At 03:56 7/26/01, OC wrote:
John,
On your site you list your 35mm Shift as being MC. I must say I haven't
been able to find an MC example of one. What is the serial number sans the
last digits. I might hope that one day I will find one to buy.
Otherwise I think I'm going to have to fork out the money for a new
example; maybe I'll go for the 24mm then.
Oben
Oben,
Nope, I need to correct my site, and thanks for reminding me. A discussion
about the SC and MC versions of this lens prompted me to give it another
thorough examination. It's an SC lens with purplish reflections.
The SC versions of the 35/2.8 Shift lenses are much more common compared to
the MC ones. Since I discovered its SC status I haven't felt compelled to
find an MC one even though I generally prefer them. It is in LN- condition
cosmetically, has performed very well under a wide variety of lighting
conditions, has not exhibited any distortion, and has perfect glass. The
perfect glass and zero detectable distortion performance is more important
to me than SC versus MC. Some examples reportedly exhibit slight barrel
distortion. On those occasions I thought there might be distortion I found
the error was mine with improper leveling when turned vertically. There is
a learning curve to using these specialized lenses properly for
architectural photographs. The only other SC I have is the 300mm and have
not felt compelled to replace it with an MC either (for most of the same
reasons: condition, distortion and performance with in difficult lighting).
-- John
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