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Who has heard of Zenitar?
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:48 amby Justin
Have a look at this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 96577&rd=1
I am not thinking of buying it, it just looks interesting!
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:53 amby the foto fanatic
Russian-made Zenit 35mm cameras were around many years ago, but I haven't heard much of them lately.
Then there was Pat Zenitar, female pop singer from the '80s, now a resident judge on one of those search for the star shows!
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:58 amby Matt. K
I once tried an experiment with a Zenith lens. I took a couple of shots through the Zenith and then used a beer glass as a lens and took a couple more shots. The shots using the beer glass were sharper.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:01 amby birddog114
Matt.K
Have you tried the Coke glass?
or Pepsi? better than the beer glass
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:04 amby MCWB
Ahh but Birdy, you have to drink the contents first, so I concur with Matt, the beer glass is the way to go.
Mind you, I'll be having a Coke in a few mins and trying her out hehe
The SB800 is working a treat
BTW, thanks again mate!
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:10 amby birddog114
Does it mean we buy Coke not Pepsi
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:18 amby Oneputt
Cricketfan that is Pat Benatar
I have a lot of her records.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:04 amby the foto fanatic
Oneputt wrote:Cricketfan that is Pat Benatar
I have a lot of her records.
Yes, John. You may not have caught the glint of mischief in my post (not that I could blame anyone there!) - I was trying to be funny.
Sorry about that, Chief.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:34 pmby boxerboy
cricketfan wrote:Oneputt wrote:Cricketfan that is Pat Benatar
I have a lot of her records.
Yes, John. You may not have caught the glint of mischief in my post (not that I could blame anyone there!) - I was trying to be funny.
Sorry about that, Chief.
Trevor, try harder next time
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:07 pmby genji
boxerboy wrote:cricketfan wrote:Oneputt wrote:Cricketfan that is Pat Benatar
I have a lot of her records.
Yes, John. You may not have caught the glint of mischief in my post (not that I could blame anyone there!) - I was trying to be funny.
Sorry about that, Chief.
Trevor, try harder next time
I'm not old enought to know who he/she is.
Posted:
Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:16 pmby Justin
I saw in the image reviews forum there are a couple of people who'd be keen to swap their sigma 12-24 for this one...
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:57 pmby Flyer
Couple reviews of this lens in
Canon mount and
Nikon mount.
Cheers.
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:44 pmby Justin
Hey thanks for the links - I went exploring and found this must have lense...
http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/pele ... n_lens.htm
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:49 pmby sirhc55
Justin - I would not waste your money on this lens IMO
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:43 amby boxerboy
The Lada Samara of lenses.
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:08 amby Hlop
sirhc55 wrote:Justin - I would not waste your money on this lens IMO
That depends .... If glass has been made in Sankt-Peterburg (Leningrad) at LOMO factory, it might be very good and worth to try prime lens. I wouldn't buy russian zooms as they could have mechanical problems
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:15 amby sirhc55
Mikhail - I will retract what I said after finding out that these lenses are actually made by BeLOMO and KMZ. These 2 factories were dedicated exclusively to military production and as such would produce excellent optics.
The Zenitar is Russian and the Pelang is Byelorussian.
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:17 amby birddog114
sirhc55 wrote:Mikhail - I will retract what I said after finding out that these lenses are actually made by BeLOMO and KMZ. These 2 factories were dedicated exclusively to military production and as such would produce excellent optics.
The Zenitar is Russian and the Pelang is Byelorussian.
Chris,
So all they're good! aren't they?
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:20 amby sirhc55
Over the years I have had a few Russian friends - I have never argued with them
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:23 amby Alex
As a former citizen of the former USSR I can atest that Zenith and Zenithar optics are of top (if not the best) quality, and to second what Chris said the Leningrad (now St. Petersbourg) LOMO factory was producing military optics.
Alex
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:37 amby birddog114
Honestly, I only like their Vodka not "helga" or "Holga"
Russian produces a top optic materials, supplied to Nikon + Canon, but don't have much experiences of their glasses.
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:42 amby sirhc55
Alex wrote:As a former citizen of the former USSR I can atest that Zenith and Zenithar optics are of top (if not the best) quality, and to second what Chris said the Leningrad (now St. Petersbourg) LOMO factory was producing military optics.
Alex
Много спасибо
I hope that is the right translation
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:58 amby Alex
Chirs,
Yep.... You must have learnt it in your military days... means... 'Thanks a lot'.
Birddog,
The optics is probably very good, but as for the other things, e.g. mechanics and electronics - don't hold your breath.
Alex
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:20 pmby sirhc55
I think one has to also consider the ”appropriation” of many German industries by the Russians at wars end. These included Zeiss Ikon and Contax which became Pentacon.
The Contax production was transferred to the USSR and the first production camera was called the Volga. This was changed to the Kiev camera and production started in 1947.
The Carl Zeiss microscope facilities were moved to an area near St Petersburg and was named LOMO and still produces microscopes to this day.
So we can say with some authority that the Russian glass has its history locked to the superb German glass produced at Jena.
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:51 pmby Hlop