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I took my current 28mm lenses (Contax Distagon 2.8/28 MM, Contax G Biogon 2.8/28, Leica Elmarit-R 2.8/28 v1, Pentax K 3.5/28, Nikon AI Nikkor 2.8/28 and Rollei Distagon 2/28) on a bike trip today. ...

That may be a difficult task then :-D, although there's always another way (craigslist, thriftshops, fora like this one, ...). Good luck. I just packed my bag for this afternoon (it'll be a sunset ...

Maybe, but I doubt it. We are talking about the same thing, I hope: I shot the images on a Sony A7R3 as RAW, loaded them in LR and exported them without sharpening. In my opinion the shots with ...

I have the same feeling. I've acquired quite a few Leica Rs over the last two years. Most of them don't disappoint, although they alway command a premium price, for what they can do. The 28 seems ...

Sadly I've not been able to acquire a Pentax K 3.5/28 for myself, because they always seem to be too expensive for what they are. Two obvious vintage choices that are more expensive than asked for, ...

Thanks, that's great information. Regards, Rolf

Thanks, found it. Regards, Rolf

Thanks, where do you get the clamp-ring? What brand is it?

The adaption certainly looks nice. Isn't having more focus latitude with two helicoids generally better?

In my opinion it's pretty difficult to fulfill your wishes. If you want vintage charm it usually means you like less well corrected lenses, that glow a little and have quirky bokeh. This kind of ...

In my opinion both lenses are sharp enough, but "suffer" from spherical aberrations wide open, aka as glow. It makes the image appear soft, but I like it very much. If you're looking for a ...

It's true on fullframe the 2/50 vignettes pretty heavily when used at infinity, the 2/60 does not vignette anymore. 2/50 2/60

Sorry, I had no time today. I will try to take a few shots to find out tomorow.

Like I already answered. The 2/50 is also my favourite. But I believe that the the Ultrastar HD are even sharper and even more so the Ultrastar HD Plus. The Bokeh of the 2/50 however is one of the ...

Why would you believe that? My samples aren't worked on (well maybe except what LR does to them, but I believe I have pretty much all automatic settings off), except for a little exposure ...

You mean the helicoid that is visible in most images of the lens "portraits"? That's an M42 Helicoid. The wider kind (up to 60mm either fits in there or even in an M39 helicoid). Like I stated: I ...

Thanks a lot for the links. Very interesting.

I'd want one of the 120mm or 140mm ones, but those are crazy expensive, so I certainly won't. I have a few russian ones that are around 100mm and above, which will have to do for me.

I have to admid, all these have been in my drawer for a few years now, although I've been meaning to use them again for a while. Since they've come up in the most beautiful rendering thread, I had ...

The new thread is online ;-). I'm sure you'll find it.