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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: Akira on February 26, 2016, 12:54:26

Title: CP+2016 thread
Post by: Akira on February 26, 2016, 12:54:26
CP+ (Camera & Photo Imaging Show) 2016 is being held beteen 25th and 28th of this month in Yokohama.  My assignments during the weekend doesn't allow me to go there, and I'm keen on the reports on Impress-Watch web magazine.

Among the reports, I found some very bizarre offerings shown: translucent mount adapters to induce flare!

According to the adapters, you can use EF- or PL-mount lenses on Sony E or m4/3 bodies.  No adapters have the electric contacts, so the EF lenses stay wide open, which may be of no problem, because the flare could be most effective when the lens is wide open.

Here is the report.  Unfortunately the texts are all in Japanese, but you would see how bizarre they are!  :D

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20160226_745705.html
Title: Re: Bizarre offering at CP+2016
Post by: richardHaw on February 26, 2016, 13:08:32
you can check my report at my site. the tamron lenses are amazing!  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Bizarre offering at CP+2016
Post by: richardHaw on February 26, 2016, 13:14:40
one interesting thing is that Laowa is being introduced in the Japanese market  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Bizarre offering at CP+2016
Post by: Akira on February 26, 2016, 13:28:53
Rick, thanks for mentioning your thorough report of CP+.  I will rename the title of the thread for the posts about CP+ in general.

So, you bought yet another 55mm micro!   :o :o :o
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: Akira on February 26, 2016, 13:34:19
I just saw the movies and realized you speak perfect Japanese!
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: richardHaw on February 26, 2016, 13:56:50
no! my Japanese is bad! my friends taught me bad Japanese words that i cannot use everyday.  :o :o :o

Yes! this PK version is a bit hard to find but i finally got one! helicoid is dry but i can fix that. one good thing is that i have talked to the Japan Hobby Tools boss! he said that he can sell me grease, lens openers (カニ目レンチ) and other things for discounted price! as well as sell me screws in small volume!

there are many other things in CP+ but i am not interested. such as gimmick gadgets for mirrorless.

because of the junk bazaar, i will go there every year from now on  ::)

it is also said that the Nikon CEO was there today  ::)
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: richardHaw on February 26, 2016, 14:07:12
the tamrons are amazing  :o :o :o

people have to try them!
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: Akira on February 26, 2016, 14:08:30
Rick, it is important to know bad words, because you can avoid using it without knowing they are bad (seriously).

You should be just the type of guy whom the boss of a company like Japan Hobby Tools would cherish.  :)
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: stenrasmussen on February 26, 2016, 15:45:08
the tamrons are amazing  :o :o :o

people have to try them!

Any particular focal length in particular?
(I've just compared the 35/1.8VC to the Nikkor 35/1.8G FX and the only drawback for the Tammy is onion rings and price).
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 26, 2016, 15:48:06
"The Canon booth is the same size as the Nikon, but who cares" ;-) Thank you, Rick.
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: bjornthun on February 26, 2016, 15:48:19
Richard, you have an interesting blog!

Akira, I agree knowing even the bad words in a foreign language is a good idea.  :o
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 26, 2016, 15:48:49
Any particular focal length in particular?
(I've just compared the 35/1.8VC to the Nikkor 35/1.8G FX and the only drawback for the Tammy is onion rings and price).

In Rick's blog the Macro 1.8/85mm VC is enthusiastically introduced
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: richardHaw on February 29, 2016, 02:55:01
Any particular focal length in particular?
(I've just compared the 35/1.8VC to the Nikkor 35/1.8G FX and the only drawback for the Tammy is onion rings and price).

i was impressed by both the 85mm and the 90mm  :o :o :o
the 85mm was pretty good but the 90mm is on another level  ::)
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: richardHaw on February 29, 2016, 02:58:08
In Rick's blog the Macro 1.8/85mm VC is enthusiastically introduced

i am going to post a 1:1 crop when i have the time. for some reasons, the saturation of the nikon equivalent is quite low (for my expectations) but the Tamron's saturation is just about right  :o :o :o
when i get home later and my head is not aching (hayfever) i will upload some 1:1 crops from both lenses. unfortunately, I used a D4 so resolution is a bit low  ::)
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: richardHaw on February 29, 2016, 03:08:32
Rick, it is important to know bad words, because you can avoid using it without knowing they are bad (seriously).

You should be just the type of guy whom the boss of a company like Japan Hobby Tools would cherish.  :)

i am actually thinking of putting an online shopping app on my site for tools and most specially screws. i have been getting a lot of inquiries for replacement screws from my readers! i am getting my screws from tokyu hands and nishikawa. Japan Hobby Tools also is thinking of collaborating with me.

one funny thing is that yongnuo is there as well selling their cheap knock offs of nikon and canon lenses and gears hahaha phottix and yongnuo has been doing that for some time already. sometimes i wonder how thick you can be to have the guts to do that hahaha

Sigma's booth is pretty big by the way.

i also went to Cosina's booth to try voigtlanders.
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: Akira on February 29, 2016, 04:47:01
i am actually thinking of putting an online shopping app on my site for tools and most specially screws. i have been getting a lot of inquiries for replacement screws from my readers! i am getting my screws from tokyu hands and nishikawa. Japan Hobby Tools also is thinking of collaborating with me.

I often go to Tokyu Hands and Nishikawa for the specific screws or materials I need, but I'm not sure if you can find any screws for the cameras or the lenses there...  At Tokyu Hands, I once had to order a full bulk of five hundred screws to get only eight that I needed, because the screws are not the type of ones they handle regularly.   :o :'(

Apparently Tokyu Hands is narrowing the variation range of the items they handle.
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: richardHaw on February 29, 2016, 14:27:09
I often go to Tokyu Hands and Nishikawa for the specific screws or materials I need, but I'm not sure if you can find any screws for the cameras or the lenses there...  At Tokyu Hands, I once had to order a full bulk of five hundred screws to get only eight that I needed, because the screws are not the type of ones they handle regularly.   :o :'(

Apparently Tokyu Hands is narrowing the variation range of the items they handle.

So far, the screws that they have are OK for me :o :o :o
I also have another supplier but they only accept bulk orders  ::)
Title: Re: CP+2016 thread
Post by: richardHaw on February 29, 2016, 14:28:11
This is a 1:1 crop from the 85mm f/1.8 VC  :o :o :o

The 2nd one is from the 90mm macro