Historic cameras/lenses and other exotic bits of kit.

[sassan]

One of the very unique zoom lens ever made by any company is the Sigma's 50-500 range super zoom. No company to this date has dare to make a competitor for this Bigma.

Here is one I found on ebay that might be the original idea!
Do you know of anything close in this range? i.e. from almost neutral (50mm) to a super tele?

LINK to ebay seller

LINK to mir archive.


Image copyrighted to ebay seller: blubau

ebay item number 120332523260

[Joe]

Some neat links there Sassan. thanks.
There's some real problems that'll be encountered converting FD lenses to Eos body, AND maintaining distant focus, as you've posted already. The FD breech-lock design doesn't make life easy for adaption. (for those unfamiliar, the FD system lens mount looks like it some be on the camera body. Likewise, the bodies had 'protruding' mounts, similar to, but not quite as 'sticky out' as normal lens mount of today does.)

Have seen a few big white FD ones go cheap as chips. Unfortunately I've no links to it, but saw similar with another 'long tom' big FD fit glass (maybe same one you saw Sassan?)....A massive Canon 600mm FD mount lens had been striped back at the body end, so accepting the ultra common M42 screw thread accessories (Pentax Spotmatic,Praktica,Zenith, and some current Voigtlanders)......as I remember, it had a history of being used on movie making equipment. C mount rings a bell?, but I'm thinking it might have had the common M42 lens to Eos/EF body mount adapter then fitted to it, and the AF confirm chip stuck to the adapter?
I've not yet seen any smaller lens stripped back, but kinda guessing the long tom prices, design (and with more barrel material to hack off), lends them more to some seriuos adaption work?
In terms of chips, adapters etc, ebay is a great / economical sourse, but SRB filters have a history of pretty radical conversions....tho a bit pricey
Seems a shame that loads of FD stuff goes for peanuts......similarly some Minolta AF lens mount stuff was going the same way in the S/H market, until Sony stepped in!


crickey!...hadn't realised how cheap those FD-EF adapters are!.....full of eastern promise?!lol
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FD-Lens-to-Can...1%7C240%3A1318

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by sassan

..............Do you know of anything close in this range? i.e. from almost neutral (50mm) to a super tele?

Hi Sassan,

Long zooms have not really been my bag but I know how you love big glass so this link should be of interest. Although primarily it is about the Nikkor 360-1200, if you scroll to the bottom of the page you will see that Sigma offered a similar range lens.
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography.../3601200mm.htm

Don

[Joe]

Long zooms have not really been my bag

Talking of bags, those in the link would need mighty big bags!....and the 300mm looks tiny by comparison!

[Joe]

Here's a throwback to how digital technology has progressed. This isn't really THAT old!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kodak-Nikon-DC...1%7C240%3A1318


and how many of us dreamed of owning such a beast back then?!

[sassan]

Have been away from this forum for a while.

Here is one of those big eyes for jet black night!

Leica with canon F/0.95


LINK


Image copyrighted to ebay seller http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gifdjl251
ebay item: 120395961225

[Moonlighter]

f/0.95? if i'am not mistaken it's the fastest aperture ever made, isn't it?

[sassan]

Originally Posted by Moonlighter

f/0.95? if i'am not mistaken it's the fastest aperture ever made, isn't it?

Correct.
The fastest I know off. Even F/1 is a rare breed of its own.

[yelvertoft]

Originally Posted by Moonlighter

f/0.95? if i'am not mistaken it's the fastest aperture ever made, isn't it?

Equal fastest, sort of. Presumably this is the same article, but with Leica badges on it (and associated price hike).
http://us.leica-camera.com/photograp...nses/5915.html

[Moonlighter]

I see, thank you.