[Brightcolours]

[quote name='joachim' timestamp='1305736874' post='8530']

That one goes back to the review of 500mm lenses in the Geman Color Foto around 1980. The review was written by Walter E Schön. He compared essentially all 500/8 mirror lenses than available and had a few non mirror lenses to give perspective. The Beroflex was 200DM back then (about 100€) and it performed very well, beating most (all?) of the mirrors. The reviewer coined the name "Wundertüte" in that context.



The winner was the the Zeiss Mirotar 500/4.5 which beat that pants out of every thing. He named that the "unvergleichliche Zeissmonster".



The test was done, when there was no widespread use of Flourite, ED glass, etc. and chromatic aberration was a real issue in long glass. Back then Mirror lenses are easier to correct.



J.

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Very nice background story! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Yakim]

[quote name='popo' timestamp='1305737055' post='8531']

Pan-pan - "Panasonic Pancake" 20mm f/1.7.[/quote]



That's cool. I never heard that. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Some more nicknames are [url="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/835231"]here[/url].

[popo]

[quote name='Yakim' timestamp='1305841700' post='8644']

That's cool. I never heard that. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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It was something I made up in the early days... don't think it ever caught on outside that. And now it would be confusing as there's another smaller pancake too.

[Mistral75]

Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL: "Plastic Wonder".

[DrJohn]

In a German DSLR forum, the Panasonic 20mm 1:1.7 is often called "Funcake", where "yoghurt cup" often refers to the standard kit zooms.

[allanmb]

I thought that the 50/1.8 was the 'thrifty fifty' and the f/1.4 was the 'nifty fifty'.



Anyway, to add another, the Sigma 300-800mm is known as the Sigmonster.

[Brightcolours]

[quote name='allanmb' timestamp='1306403039' post='8824']

I thought that the 50/1.8 was the 'thrifty fifty' and the f/1.4 was the 'nifty fifty'.



Anyway, to add another, the Sigma 300-800mm is known as the Sigmonster.

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I only "heard" that (thrifty fifty/nifty fifty) on that fred miranda thread, which makes me believe that is just comes from one of the posters there, and is not really a real nickname for the lens (like many "names" of that thread appear to be just made up).

[sth]

The ones that I frequently read in forums (some of these have already been posted):



The Brick [color="#808080"](Canon 24-70L)[/color]

The Dust Pump [color="#808080"](Canon 100-400L)[/color]

The Keg [color="#808080"](Canon 85L)[/color]

Holy Trinity [color="#808080"](35L/85L/135L)[/color]

Nifty-Fifty [color="#808080"](Canon 50mm f/1.8 II)[/color]

Nifty-Twofifty [color="#808080"](Canon 55-250 IS)[/color]

Bigma [color="#808080"](Sigma 50-500)[/color]

Bugma [color="#808080"](Sigma 150mm Macro)[/color]

Sigmalux [color="#808080"](Sigma 50mm f/1.4)[/color]

[Guest]

"...Oh that one"





Nikon 50mm 1.8G. I have already heard it being referred as that 3 times.

[Yakim]

[quote name='sth' timestamp='1306713438' post='8921']

Bugma [color="#808080"](Sigma 150mm Macro)[/color][/quote]



This one is great. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



[quote name='sth' timestamp='1306713438' post='8921']

Sigmalux [color="#808080"](Sigma 50mm f/1.4)[/color][/quote]



Yes, I heard that one. It was before the era of the 85/1.4. Now I wonder how it will be called.