Well my favorite 180 for now which I have been pursuing w/o any luck is
the Cosina Voigtlander 180 f4 for OM. It is very Zuikoish and very
small for the FL with a 49mm front element--perfect. It is VERY sharp
wide open and goes to 1:4. I had hoped with a bit of extension to get
it close to 1:2 with good performance. I have read that slower lenses
in general don't accumulate as many aberrations with extension in
general, but I 've not seen that confrimed. The bokeh is wonderful as
is virtually the whole series. I bet Oly would have made one if they
had continued the series. I can't find one in OM mount for love nor
money.
The Malyasian dealer that helped me locate Big foot (CV125/2.5 in OM)
says there may be some-- largely iin Japan. Many of the used stores
don't deal with overseas shipments and the auction sites often do not
as well. I suppose I can't really expect lightening to strike twice.
That was an amazing bit of luck. I didn't feel so lucky yesterday
having a failed root canal fixed by another endodontist for another
1500 bucks.
I am told a couple list members used software to monitor yabe for OM
gear. Richard or Mark???? Perhaps it can be used to monitor the
Japanese auction sites? I sent out a few inquiries in English or
Babble Fish or google tranlated into Japnese ("Hail Mary passes") One
response after translating
basically said that they didn't have a clue what I was asking. Better
not negotiate any nuclear treaties using Babblefish. Any leads or help
with this VERY much appreciated.
There is a way to have a Japanese proxy take care of the shipping etc
for 15%. Not sure why they don't want any overseas business.
Http://photojpn.org
Jeff has showed some nice shots/performance with the Viv S1 90-180 f4.5
in OM mount. It directly goes 1:2 and is optimized for about 1:10.
It is nice but much larger than the CV. Would have to leave something
significant out of the bag for travel. It is a potential bird in the
hand, however and a very cool lens.
The Z. 180 f2 focuses to 1.6m and the Canyon 200 to 1.5m (1:5?)
Can't find the MTF for Z 180 f2 on photodo but the Gary Reese site
shows super performance.
CV 180 F4 apo lanthar
http://tinyurl.com/mrparm
Canyon 200 f2.8---not on FF however for either. There are probably a
trillion reviews of this one.
http://tinyurl.com/nmbg9k
A Searching Mike
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