what LENS(es) are you lusting for - and why..

[Thingy]

450 Fuji CM-w...just want the damn thing Oh, the 550 XXl and both of the new Cookes but that's greedy.....Evan Clarke

Both Cookes? The Triple Convertible is suitable for 10x8 and the PS945 covers 5x4 AND 5x7!

 

[DanielStone]

the 12" 6.8 dagor that Illumiquest(see the classifieds listings) recently sold on ebay. I was going to buy it, but I got there too late .

or a 19" R.D. artar. Need a longer F.L. for my new KMV .

-Dan

 

[michr]

I'm looking for a non-AI 105mm f2.5 Nikkor (Sonnar type). This lens seems like it would be great for portraits. I also want a wide-angle, like a 19mm Vivitar or 20mm Nikkor. I already have most other practical focal lengths covered (including the not so practical 500mm mirror lens), so this would round out the set. But as far as lusting after goes, why not the 50mm f1.2 Nikkor and a 35mm f2 as well?

 

[fdonadio]

. I also want a wide-angle, like a 19mm Vivitar or 20mm Nikkor

The 20mm Nikkor is one of the lenses I really want to have. I got me a 18-35mm from a member here, but it has a lot of barrel distortion at around 20mm. I tried a Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 and it looks perfectly rectilinear. But it was a very quick test and the owner didn’t look like he wanted to sell it, so I didn’t spend too much time for fear of falling in love with it.

Maybe I’m getting a Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 after I get that Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8... GAS is a terrible disease!

Another lens I lust for is the Zeiss Biogon 38mm found in the Hasselblad SWC. Maybe I should be posting this on the thread about cameras we’re lusting for... the reason I want this is pretty much the same I want the 20mm for my Nikon: rectilinearness.

 

[GRHazelton]

I'd like a Nikon 80 mm f 2 for my S2 and my Voigtlander R2S.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Not really lusting, but I should add the magnificent CF 100/3.5 to my Hasselblad lenses. Had I known anything 25 years ago, I'd've never chosen the typical 80/2.8 lens.

Also, since I stupidly passed up a Minolta AF 50/1.4 because I thought the 50/1.7 was better, I need to correct that mistake and get the 1.4 lens.

 

[macfred]

I'm looking for a non-AI 105mm f2.5 Nikkor (Sonnar type). This lens seems like it would be great for portraits...

One of my all-time favorites !!
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I'm lusting for another NIkkor 25-50mm f/4 AI-S - I have one with a damaged filter thread.
A Noct-NIKKOR 58mm f/1.2 AI (or AI-s) would be nice but not in budget ...

 

[Dan Fromm]

Lens lust? Just now I can think of only one lens that I'd like to own, but I'm not burning with the desire to have one 'cos I can't imagine how I'd use it. 1210/12.5 Apo-Nikkor. I made half-hearted bids, as in "if its going to be stolen I'll be the thief," on the last two that were offered and was trampled.

Not that long ago I came across a set of cells for a dagor type 150/9 G-Claron, bid low on them and won. Silly impulse bid, but I had wanted one for years for, it must be said, no particularly good reason.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I'm looking for a non-AI 105mm f2.5 Nikkor (Sonnar type). This lens seems like it would be great for portraits. I also want a wide-angle, like a 19mm Vivitar or 20mm Nikkor. I already have most other practical focal lengths covered (including the not so practical 500mm mirror lens), so this would round out the set. But as far as lusting after goes, why not the 50mm f1.2 Nikkor and a 35mm f2 as well?

It is. It's also great for just about anything else you'd use a 105 for. One of Nikon's "best of the best" lenses. They're pretty easy to find.
I had a pre Ai 50/1.2, big, heavy, and not particularly impressive unless you like taking pics of black cats in poorly lit nightclubs. I really like my pre Ai 35/2, and the Nikkor UD 20/3.5 while not perfectly rectilinear is very well behaved, a real handful though both in the size and weight category as well as angle of view.

 

[michr]

It is. It's also great for just about anything else you'd use a 105 for. One of Nikon's "best of the best" lenses. They're pretty easy to find.
I had a pre Ai 50/1.2, big, heavy, and not particularly impressive unless you like taking pics of black cats in poorly lit nightclubs. I really like my pre Ai 35/2, and the Nikkor UD 20/3.5 while not perfectly rectilinear is very well behaved, a real handful though both in the size and weight category as well as angle of view.

What's amazing to me is that I can fill out this wish list for less money than one of Nikon's latest fast zoom lenses. While current lenses are amazing in a lot of ways (lighter with autofocus and image stabilization) I don't think they're miles ahead in the categories I care most about (cost first, and image quality stopped down).

 

[Pentode]

I’ve been hungry for short teles lately.

