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I'm feeling an itch
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(04-25-2022, 10:46 AM)Klaus Wrote: I contacted a seller in Ukraine and, surprisingly, he seems to be able to ship a mint Helios 44 (a later variant) so I went for it.
If it gets lost on the way, the transaction will help him a little bit in the current situation at least.

As far as ultra-fast primes are concerned - yes, certainly interesting, but I don't want to invest a fortune really.
If the price tag approaches new Voigtlander lenses, the limits of sanity have been overstepped really.

Nice find for that ukrainian lens.

The two 55mm f1.2's I have are not that expensive. The Canon FL 55mm f1.2 can be found in good condition for under $200 USD from Japan (eBay for instance) and the Nikkor-S•C (better coatings than the "S") for $190 USD https://www.ebay.com/itm/175236993714?ha...SwS2ZiU-Uo , which even includes the original hood.

Especially the latter one should be easy to resell after you are done playing with it (because of its F-mount). Those priced certainly beat the Tomioka lenses..

Other relatively price not gone bonkers oldies (sorry for the wonky grammar, Dave) include the Pentax 50mm f1.2 and Minolta 58mm f1.2 versions.

(04-25-2022, 01:18 PM)Klaus Wrote: I'm currently discovering the wonderful world of radioactive lenses LOL

https://www.robertallenkautzphoto.com/radioactivelenses

From that list of lenses I want the Yashica (Tomioka) 55mm f1.2 (but they are way too rare and expensive) and Nikkor 35mm f1.4. That early Nikkor variant is said to render nicer than the later 35mm f1.4 without the thorium glass-element and was the first fast 35mm, which makes it "special", and that Tomioka 55mm f1.2 in all its guises is said to render very nicely. I have used a Tomioka (forgot what brandname it was) 55mm f1.4, which indeed rendered "smooth".
  


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I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-24-2022, 10:40 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by thxbb12 - 04-24-2022, 01:31 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Brightcolours - 04-24-2022, 03:23 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by thxbb12 - 04-24-2022, 06:18 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-25-2022, 12:04 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-25-2022, 01:33 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Brightcolours - 04-25-2022, 06:32 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by davidmanze - 04-25-2022, 06:56 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-25-2022, 10:46 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Brightcolours - 04-25-2022, 02:39 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-25-2022, 01:18 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by toni-a - 04-30-2022, 07:30 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Brightcolours - 04-30-2022, 07:56 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Rover - 04-25-2022, 05:20 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by toni-a - 04-25-2022, 09:28 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-25-2022, 10:21 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by davidmanze - 04-26-2022, 10:01 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-26-2022, 11:00 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by davidmanze - 04-26-2022, 03:49 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Brightcolours - 04-26-2022, 11:08 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-26-2022, 12:11 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-26-2022, 01:26 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-28-2022, 11:43 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 04-30-2022, 09:53 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Brightcolours - 04-30-2022, 01:00 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 05-04-2022, 12:14 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by giulio - 05-11-2022, 11:36 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 05-11-2022, 12:47 PM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Klaus - 05-14-2022, 08:22 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by toni-a - 05-15-2022, 06:27 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by davidmanze - 05-15-2022, 07:51 AM
RE: I'm feeling an itch - by Brightcolours - 05-15-2022, 09:46 AM

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