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Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon MC 35mm F2.4 wide angle M42 mount lens!

JCVD — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:24:12 +0000

Hi guys!

I am selling this great lens in excellent condition!

I am from Hungary, Europe.

I can receive money via Paypal.

If anybody is interested, please PM me!

FOR SALE: SLR Magic 12mm f1.6

jdert — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:08:37 +0000

Selling a mint SLR Magic 12mm f1.6 for Micro Four Thirds mounts for $475. Selling primarily because I opted for a full frame lens to use with my other cameras. Comes with original box. This is over $100 less than the cost of a new one. Payment via paypal transaction preferred. Will consider shipping international if buyer pays all the fees.

SLR Magic 12mm - MUST.HAVE.HOOD!

jdert — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:46:29 +0000

Desperately seeking advice for a hood option for this lens. Searches yield no results, other than I need a 58-77mm step up ring to do this without vignetting. I can't be alone in this issue! I am constantly battling flares and lighting artifacts whenever the sun hits it. This is my glidecam lens and its becoming very problematic to shoot with. For instance, my T2i glidecam setup had a 17-50mm and has zero issues with flares. Is this more than a hood issue, could it be a lens coating issue?

0.6x wide angle converter

stoney — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:30:44 +0000

I found a set of 14, 20, 30, 50mm lenses is good. See http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/63058#Comment_63058

I have 14mm 2.5, 20mm 1.7, and Ai-s 50mm 1.4. Definitely not interested in Sigma 30mm 2.8.

@shian used 0.7x converter on his Ai-s 50mm 1.4 http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/61642#Comment_61642 Smart idea. Less # of lenses. Easier color grading.

I'm looking for 0.6x converter to turn Ai-s 50mm 1.4 into 30mm 1.7 if one third stop light loss.

Calvision has 3 different flavors for 0.6x converter. No idea which one will work if it works. http://www.cavision.com/optics/industrial/adapters.htm

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

A wide dilema (with added cashback for UK folks)

matthere — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:16:05 +0000

I have had the 12mm 1.6 on order from fotokonijnenberg since mid January, thinking that it may arrive by April 3rd when I'm off to California for a bit of a road trip, now they tell me delivery is due mid April! So anyway I am looking for a wide lens, thought about the upcoming Panasonic wide adapter.. that is also now April release.. (you can see a theme here!) So the Olympus 12mm f2 has been on my radar for a while.. except for the price.. but when looking more closely Olympus has a deal on at the mo in the UK.. can get £185 cash back for the 12mm and also Amazon offers another £30 voucher with the 12mm f2 which means £390 / $620 aprox.

Now I really do like the look of the 12mm 1.6 (flare I could get used to) and I like the 12mm f2 apart from the fact that it is so very sharp.. I like the rendering of fd lenses through my experiments. I just wondered about other's experiences with either the 12mm (f2 or 1.6) or other alternative wide options? Has anyone tried the 12mm f2 with Sedna C or blackmist?

Interested in any wide thoughts :)

UK users maybe interested in the olympus cash back deals on lenses and cameras: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/uk-electronics/shops/olympus/PEN_Lens_Accessory_Cashback_Mar12.V138174725.pdf

PS. The 45mm 1.8 is currently £260 with £70 back! - Not affiliated in any way.

UPDATE - On closer inspection the cashback for lenses is only if you've bought a camera... Back to the drawing board! Still interested in peoples thoughts on wide angle for the GH2 :)

Using a wide angle adapter with the 25mm Voigtlander?

alienmode — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:05:34 +0000

My budget for lenses isn't much more than $1200... I love the look of the Nokton along with the fact that it'll fare well in low light, but I want to get a decently fast wide lens as well. Is there any reason why I couldn't just plop a .45x adapter on the end of this lens and have myself a 50mm and 22.5mm equivalent in one lens...

How To Improve Image Quality From Soft Lenses

apefos — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:52:05 +0000

The challenge: to use the lenses wide open to get the most shallow dof in GH2. But this makes the image soft because almost all lenses are soft wide open. So what is the solution? Watch the video tutorial on vimeo