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07-15-2008, 05:14 PM - 1 Like   #31
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vivitar tx 400mm f5.6

Great idea and great bunch of pictures
Made me get out the old vivitar tx 400mm f5.6, it is really small and light for a 400mm internal focus and no tripod collar though. Not too bad if the light doesn't hit it, not multi-coated. Taken with the super and cropped a tad.

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06-10-2010, 08:43 PM   #32
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OK, here is a challenge, of sorts - put away that new, hot glass and shoot with your loneliest lens this weekend. Post results in here.
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Well, well, I can double-post with the best of them... (see below)
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QuoteOriginally posted by jsherman999 Quote
OK, here is a challenge, of sorts - put away that new, hot glass and shoot with your loneliest lens this weekend. Post results in here.
AAaaaaggghhh... thread back from the dead!




My loneliest lens is the Canon EF-S lens that came with my long-gone 300D. No way that's gonna be used this weekend...

Maybe the 50mm Super Tak.

06-11-2010, 11:07 AM   #35
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My loneliest lens is the Vivitar 200/3.5 (M42, Komine). It is a good lens, but I just don't do much longer lens work.

I am shooting with the "Sightseeing Screwmount" (Pentax SV) this weekend and will likely give the Viv a turn on the old body. I will try and remember to post the pics here when I get them processed.


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My loneliest lens turn out to be the Helios 44M-4, it is such a fine lens and just as good if not better than my other manual 50’s. But somehow it has been neglected and pushes way back inside the cabinet. I really should shoot more with it.

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Decided that lens wasn't lonely enough...

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My lonely lens would have to be the Tamron 28-200. It travels with me to all my photoshoots and almost never gets to leave the Pelican case. The Tamron 28-105, FA50 and DA*16-50 get all the attention. With the new FA77 and soon to arrive DA40, it will probably start to cry.

Second most lonely is a Promaster 100mm Macro (Manual Focus) that I bought for table top miniatures photography (scale models, typically between 25-60 mm tall). Excellent for that purpose, unused for everything else.

Then there is the forgotten trio - 3 Pentax branded zooms that don't get taken out. The 17-35 (IIRC) that came as a kit lens with the *istD, an old 28-80 and an 80-200. The 28-80 was bought used as an "it can't hurt to have a cheap backup" lens, but it isn't as well made as the Tammy 28-105. The 80-200 was new, but long unsold at the camera store, so it was too cheap to pass up, but not really needed. The 17-35 convinces me how good the 16-50 is every time I compare the pictures (lots of distortion with the 17-35).
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QuoteOriginally posted by Igilligan Quote
Seeing this thread, I pulled out my S-M-C tak 50-1.4 and stuck my old raynox 250 on it....

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I know they are a tad on the 'over the top' side but.... it was fun pulling out the old lens. Thanks for the inspiration.

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I'm not the one who neglected this lens but it sure has been lonely. I bought this Kiron MC 24mm f/2 off the heirs of an old (and quite insane) collector, it has never been used as far as I can tell. The original price tag was still stuck across the focusing ring and the barrel, these are probably the first pictures ever taken with it.

I've posted the complete set over here.



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My DA 40mm XS is very lonely, despite being young, stylish, and extremely skinny. There's no club where it belongs, besides the sad pancake club that feels like it's been in the fridge for too long. Nobody cares much for it. Some day people will realize how awesome it can be, when it saves the world from some sort of catastrophe...



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My lonliest lens

My lonliest lens is a Rikenon 50 mm f 1.4, which has fantastic IQ plus a Ricoh pin. For a while, it was the only lens I could use on the K-5II because it was stuck there. I got it off with a stiff piece of aluminum sheet, and put it on the back of the shelf until I can figure out how to remove the Ricoh pin. Maybe there is a drimmel for that?
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I have an M42 Hanimex 200mm f3.3 telephoto that doesn't get used often. Took it out a few weeks ago to challenge myself with an all-manual lens I've had for 30-odd years.......
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An old shot taken with the DL years ago.
Not actually a lens but a 500mm f/5 scope.
CA can get bad depending on the light but ok otherwise.
I think this qualifies a a "lonely" lens.

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