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55mm Lenses - A Menagerie of Choices
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:50 am    Post subject: 55mm Lenses - A Menagerie of Choices Reply with quote

Papasito asked in a separate thread .... which 55mm lens?
I was thinking that over many years I have owned a lot of different 55mm lenses, and I thought to dig into the crypt and see what images I might have made with them.
Of course these were all shot over a long period of time, and I have onsold many of these lenses, but what I had surprised me.
I will post an image from each one and label it so you can see which lens took which.
Please feel free to add your own samples to this thread.
Happy snaps
Tom

Auto-Chinon 1.7/55
#1


Auto-Revuenon 1.7/55
#2


Auto-Rikenon 1.4/55
#3


Auto Rikenon 1.8/55
#4


Auto Chinon 1.4/55
#5


Auto-Revuenon 1.4/55
#6


Mamiya Sekor 1.4/55
#7


Mamiya Sekor 1.8/55
#8



Auto-Revuenon 1.2/55
#9


Super-Takumar 1.8/55
#10


Super-Takumar 2/55
#11


EBC Fujinon 1.8/55
#12


Canon FL 1.2/55

#13


Petri CC Auto 1.8/55
#14


Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 1.8/55
#15


Industar 61N 2.8/55
#16


X-Fujinon 1.6/55

#17


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow!

Which camera(s) please? Smile


PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

visualopsins wrote:
Wow!

Which camera(s) please? Smile


Pentax K-10D and Fuji X-E1 for most
Tom


PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1 Like 1 Like 1 impressive Tom!!

That Chinon 1.4 !!!


PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oldhand wrote:


Pentax K-10D and Fuji X-E1 for most
Tom


Impressive photos.

Gives me hope for my poor little Pentax K-01 with "only" 16 MP.

Perhaps we do not need 24 MP or 36 MP to produce great photos. Wink


PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks everyone

guardian wrote:
Oldhand wrote:


Pentax K-10D and Fuji X-E1 for most
Tom


Impressive photos.

Gives me hope for my poor little Pentax K-01 with "only" 16 MP.

Perhaps we do not need 24 MP or 36 MP to produce great photos. Wink


I still don't have any camera with more than 16 Mp.
The 10Mp CCD sensor on the K-10D was amazing - sorry I sold it.
I have sold also most of those lenses for one reason or another.
The Mamiya 1.4/55 was the least sharp of them but it had the most beautiful way of painting its bokeh at widest aperture.

Mamiya Sekor 1.4/55
#1


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

guardian wrote:
Oldhand wrote:


Pentax K-10D and Fuji X-E1 for most
Tom


Impressive photos.

Gives me hope for my poor little Pentax K-01 with "only" 16 MP.

Perhaps we do not need 24 MP or 36 MP to produce great photos. Wink


Heartily agree! FF Canon 5D Classic has only 12gb sensor, lol.

However, having to crop or print very large gives denser sensors distinct advantages!


PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Absolutely beautiful samples--such an excellent contribution to all of us here--thank you. BTW, that bokeh (rose) shot with the Mamiya is splendid! Best jt

Edit: BTW, I shot w the Pentax K20d, but regretted it--the K10d, though an earlier model, did a much better job IMO. I got out of Pentax because of the experience with the K20d--been happy with Nikon APS-c and FF bodies and Fuji APS-c for almost 10 years now.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 2:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The EBC fujinon delivers great image ,but mamiya's got great painting - would be nice to have many lenses shooting same subject, even if that sounds imposible . Anyway, there such a big differencies between the lenses , thanks for sharing with us these pics ,at least to get an idea about them.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In 55mm ,my favourite for bokeh is the Rokkor MC 1.7 PF and it's pretty cheap also. It doesn't have very good coatings like modern MD or SMC pentax etc. , but i find it very good sharpness and exccellent paint drawer ,a hood need it definetely.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks everyone.
Interestingly of these lenses, I use the Takumars and the Auto Revuenon 1.2 the most.
I like the way that they paint.
Here are a couple of shots to show what I mean.

Revuenon 1.2/55

#1


Super-Takumar 2/55

#2


PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like 1 Like 1 small


PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oldhand wrote:
Super-Takumar 2/55


Very nice. I'm a big fan of the "painting" I get from my copy of this lens as well. Does your have thorium elements or not? Mine's an older non-radioactive version.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

KEO wrote:
Oldhand wrote:
Super-Takumar 2/55


Very nice. I'm a big fan of the "painting" I get from my copy of this lens as well. Does your have thorium elements or not? Mine's an older non-radioactive version.

