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Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 42
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 10:27 am: | 
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I recently aquired a very nice Vito B with the 50mm f2.8 Color-Skopar lens. My question is: Is this the exact same lens as on my Bessamatic that has a "Color-Skopar X" or is it just a case of changed nomenclature? |
Adrian
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Username: Adrian
Post Number: 267
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 06:55 am: |
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You got me curious as I have a Vito II and a Vito C with the Color-Skopar lens. Do you think the X might just denote that it's the interchangable version?
Adrian |
Waynemel
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Username: Waynemel
Post Number: 43
Registered: 08-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 07:02 am: |
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That's a good point.
I thought it might denote a later version of the lens, perhaps with different coatings. |
Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 221
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 11:22 am: |
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I believe the X refers to it being for a Reflex.
Other manufacturers labeled their SLR lens similarly like the first Canon SLR (Canonflex) used the R designation to indicate Reflex.
I don't believe they are the same exact design but can't say with certainty. |
David_nebenzahl
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Username: David_nebenzahl
Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 06:07 pm: |
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Dunno where you get "X" standing for reflex; the B is just a simple viewfinder camera, just like the II, even though the II is a folder and the B is not. (I have a Vito II; it was my only camera for a long time, and the Color Skopar is a truly fine lens.)
Also don't know what this business of "different coatings" is. People seem to have a lot of misconceptions about the function of lens coatings, and the different qualities thereof. One myth is that better coatings = better pictures. It's true that coatings have improved over time, and that modern coatings (including multi-coatings) are probably superior to earlier ones. But keep in mind that all coating really does is to reduce reflections from glass surfaces, therefore potentially improving contrast. They really have nothing at all to do with color rendition or image sharpness, contrary to popular belief. |
Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 222
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 06:40 pm: |
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The reflex the poster is referring to is the Bessamatic which was a single lens reflex having the Skopar X lens. |
David_nebenzahl
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Username: David_nebenzahl
Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 06:51 pm: |
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Ah, so. My bad for not reading carefully. |
Estudleon
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Username: Estudleon
Post Number: 5
Registered: 09-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 07:25 am: |
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There are two version of Skopar lenses for SRL. One (the oldest) focus from 1 m and the second version focus from 60 cm.
I think that the "X" lens (I had both) is the last version.
Not multicoated. The same coating for both. Not flash version.
Rino. |
Jecicapapa
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Username: Jecicapapa
Post Number: 1
Registered: 01-2010
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 06:44 pm: |
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One myth is that better coatings = better pictures. It's true that coatings have improved over time, and that modern coatings (including multi-coatings) are probably superior to earlier ones.plesae see this site:http://www.acetechsz.com/ |
David_nebenzahl
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Username: David_nebenzahl
Post Number: 50
Registered: 12-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 07:47 pm: |
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What is that, spam? Pretty stupid response in any case ... |
Estudleon
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Username: Estudleon
Post Number: 7
Registered: 09-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 06:51 am: |
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None of the RF skopar are the same than the SRL ones. Why? The RF is the skopar in the original schame, the SRL one had to be designed to longer register to be in focus in long distance to the film 'cos the mirror (that isn't in the RF cams). And if you look for the best skopar 50 mm, take the F/3,5 version.
Rino. |
