Mike Gordon pointed out one of these in a Nykon mount, 125mm, on that
auction site. It went for $2100. I doubt it's that good. Our suspicion
is that it's been raised to cult status.
--Bob Whitmire
"Art's just fart without the eff."
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On Nov 29, 2009, at 3:13 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> They are often more than "pretty good". In some cases they represent
> an interesting, low-cost alternative to a Leica lens (for example,
> the 50mm 1.1 vs. the Noctilux); in other cases they are available in
> focal lengths or aperture combinations that simply do not exist in
> the Leica line, for example the 12mm or the superb 1.2/35mm (I have
> the latter it is my favourite low-light lens).
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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>
>
> On Nov 29, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>> Cosina Voigtlander. Japanese lenses made by Cosina with the
>> Voigtlander
>> name. Most of them are optically pretty good. Most made for Leica
>> rangefinders, but they made a line of SLR lenses in the various
>> manual focus
>> mounts, including olympus.
>>
>>
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>> Fine Art Photography
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>> 260-424-0897
>>
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>>
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/29/09 3:00 AM, "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Can somebody please enlighten this dunderhead what a 180 CV lens
>>> is?
>>> Break open the code. I could guess but would not know if I was
>>> correct !
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Brian Swale.
>>
>>
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