As the thread title says: "Share your Latest Acquisitions Big and Small".
The small one:
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and the big one:
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What? Two 40mm lenses? Yep, and bought on the same day. If that doesn't qualify me as a lens maniac, I don't know what will...
Thing is, soon enough after acquiring the Sony A7R4 I discovered that its autofocus is no slouch. And my Voigtländer FE Nokton 1.2/40 was manual focus and couldn't focus very close. Given that 40mm is my favorite focal length, I decided to put the Voigtländer 40 up for sale, fully expecting it to take months to sell. But lo and behold, a good bid came in the same night and the deal was closed the morning after. Funny, the buyer didn't blink an eye when I asked him to pay up-front by bank and have it shipped. Off it went and there I was, suddenly without a 40mm lens anywhere in my bags!
By sheer coincidence someone in my home town offered a Pentax 2.8/40 for little money and today the deal was struck, figuring I'd have at least something to hold me over until I'd get the Batis 40 as planned. I had asked the local photo store to have a Batis 40 there to try it out. And also today it came in and while I was planning to evaluate the test pictures at home, I already saw in the store that the lens is OK so I bought it on the spot.
On the way home I parked my bike in the city center, planning to have a photo walk. But 2 m further I saw a complete wreck of a bike standing/lying there, offering a great photo opportunity, so I spent the next half hour there, exercising the Batis' close-focus capability to the full. One of the photos will surely make it to the Daily May 12 thread.
Whew, that was a veritable 40mm whirlwind!