The Off-Brand Club!! - Page 29

c a sugg · 06-27-2009, 07:06 PM

I hope vintage examples are OK.

Quantaray 24mm 2.8

I remember it as being rather on the murky side. And the corners.....
Still, I got some shots out of it that I just wouldn't have otherwise.
Printing on Varilour probably didn't help.

Hospital under demolition 1977. SP500 or H3v.
Church -- Scottish Rite Temple -- VCU Theater 1979 SP500 or Spotmatic

*Blue* · 06-27-2009, 11:21 PM

I like historical images like that.

kuuan · 07-01-2009, 12:53 AM

there was some mentioning of Soligor on the second page of this thread, but not too many lenses presented yet.

I have a Soligor 180mm f3.5:

some more shots also mostlty at ISO 800 in this set: Soligor 180mm f3.5 - a set on Flickr

I once did a small test against the S-M-C Takumar 200mm f4:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...centrecopy.jpg

or in words I find it sharper than the Tak 200/4, specially at wide apertures, and it is lighter and faster.

Because I liked this lens I later also got another old M42 Soligor preset with the same 'face', a 25mm f2.8 lens, but I found it just average.

georgweb · 07-01-2009, 06:37 AM

c a sugg, what a said view and well captured.

Andreas / kuuan, nothing left to be desired as a full open performance. What serial number is that ?
(now that you mention the previous discussion on Soligor). PS: Here's what I had found about it.

MC Jupiter 37A on K100D (135/3.5 M42 lens)

Best, Georg (the other)

kuuan · 07-01-2009, 10:29 AM

yes, this was wide open, just as the other photos taken during this concert linked above

This is an old M42 preset version, the lens is not with me now so I cannot verify it's serial number. I neither have very good photos of it, but these two which I had uploaded to my hosting site when I just had received the lens:

the comparison shots with the Tak 200/4 and Pentax FA J 75-300 at 200mm, they are 100& crops and I just post the links as they are too big to directly show here:

center performance:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...centrecopy.jpg
right lower corner:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...omparecopy.jpg

georgweb · 07-01-2009, 11:25 AM

Hi Andreas,
I really like that old-school mechanics. Another 1KG Jules-Verne-style monster .-)
You might consider bumping it up in the lens fetish thread also.
Best, Georg (the other)

kuuan · 07-01-2009, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by georgweb

Hi Andreas,
I really like that old-school mechanics. Another 1KG Jules-Verne-style monster .-)
You might consider bumping it up in the lens fetish thread also.
Best, Georg (the other)

ha, ha Georg, but I may wait for posting it at the fetish thread until I take better pictures of it.
Me too I like it's body, all metal body, very similar focus ring to those of Takumars. As mentioned I later had bought another Soligor of the same line, a 25mm f2.8 preset but whose optical performance did not impress me that much:

the photos of the 180mm f3.5 do mislead a bit, this lens actually is quite a bit lighter and smaller than e.g the Takumar 200 f4

that shot of your's with the MC Jupiter 37A is special, and it is a great lens which deserved mentioning in that thread: What's a good cheap 135mm to look out for?

*Squier* · 07-03-2009, 07:01 AM

Howzabout a Kobori Koboron 'A' 24-70 f3.5/4.8

stevebrot · 07-03-2009, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by Squier

Howzabout a Kobori Koboron 'A' 24-70 f3.5/4.8

Koboron! That is about as obscure as it gets...nice results though

Steve

Flacosaurio · 07-03-2009, 11:13 AM

Do Auto-Chinons count?? I love this one, even if it's a little blurry. I took it with my 50mm f/1.9...

*Blue* · 07-03-2009, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Flacosaurio

Do Auto-Chinons count?? I love this one, even if it's a little blurry. I took it with my 50mm f/1.9...

No Chinons don't count. Send it to me for proper disposal.

c a sugg · 07-03-2009, 11:22 PM

Picked up a Chinon kit; CM-4s, 28 2.8, 135 2.8 and 50 1.9 for next to nothing at a flea market a few weeks ago, all clean and working perfectly. The tele and wide are MC. Color was with the 50 on a K200D. B&W are done on 5 years out of date Plus-X souped in Rodinal. 28 looks good out to the corners, which was kind of a surprise.

bugsy · 07-07-2009, 10:47 AM

Pentacon 3.5/30, hand-held, no PP.

*Squier* · 07-07-2009, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by stevebrot

Koboron! That is about as obscure as it gets...nice results though

Steve

Thanks Steve - didnt cost much. Most people seem to avoid them

Fixcinater · 07-13-2009, 02:51 PM

Got bored the other day and decided to take off the Takumar 35mm f/3.5 that I've been shooting with an adapter on my Canon 40D. Taped my FED 3B's Industar-61 in it's place, and shot a few pseudo-macros with it.

Lastly, the shot of the FED 3 is with the Pentax S-M-C Tak 35mm f/3.5 at f/8.