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martinsmith99
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 Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:14 pm Post subject: Chinon 135mm F2.8 (M42 mount) |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Just some quick samples taken this evening from a lens that Poolhall sent down. I got these just before just before the light vanished. Most were wide open to achieve a usable shutter speed @ 200 iso.
It's a very small 135, very light, well built. Wide open it is a bit soft and some CA is present. A couple of stops down and it becomes a good lens. It saturates like Chinons do and is not the most contrasty. All the images have had contrast boost & resizing in PP.
Geese @ F5.6
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And a pic of the tiny lens on a Zenit XP:
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nemesis101
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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nemesis101 wrote:
Love number 3! 
I got one of these yesterday in a real grab-bag purchase from Goodwill - will have to try it on my trust Panny and the K10D
Doug
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estudleon
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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estudleon wrote:
Very nice pics.
And yes, it's saturated. Like the 3,5/200 Chinon. Very saturated too.
pretty small 135 lens.
Rino.
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Poolhall
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:17 am Post subject: |
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Poolhall wrote:
Quick off the mark Martin glad you like it , if I didn't have a huge bag of 135's already I would have kept it cos its so handy and small, to me it was a bit like a Jupiter 9 the way it was reasonably soft wide open but sharpens up very quickly as you stop down, good pics anyway  |
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martinsmith99
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:58 am Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
I think the attractiveness about this lens is the size. IQ-wise it's going to be behind the other lenses, simply because they are good wide-open, but you can see that this is very usable in the samples. But a short tele that's barely longer than a Helios 44 and as light will find it's way into my bag when I'd leave the Bokeh Monster or the Tair at home is great when I'm not sure if I need a 135..
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Jesito wrote:
Nice samples, my fav is #3.
Regards.
Jes.
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Poolhall
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Poolhall wrote:
As I remember from the few shots I took it gets very good from 5.6 on, but even wide open it makes a reasonable portrait lens- but as you say Martin the big bonus is the size its really very handy and neat. |
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larsr
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Chinon 135mm F2.8 (M42 mount) |
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larsr wrote:
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Superb!! It's close to perfection, was it not for the smudge in the top right corner and a slightly tight composition for my tastebuds. Good shot nevertheless!!
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