On 9/3/2025 3:56 AM, wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7AhnbS_10U
Already an error before 2.5 minutes in. He assumes his 35/2.8 is multi-coated from a black front ring, "one of the later
Olympus black nosed lenses". BUT, the ID ring is G.Zuiko and the serial number is 208187, an early, single coated lens.
Either ID ring or outer ring is wrong, probably a repair result. Any of us old hands could tell from internal
reflections what it actually is. At a guess from the reflections in the video, I guess old, SC. So perhaps a bent filter
ring replacement?
I skipped over to his "My Five BEST Vintage Lenses - UPDATED!"
His second is:
"It's a fairly humble looking and feeling little thing. It's the Konica 40 mm
f1.8. And
this is such a beautiful lens that again I'm going to have difficulty explaining
just how nice it is. It's absolutely gorgeous. I used this lens for street
work primarily, but it's also great for general work as well. There's just
something about a 40 mm lens that on full-frame cameras, on a 35 mil film
camera or a full-frame digital camera, 40 mm just works. It's special.
It does something magical. There's just something about the relationship of
this focal length to this full frame 24x 36
mil I think it is that just works beautifully. "
This lens is also a member of my vintage film lens menagerie. I've not shot it much, as the initial images just didn't
much interest me. I do notice that the bokeh in his examples doesn't do much for me, but did I miss something? Ah well,
perhaps when I get home I'll look at it again. But - top five lenses - Nah.
Warning, more reactions may follow . . .
Disagreeable Moose
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