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06-29-2021, 08:39 PM   #1861
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After reading the last few pages I'm in the ballpark at 27 ... but then three new posters arrived and well I'm just nowhere at all. I have a couple of m-42s to boost the number.

LBA is alive and well in Pentaxland

06-30-2021, 05:37 AM   #1862
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QuoteOriginally posted by ivanvernon Quote
Buyer Warning!! Do not start buying Leica lenses. It is easy to become captivated by the "Leica look" and starting to develop a complete collection.
Are they really THAT different? Putting aside jokes and tongue-in-cheek snide comments, many Leica users swear by that look while many non-users judge those users. I have yet to see evidence that, as a whole, Leica lenses are all unique. Lens by lens, possibly, but the same could be said from the Limited for instance, that doesn't mean all Pentax lenses have that look.
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QuoteOriginally posted by bdery Quote
Are they really THAT different? Putting aside jokes and tongue-in-cheek snide comments, many Leica users swear by that look while many non-users judge those users. I have yet to see evidence that, as a whole, Leica lenses are all unique. Lens by lens, possibly, but the same could be said from the Limited for instance, that doesn't mean all Pentax lenses have that look.
I think that is a very good question. The Leica look, as I understand it, has to do with a sort of fluidity and naturalness of rendering. Maybe you have seen a photo that makes you think of a painting or work of art, maybe described as painterly? I have a Pentax lens that exhibits a kind of Leica look, the Pentax-FA 77mm f 1.8 limited, the one my wife calls our magic lens. I only have three Leica-R lenses--the 35-70mm vario macro, the 135mm, and the 90mm, and I think the 35-70mm has the most characteristic Leica rendering. I do not see the "look" in every photo taken with a Leica lens or with the P77 either though I generally do see good rendering from both. There's lots of chatter among Leica fans over this exact topic, and as a Leica novice I cannot add much more to the discussion than what I have said. I think the entire topic of rendering is quite subjective, and I lack the vocabulary to enter very much into the discussion, but there is something there, and that something is a positive photographic element. I had my K-1 out this morning with the Leica 35-70mm vario-Elamrit-R attached, so I will tack on a few shots.
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LBA bit me on the hind end! I just bought a CZJ Biotar 58mm ƒ2 lens on eekBay from Russia. Oh boy, what did I do that for?

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QuoteOriginally posted by Aerolycea Quote
There was a time I had about twenty lenses, mostly M series but a few years ago I cut it down to only two: the 15mm Limited and the 18-135. Ive since replaced that zoom with the 28-105. I believe these two allow me to do just about everything I want in photography
Good job on cutting down. I did sell a few back myself, but cutting down to two is quite an achievement!
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QuoteOriginally posted by ivanvernon Quote
I do not see the "look" in every photo taken with a Leica lens or with the P77 either though I generally do see good rendering from both. There's lots of chatter among Leica fans over this exact topic, and as a Leica novice I cannot add much more to the discussion than what I have said. I think the entire topic of rendering is quite subjective, and I lack the vocabulary to enter very much into the discussion, but there is something there, and that something is a positive photographic element. I had my K-1 out this morning with the Leica 35-70mm vario-Elamrit-R attached, so I will tack on a few shots.
Don't undersell yourself, that's a good explanation. And completely in line with what I thought. Lenses can have unique rendering, but to generalize to a brand, that's a stretch.
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I own 16 lenses. Over the last year or so there are 4 or 5 that I use most often. I keep telling myself I'll dust off the "less frequently" used lenses and take them out for a spin. Rarely happens though.