I’d like to get:
A Rokkor 85/2 for my Minolta stable.
A Nikkor 85/1.8 and 105/2.5 AI-S for the Nikons.
A Jupiter 9 in good shape for the Kiev
An 85 Nikkor for the Nikon RF

On the wider side of things, stumbling into a 20mm or 24mm Rokkor-X 2.8 wouldn’t hurt my feelings.

As for why; I like short teles when shooting people in the street. You don’t have to get quite so close to them. I like the wides for scenics. I don’t own anything as wide as a 20 and my Minolta-mount 24 is not such a great lens.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

What's amazing to me is that I can fill out this wish list for less money than one of Nikon's latest fast zoom lenses. While current lenses are amazing in a lot of ways (lighter with autofocus and image stabilization) I don't think they're miles ahead in the categories I care most about (cost first, and image quality stopped down).

The image quality of the old Nikkors I cited is superb even by today's (dubious) metric. I have series of slides taken with a 105 Sonnar, from a tour boat on the Rhine in 1998, one frame is of the Marksburg at a bit less than a mile. The weathervane is sharp and the direction is apparent. Hand held, f:5.6 at a 250th on Agfa CT 18.
And the build quality of the old Nikkors is just gorgeous.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I’ve been hungry for short teles lately.

I’d like to get:
A Rokkor 85/2 for my Minolta stable.
A Nikkor 85/1.8 and 105/2.5 AI-S for the Nikons.
A Jupiter 9 in good shape for the Kiev
An 85 Nikkor for the Nikon RF

On the wider side of things, stumbling into a 20mm or 24mm Rokkor-X 2.8 wouldn’t hurt my feelings.

As for why; I like short teles when shooting people in the street. You don’t have to get quite so close to them. I like the wides for scenics. I don’t own anything as wide as a 20 and my Minolta-mount 24 is not such a great lens.

Anent the Jupiter 9, it's worth waiting for a clean one. I looked and looked, evetually paying about 80 usd for a black Lytkarino from 1970. It had bad lubricant haze, but nice glass and cleaned up very well. The first pics were a series of portraits, it's got that Sonnar glow wide open but at f:4 the eyelashes of the green eyed red haired 6'2" model were countable and the color fidelity was excellent. A good J9 is a lovely lens, it seems that the majority of the Kiev mount lenses (that haven't been messed with) are very good to excellent.
Edit- another fsu sleeper is the J12, 35 f:2.8. Mine is Kiev Arsenal 1960 and has a gorgeous smooth rendering, sharp as hell but a bit of vignetting at 2.8. Rectilinear, too.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I have all the lenses I want and many of them I do no use enough. The lens envy is very low.

 

[MattKing]

When I see this thread, I just wish that the OP, gandolfi (Emil) was still participating here.

 

[Vaughn]

If a 210mm lens in a shutter that covers 8x10 with a bit of room fell into my lap I would be quite pleased.

 

[Sirius Glass]

If a 210mm lens in a shutter that covers 8x10 with a bit of room fell into my lap I would be quite pleased.

If any Hasselblad lens dropped into my lap, my first reaction would probably be pain, screaming and tears in the eyes.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

If a 210mm lens in a shutter that covers 8x10 with a bit of room fell into my lap I would be quite pleased.

210mm Schneider Angulon, if you are patient you can find one. Covers11x14.

 

[Martin Rickards]

an Anonymon 28-200 mm f2 zoom with a Minolta MD mount

 

[E. von Hoegh]

If any Hasselblad lens dropped into my lap, my first reaction would probably be pain, screaming and tears in the eyes.

You must have a very tender lap, if those mingy little lenses could bruise it.

 

[Sirius Glass]

If any Hasselblad lens dropped into my lap, my first reaction would probably be pain, screaming and tears in the eyes.

You must have a very tender lap, if those mingy little lenses could bruise it.

It depends on what it hits. It is one thing if it hits the legs. If it hits something else, ...

 

[fdonadio]

If any Hasselblad lens dropped into my lap, my first reaction would probably be pain, screaming and tears in the eyes.

Especially if it’s a 500mm or that fisheye...

 

[fdonadio]

If a 210mm lens in a shutter that covers 8x10 with a bit of room fell into my lap I would be quite pleased.

I would love to have a lens that covers 16x20” fall on my lap. Although it would hurt.

 

[Svenedin]

I'm not lusting after any lenses at all. I have all the lenses I need and "better" lenses will not make my photographs any better. Occasionally I do contemplate whether a faster version of a particular focal length might be useful but they are always heavier, bulkier and far more expensive than what I have already so cannot be justified.

 

[images39]

I saw a Pentax Takumar 85mm 1.8 at my local camera shop recently. I hesitated, then it was gone. Now I'm lusting after that lens. Why? I really like the 85mm focal length for portraits of adults (prefer 105mm for children). I have the Nikon 85 1.8 and love it, but I'd like to have the Pentax version just for the different rendering that it might give.

Dale