Congratulations!
-poo
> At 2003/04/03 Thu AM 10:00:48 CEST
> petertje@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote
>
> Hurray !
>
> The great day is here !
>
> It feels great to receive my first eBay purchase, from a nice lady in
> Germany, carefully wrapped in its soft pouch, bubble plastic, lots of
> crumbled newspapers and some styrofoam to finish it off, in a box shouting
> "Marmalade, 12 glass containers".
>
> The condition of the B-300 is quite nice, but I'll have to clean both the
> front and the rear lens. The hoods aren't very tight at all: the front hood
> drops off really easily. I guess I'll have to carry it around in its soft
> pouch, where it's far less accessible, but where the hoods stay on.
>
> Measuring quickly on a white wall (light from the left, centering to average
> out to compensate for the smaller region in the image with the B-300), I get
> about 2/3 stop light fall off with the B-300. That means my 90mm/2 turns
> into what is probably a 153mm/2.5. Not bad ! There's quite a bit of
> vignetting visible in the viewfinder, particularly in the top corners. I'm
> curious how that will turn out on the actual picture. It's very noticable
> looking at my white wall, but I have to specifically look for it when looking
> at a regular scene.
>
> Just looking through the viewfinder, it's very hard to tell the quality of
> the lens. The 2-13 matte gives a certain quality to the bokeh that makes it
> hard to predict what it will be like on the actual picture. The next few
> weeks will give me answers !
>
> In any case, if this combination should disappoint me (which I doubt except
> possibly for the vignetting), I can always buy a 135mm/2.8 and use it on that
> lens. The 135mm would replace the 90mm+B-300, and because it's a longer
> lens, I expect it to vignet less with the B-300 added.
>
> Did I already mention I was considering a 21mm or 18mm in addition to the
> 28mm/2.8 I already have ? This list is killing me...
>
> Now, does anybody have good hints on cleaning the lens ? I guess I'll just
> go for a very soft cloth, because it's the rear element of an additional lens
> (not the main lens) ?
>
>
> Peter.
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