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LENS MANIA: TAMRON Tamron 70-350mm f4.5 CZ-735
I stumbled upon this lens by chance, visiting a small photo/camera store in our neighborhood. I really couldn't avoid helping myself to this marvelous and hardly-seen-in-
this-condition 2kg Howitzer of the '70! It was rising among every other object...
I paid £6.50 in March 2024 on UK EBay for mine, with postsge it cost a total of £8.40 GBP, so about $/€ 10. It is a Cosina made version (serial number starts 9...).
On my APS DSLR I get a useful 42-127.5mm equivalent range lens. On my film cameras I get a perfect "single kit lens zoom" that is goo...
I like this lens especially for the price I paid ($30). Got it in excellent condition. I just started to play with this lens but weather is still not friendly to go outside so I have few very first quick in home made samples posted on Youtube. Made with natural light, no edit, camera Sony A7II. Will...
This lens was a gift from a very good friend, I gave him some Graphlex stuff recently. But this has been on my short list for a bit, He even got it with the PKA adapter!
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an example, smooth operation. Push/Pull zoom/focus reminds me of my first zoom in 83, a Sakar 80-200 f4 for my Fujica STX1...
Note: I don't currently own a Pentax digital camera, so these comments are made from adapting the lens to a Sony A7R5.
I own a number of 'vintage' 28mm from Pentax, Olympus, Canon. The Zeiss is the best of the bunch in terms of image quality - has slightly better centre sharpness (all of the vint...
Note: I don't currently own a Pentax digital camera, so these comments are made from adapting the lens to a Sony A7R5.
The 135 f2.8 is one of the most affordable Contax lenses, and it was one of the first I purchased to go along with my Contax RX, which was a bit of an impulse buy. I have to adm...
Like all my many 28mm lenses this one seemed a poor performer - but once I had unscrewed the rear lens section and cleaned off the almost ubiquitous oily haze the IQ jumped up. It seems that oil from the helicoid and mechanics gets to gas out and settle on the rear interior lens - and as these are ...
This is not a bad lens but AF tuning is a must. Mine is at -9 (strong front focus). Plus it does not maintain focus well, you'd better refocus each time you shake it or turn it down.