Thank you Keo.
Yes mine is a thoriated lens - plenty of yellow Smile
Tom


PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 1:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kds315* wrote:
Like 1 Like 1 Like 1 impressive Tom!!

That Chinon 1.4 !!!


Which Chinon. AFAIK there were more than one versions.


PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cosina 55mm f1.2 (Pentax PK mount, NOT Porst version)
#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


Nikon 55mm AI f1.2


#1


Nikkor-O (CRT) 55mm f1.2


#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6


Fujinon 55mm f1.6 (M42 version)



#1


#2


#3


#4


PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Absolutely stunning stuff to my eyes kymarto. Are you doing anything more than wide-open?


PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sciolist wrote:
Absolutely stunning stuff to my eyes kymarto. Are you doing anything more than wide-open?


Wide open, then use a couple of Topaz filters for some slight sharpening and contrast enhancement.


PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful pictures in this thread.


Some of my favorite 55mm photos:


Olympus 55mm f/1.2 Sony a7



Olympus 55mm f/1.2 Ektachrome 160T



Olympus 55mm f/1.2 Ektachrome 160T







Fujinon 55mm f/1.6 Sony a7



Fujinon 55mm f/1.6 Sony a7



Fujinon 55mm f/1.6 Sony a7




SMC Takumar 55mm f/1.8 Sony a7





EBC Fujinon 55mm f/1.8 Sony a7



EBC Fujinon 55mm f/1.8 Sony a7




Mamiya Sekor C 55mm f/2.8 Ektachrome 100X


PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kymarto wrote:
Sciolist wrote:
Absolutely stunning stuff to my eyes kymarto. Are you doing anything more than wide-open?


Wide open, then use a couple of Topaz filters for some slight sharpening and contrast enhancement.



Thank you.


PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kymarto wrote:
Sciolist wrote:
Absolutely stunning stuff to my eyes kymarto. Are you doing anything more than wide-open?


Wide open, then use a couple of Topaz filters for some slight sharpening and contrast enhancement.



Thank you.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fabulous thread.

Having read the thread and looked at the pics, I have to add an industar 55m f2.8 to my collection


PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent pictures, I love that Mamiya 55mm 1.8 rendering, I may have to try it out. I have been looking for a 55-58mm to add to my Fuji kit as a portrait lens, tried a few already but there's still so many options... The ones that have impressed me most thus far are the Pentax 55mm 1.8/2.0 lenses, these put out some great image quality and they handle so amazingly well. Others that I've tried are the Minolta 55mm 1.7, Minolta 58mm 1.4, Canon FL 55mm 1.2, and Helios 44-2. Great lenses all of them, but they didn't wow me over like the Pentaxes have on crop sensor.


PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steakface wrote:
Excellent pictures, I love that Mamiya 55mm 1.8 rendering, I may have to try it out. I have been looking for a 55-58mm to add to my Fuji kit as a portrait lens, tried a few already but there's still so many options... The ones that have impressed me most thus far are the Pentax 55mm 1.8/2.0 lenses, these put out some great image quality and they handle so amazingly well. Others that I've tried are the Minolta 55mm 1.7, Minolta 58mm 1.4, Canon FL 55mm 1.2, and Helios 44-2. Great lenses all of them, but they didn't wow me over like the Pentaxes have on crop sensor.


Look at the Auto Rikenon 1,8/55 mm lens pics. The lens is the same as Mamiya one.

How do you compare the pentaxes 55 amd the Mamiya 55?

What do you think about them?

Differences?


PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steakface wrote:
Excellent pictures, I love that Mamiya 55mm 1.8 rendering, I may have to try it out. I have been looking for a 55-58mm to add to my Fuji kit as a portrait lens, tried a few already but there's still so many options... The ones that have impressed me most thus far are the Pentax 55mm 1.8/2.0 lenses, these put out some great image quality and they handle so amazingly well. Others that I've tried are the Minolta 55mm 1.7, Minolta 58mm 1.4, Canon FL 55mm 1.2, and Helios 44-2. Great lenses all of them, but they didn't wow me over like the Pentaxes have on crop sensor.


Look at the Auto Rikenon 1,8/55 mm lens pics. The lens is the same as Mamiya one.

How do you compare the pentaxes 55 amd the Mamiya 55?

What do you think about them?

Differences?