Re: OT: It didn't sell

2006-08-31 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/Zeiss-HFT-85-1-4-Planar-for-Rollei-SLR-with-EOS-adapter_W0QQitemZ150026522391QQihZ005QQcategoryZ48552QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Is this not the venerable lens that was compared to the A*85/1.4 on this list a couple of years ago?

Re: OT: It didn't sell

2006-08-31 Thread Bob Shell
On Aug 31, 2006, at 4:41 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Triangular aperture? Sold as seen @ $750? Ridiculous price. Yes, triangular aperture. The Contarex version of this lens and some of the earlier ones for Rollei have a three-blade diaphragm. I never knew why Zeiss used this very

Re: OT: It didn't sell

2006-08-31 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Bob Shell wrote: I never knew why Zeiss used this very odd design. It does produce triangular out of focus highlights. Have you got a sample photo to share perhaps? Thanks, Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

OT: It didn't sell

2006-08-30 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
http://cgi.ebay.com/Zeiss-HFT-85-1-4-Planar-for-Rollei-SLR-with-EOS-adapter_W0QQitemZ150026522391QQihZ005QQcategoryZ48552QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Is this not the venerable lens that was compared to the A*85/1.4 on this list a couple of years ago? A fine piece of glass without much of a future. Sad.