I'm buried in 50s!

*pingflood* · 09-02-2008, 06:26 PM

Just had to share, this is how sometimes things work out.

I was looking for a good 50mm. Found a deal on a 55/1.8 with a body for very cheap and snagged it. Not a day later I come across ANOTHER deal, this time on a 50/1.4 Super Tak with a bunch of other gear. I can't help but jump on that one as well.

Then today a friend sends me a note saying he found not one but TWO 50/1.4s Super Taks for me for dirt cheap and bought them.

thePiRaTE!! · 09-02-2008, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by pingflood

Just had to share, this is how sometimes things work out.

I was looking for a good 50mm. Found a deal on a 55/1.8 with a body for very cheap and snagged it. Not a day later I come across ANOTHER deal, this time on a 50/1.4 Super Tak with a bunch of other gear. I can't help but jump on that one as well.

Then today a friend sends me a note saying he found not one but TWO 50/1.4s Super Taks for me for dirt cheap and bought them.

Tape them together and make one 200mm!

(oh yeah, congrats on the deluge of goodness)

K.

*k100d* · 09-02-2008, 06:42 PM

this thread is useless w/o pictures

*Stratman* · 09-02-2008, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by pingflood

Just had to share, this is how sometimes things work out.

I was looking for a good 50mm. Found a deal on a 55/1.8 with a body for very cheap and snagged it. Not a day later I come across ANOTHER deal, this time on a 50/1.4 Super Tak with a bunch of other gear. I can't help but jump on that one as well.

Then today a friend sends me a note saying he found not one but TWO 50/1.4s Super Taks for me for dirt cheap and bought them.

You don't wanna be carrying all of those lenses around, so, out of the goodness of my heart, I will gladly take one of the Super Tak 50 1.4s off of your hands

madmikess · 09-02-2008, 08:15 PM

Yeah, my charity is always willing to accept offerings.

Haha

fearview · 09-02-2008, 11:14 PM

while im not just buried but piled over..

two 50mm M 1.7, one 50mm K 1.4, one 50mm K 1.2, one 50 mm macro takumar, and the last is fa 50 mm 1.4

Jimfear · 09-03-2008, 01:17 AM

I would not call four 50s buried, maybe knee-deep but far from excessively many.

However it seems that quite a few of us has more than one 50mm(all you really need is one, isn't that right

) so now I'm interested in how many of these little beauties you have?

I count in with fearview at six at the moment. Two of them are soon to go up for auction, can you guess which? K 50/1.4, K 55/1.8, 2x M 50/2.0, S-Tak 55/1.8, Tak 55/2.2.

*Mike Cash* · 09-03-2008, 06:03 AM

I have:

K-mount: M-50/1.4, M-50/1,7, A-50/2

Takumars: SMC 55/1.8, Super 55/1.8, SMC 50/1.4

And 50mm is probably my absolutely least used focal length. Two were included with film bodies on auctions and one was from a film body from an antique camera store whose owner wouldn't let me buy the body at a discount without the attached lens. So while I have six, I only tried to get three of them.

*Nesster* · 09-03-2008, 06:54 AM

M-50/1.7, Auto Tak 55/1.8, Super Tak 50/1.4, SMC Tak 50/1.4, Fujinon 50/2, Pentacon Electric 50/1.8... and a couple of Zuikos and a Nikon E.

madmikess · 09-03-2008, 07:17 AM

I just got my first 50mm - A F/2. Just got it yesterday and so far I'm happy with it with the initial test shots I've taken. Now I just need that split prism focusing screen to aid my manual focusing.

*pingflood* · 09-03-2008, 07:16 PM

Well, my buddy will be holding onto one, so current standing is:
50/1.4 Super Tak
50/1.4 SMC Takumar
55/1.8 Super Tak (arrived today, and it's gorgeous!)
50/2 Pentax-M (up for sale)
50/3.5 Industar-50

I also have the same sort of clustering going on at 135mm, with three lenses there... and nothing inbetween. I really need an 85 or 100.