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adding a new one to the collection:

Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM

SMC Pentax-DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited

HD Pentax-DA 16 - 85mm F3.5-5.6 WR

SMC Pentax-DA 21mm F3.2 Limited

Sigma 24mm F2.8 AF Super Wide II F2.8

Kino Precision Japan Kiron 28mm F2 MC P/KA

SMC Pentax-FA 31mm F1.8 AL Limited ( MIJ )

SMC Pentax-DA 35mm F2.4 35mm AL

SMC Pentax-DA 35mm F2.8 Macro Limited

SMC Pentax-M 40mm F2.8

SMC Pentax-DA 40mm F2.8 XS 27 F

SMC Pentax-DA 40mm F2.8 Limited

SMC Pentax-FA 43mm F1.9 Limited, ( MIJ )

SMC Pentax-A 50mm F1.2,

SMC Pentax-A 50mm F1.4,

SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7,

SMC Pentax-DA 50mm F1.8

SMC Pentax-D FA 50mm F2.8 Macro,

SMC Pentax-DA* 55mm F1.4 SDM

SMC Pentax 55mm F 1.8

HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE

SMC Pentax-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited

Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm F2.8-4 Macro Zoom PKA ( Komine )

HD Pentax-D FA* 70-200mm F2.8 ED DC AW

SMC Pentax-FA 77mm F1.8 Limited ( MIJ )

Tokina SZ-X845 80-200 f1:4.5-5.6 1:4

SMC Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro

SMC Pentax-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro WR

SMC Pentax-A 135mm F2.8

HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm F4.5 - 5.6 ED DC AW

SMC DA * 300mm F4 ED (IF ) SDM
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Last count it was 28, not counting 5 telescopes I use as well with my Pentax
07-12-2021, 01:10 AM   #1870
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That I'm keeping? 5

Kmount:
Tamron 28-75mm f2.8
Sigma EX DG 50mm f2.8 Macro
Kalimar 50mm f1.7 (rebadged Vivitar MC 50mm f1.7)

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Auto Sears 50mm f1.7 (rebadged Ricoh Auto Rikenon)
Vvitar 35mm f2.8 (Tokina made)
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Just ordered another one; I haven’t got a macro lens, so I’m buying an excellent (apparently) condition SMC FA100/f2.8 Macro from Japan.
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QuoteOriginally posted by richardwong Quote
I have 21 lenses.

So I started doing my annual year end purge and decided to count up how many lenses I have on my shelves. So after a year I have purchased over 39 lenses in 1 year! I still have 21 of them. I think I'm over my LBA as I think I'd like to sell some more of my lenses but I've enjoyed shooting with all of them to date.

How many do all of you have and do you think I'm crazy to have as many lenses as I do
More than my wife thinks I have and less than I would like to have is all I'll say on the issue.
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More than my wife thinks I have and less than I would like to have is all I'll say on the issue.
Funny, my wife thinks the opposite. She once told me that she believed I had way more than a thousand lenses! :-)
In reality I have way less... but the bulk of all the vintage photo equipments collected over time since the late seventies is getting difficult to concentrate in a single room (I plan to store everything in the same place, including a dozen or so 8x10" cameras!)
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The FA100/f2.8 has arrived - only four days in transit from Japan to the UK - incredible! Here it is on the K-3II. Now to do some macro-ing!
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How many lenses at the end . . .

I have around 125-30 lenses. The top 25-30 are probably worth $10,000 on eBay, and the bottom 100 worth maybe half that much. I view digital cameras as wasting assets but even so there are about 12-15 cameras. At the mature age of 81, I have been considering an exit strategy. Here are some alternative scenarios:

1. Keep everything and leave it all to my survivors as their version of a "strange inheritance."

2. Sell everything except a core user kit. The user kit would include the three amigos, maybe three Zeiss and three Leica lenses, the Kiron 105mm macro, and a couple of P67 lenses that I like using as adapted lenses on the K-1. Maybe I would also keep my converted Canon-FD 55mm f 1.2.

I am superannuated at a level greater than my value to society, so this is not a matter of being able to continue purchasing groceries and gasoline. Mainly I just hate to think of my survivors puzzling over what to do with the collection.

Partly this is tongue in cheek, so to say, but I am sure my situation is not unique. Your responses and suggestions are sure to be interesting.
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