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Schneider C-Curtagon on A900. What the??

douglasf13

New member
I had read very positive things about the Schneider-Kreuznach C-Curtagon 35mm 2.8 lens in m42 mount, so I decided to order one for the A900 on a whim, and it arrived today. Although the mfd kind of stinks, this lens is known to be very sharp, with little CA, and very compact....however, I had NO idea how small this thing really was. Check it out:

sorry about the bad iphone pic, I should have used uniWB :ROTFL:...


What a riot! I won't be able to test it until next month, but I couldn't resist showing ya'll the size of this thing. The filter size looks to only be around 35mm. :LOL:
 
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douglasf13

New member
You know what they say about big lenses cases.....:ROTFL::ROTFL:

Seriously, though, this little guy is supposedly top flight in IQ, and it's all metal with a smooth focus ring. This may be obvious, but I can already tell that vignetting is a problem without stopping down a stop or two. I got it as a small landscape lens alternative, anyway, so that doesn't bother me. The pics that I'd seen of this lens prior to purchase were without scale, so I figured that it was around the same size as a 50mm or something. Wow, I was way off. I would take it to Hawaii with me on Tuesday, but I don't have caps or a hood for it yet. I guess I could probably use a coke bottle cap :) :bugeyes:
 

robmac

Well-known member
Two black PVC pipe end caps (say 1.5-2" dia in this case) from local hardware store ($1 per), couple rubber bands and cap-wise your in business. If far too wide, some self-adhesive weather-stripping foam around inner rim of caps for a snug fit. Make great emergency end-caps...

That said, it WILL look like a small 'for effect only' pipe bomb to airport security.. ;> Look fwd to hearing further about it.
 
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