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Derek Gardner f/2.8 135mm M42
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
calvin83 wrote:
martinsmith99 wrote:
I see this lens pop up from time-to-time. There are a few Flickr threads about it. It always seems below average but does have decent bokeh.

A fun lens.

Sharpness is not the most important things for me. It has creamy bokeh but not as sharp as others. Build quality is excellent.


I didn't manage to find anything on flickr apart from one image of someone else's cop of this lens:



I think you guys summed it up quite well, the lens feels very nice and solid to handle and has a pretty different rendering to my Jupiter 11 so I'm quite happy with it. I don't think it lacks sharpness really, in that I find the sharpness acceptable, the J11A is sharper and I'm sure things like the Pentacon/Meyer 2.8/135 are technically better but I can see me getting quite a lot of use out of this Derek Gardner cos i quite like the pics it makes.

Anyone know who made this lens? Looks a bit like a Cosina to me.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What a lovely name for a lens. I had to learn who Derek Gardner was first. Well i am pretty sure it's early Korean lens.


PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pancolart wrote:
What a lovely name for a lens. I had to learn who Derek Gardner was first. Well i am pretty sure it's early Korean lens.


Could well be Korean, I have no idea!

Who was Derek Gardner? I thought it was probably the name of a defnuct chain of photo stores.

There is a 300m Derek Gardner on ebay now, looks like the same manufacturer, will go for peanuts, I would have a bid but I just bought a Tair-3C so don't need another 300mm for the time being.
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