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Chinon 135mm F2.8 (M42 mount)
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:14 pm
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:14 pm
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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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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:49 pm
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:49 pm
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Love number 3! Smile

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 Smile

Doug


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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:36 pm
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:36 pm
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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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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:17 am
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:17 am
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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 Very Happy


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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:58 am
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:58 am
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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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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:06 am
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:06 am
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Nice samples, my fav is #3.

Regards.
Jes.


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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:27 pm
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 4:27 pm
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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. Very Happy


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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:27 pm
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:27 pm
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martinsmith99 wrote:




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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