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[mattb123]

Looks great! I wasn't aware that lens existed until I saw this post. Hmmmm.

[Pen-A]

Finally I get to join this club !

K-5IIs + Helios 44-2 zebra @ f2, 1/250, ISO 200

[paulh]

Finally I get to join this club !

K-5IIs + Helios 44-2 zebra @ f2, 1/250, ISO 200

Nice! Love the pose

[PenPusher]

Looks great! I wasn't aware that lens existed until I saw this post. Hmmmm.

There's a 40-1 as well but the 40-2 is said to be the better one, rarely come up on e-bay

You probably know this already but there is another version known as Cyclops, without a diaphragm, it's also F1.5, I think it was originally part of a Russian night vision system. Fine as long as you don't need to stop it down.

CD

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[Pen-A]

Thanks paulh !

Here´s another pose:



(44-2 @ f2, 1/250, ISO 200 with K-5IIs)

[mattb123]

Thanks paulh !

Here´s another pose:



(44-2 @ f2, 1/250, ISO 200 with K-5IIs)

Some nice swirl in that. Cool!

[kacansas03]

I present my Meyer - Optik Gorlitz #2709931 Telemegor 5.5/400 lens. I have owned this about 20 years. In case you can't tell it is Heavy with a big H! It weighs 4 lbs 1.3 oz with caps and is 12.895 inches tall or 33 cm tall. I think it has 3 groups of around 6 elements maybe 7 but I could be way off. I could see 4 elements maybe 5 with my high intensity LED flashlight. I used the flash to light the big aperture of 19 blades at the front and found I really need to clean my lens or have someone clean it. It has been in storage a long time. I bought a 300mm f/4 Takumar (2nd version) in '03 and I started using it and a 800mm f8 I had bought around the same time. I have sold the 800. I really like this lens even though I can't see it being handheld it performs nice on a tripod. During my film days I managed a very useable picture of the top of a mountain using a 3X behind it. It is a bit beat up some of which I take debit for and some before I bought this. Interestingly enough the local big camera store, National Camera and Video has a display case at their headquarters showing their newspaper ads and cameras from after the war and one 1957 ad has this exact lens pictured for a pretty good price in those days. All photos taken with a Tamron Adaptall-2 01A 35-80mm f/2.8-32 Macro with the aperture taken in Macro at 80mm. So enjoy:

[kacansas03]

I am going to put up the pictures requested of the smallest 35mm f/2.8 film lens I have ever seen. Not shortest just smallest diameter. It was an early product of Soligor with Lens Made In Japan in small letters on its mount. It is a T-2 42mm thread mount and the widest part of the lens at the focus ring is just 54mm. I use a 52mm cap inside the rubber hood since not even a 49mm cap was small enough for the filter threads. The Spriatone 135mm f/2.8 was another lucky find since I wanted one for my K-5 Limited Silver Edition camera body. Looks cool and that is it's function. However the little 35mm was a big surprise. It takes nice medium wide pictures and excels at wide scenic vistas. I include a shot taken with it this evening of my street and fall trees. I took a comparison shot of a Sigma 28-90mm f/3.5 - 5.6 digital zoom whose silver matches the body but it's not a good lens with the Spiratone 135 and the Soligor 35 to show its small size. I haven't figured out how to embed the pics in the test so here they all are:

[Pen-A]

@ f4, 1/60, ISO 200

[mattb123]

Also with the Helios 44-2 on K-1

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