Nikkor AI 43-86mm/3,5

I saw this lens first in 1979 when I bought my first Nikon, but a test I read made me buy a Tokina 35-70 that time.
The 43-86 is much heavier than the Tokina (that did not survive!), but the feeling and handling is great.

50mm

I´m a big fan of 50mm lenses. They are light, small and useable in most photographic situations. They force you to go instead of zooming in. I almost never used one that was really crappy. Most of them are cheap, and that´s the result ...

Zuiko 100-200mm/5

The technical data of the Zuiko Auto-Zoom are not spectacular: 100-200mm, biggest aperture 1:5, a minimal distance of 2m are not stunning. On the other side the lens has a built-in shade, it is light and handy and can be equipped with filters in the standard Olympus 49mm diameter. The most spectacular thing is the increase of the lenses length. The upper picture shows the lens set to infinty with the shade slided in, in the lower picture it is set to the nearest distance an the shade slided out.



200mm/5



Full frame shot at 200mm/8 200 ASA film



100% crop from the picture above

Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm/3,5

The Vivitar Series 1 70-21mm/3,5 is a big and heavy zoom with a superb optical quality, which is my favourite telezoom.
I often use it wide open for freehand macro shots. The focussing in the macro position is done by sliding the zoom ring back and forth, which is very good for holding the camera steady. I own the lens with M42 mount and use it with the Chinon CE-II Memotron, which makes a really heavy combo.

Porst

All Porst lenses in M42-mount.

Standard

Praktica 50mm/2,8; Domiplan 50mm/2,8; Porst 55mm/2,8




Chinon 55mm/1,4; Yashica 50mm/1,4; Porst 55mm/1,4; Pentax 50mm/1,4