top, used on a Quarter Plate Dallmeyer SLR, a rebadged Ensign Reflex. The lens was also sold as a Dalmac.
The small lenses bottom left are post WWII coated d Dallmeyer f6.5 wide angle lenses, the smallest a 4¼ (108mm) came with a Half Plate Kodak Specialist 2 camera, the other is 5¼" (133mm), so cover whole plate. These lenses are f6.5 for focussing but f11 is the widest & first marking for taking, they are not unique in this respect.
Why GAS, I already have enough lenses of similar focal lengths, but it's fun using "real" vintage lenses.
Ian
Age wise they span early 100 years. Middle is an 1864 2B 8¼" (210mm) f3 Quick Acting Portrait Petzval, I paid £30 for it, they sell for over £1,000 in this condition (I also have the lens hood). Top right is a 9" f6 2D, with soft focus adjustment roughly 1910. Below is a No 5 9" Stigmatic, I have photographs of Alec Strachan, who actually made this lens in 1901. He worked for Dallmeyer from its founding in 1860, and was still there in 1910. It's a triple convertible lens, you can use the front & rear cells combined or just the front or rear cells giving a range of focal lengths.
The three on the left are the newest, a 1930s 6" f3,5 Dallmeyer Press lens, at the top, used on a Quarter Plate Dallmeyer SLR, a rebadged Ensign Reflex. The lens was also sold as a Dalmac.
The small lenses bottom left are post WWII coated d Dallmeyer f6.5 wide angle lenses, the smallest a 4¼ (108mm) came with a Half Plate Kodak Specialist 2 camera, the other is 5¼" (133mm), so cover whole plate. These lenses are f6.5 for focussing but f11 is the widest & first marking for taking, they are not unique in this respect.
Why GAS, I already have enough lenses of similar focal lengths, but it's fun using "real" vintage lenses.
Ian
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Fuji, in their wisdom seemed to make lenses specific to a particular camera body. I have a few Fuji lenses in the M42 mount, and they don't always work well on other cameras. I've still got one stuck on a Pentax body I'm unable to detach. Be aware.
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Thanks for the warning, I am aware of certain Fuji lenses misbehaving with other makes. That's the reason I am waiting for a specific m42-Emount adapter which will accommodate the stupid little indexing tab on the back of the aperture ring that stops it from being able to hit infinity on normal adapters. Many people just grind/ file it off but with a rarity I want to keep it all original.
According to tracking it should come tomorrow all things being well.
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