Saturday, March 5, 2011

Spring Forward

I've been bidding on Ebay for used manual telephoto lenses and won one this week.  The Canon 200mm internal focus lens with an f/2.8 aperture (circa 1980's), arrived in bubble wrap.  No fancy box or case, and feels pretty heavy, but after a day of wondering the back yard it seems like a real clear gem.  Its been pretty warm here the last week and things are loaded and ready to Spring!  Click on the tulip below to see rest.



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  1. tinmanMarch 5, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    Cool;nothing like some new equipment to get the creative juices flowing. Having a fast tele like yours definitely gives you an advantage for hand-held shots. Looking forward to seeing more. btw, great piece of glass.

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  2. GreenrokMarch 6, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Thanks! Having gotten used to the 50mm, it is a truly exciting experience to look at the view finder of a 200mm barrel. It is some really great fast glass, all the images yesterday were low light. One concern has been that the lens has about a dozen bubbles concentrated in a small pattern in one of the outer lenses, and I wasn't sure if it was going to be problematic. From what I've read it sounds like it may be part of the older glass manufacturing processes, but I'm not quite sure. However I definitely didn't see any artifacts from the first round, but think I will have the local camera shop check it out to make sure its not oil or moisture.

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  3. tinmanMarch 6, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Bubbles shouldn't be a problem.Water or oil may be. Do you have a Nikon adapter for your Lumix? I may have another lens for you.

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  4. equineobsessedMarch 6, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    Nice shots! yeah spring!

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  5. GreenrokMarch 6, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Thanks! I had a great time taking them, but obviously still working on focus and the correct aperture/focal length. Several times I thought for sure I had it all dialed in and Doh! not focused, wrong aperture, or bad choice of film speed. All said though, I really enjoy working in manual mode and learning a ton, and really thankful I'm working in digital!

    Steve, I don't have a Nikon adapter yet but they are readily available and cheap for the GF1, and would be happy to beg, borrow, buy or trade glass.

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  6. nuh dah ay gay heMarch 12, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    i don't know what nice glass means...but the pics look good :)

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  7. GreenrokMarch 16, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Thanks Mo! This particular lens has six different pieces of glass in it to magnify and then correct for optical oddities which come along with blowing an image up through magnification. Unfortunately, I just found out that along with its glass, some mold hitch hiked along with the lens! Arghhhh. In any case I loved using the telephoto, and getting a free exchange for the same lens.

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