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MC Kaleinar-5N 100/2.8 samples
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Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:33 pm
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Some wide open samples from my garden. Nikon D700 body, ISO 400. No PP, just resized.












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Hi, I recently acquired this lens and would like to share some photos too. I think is a good value buy.

(All photos shot with Nikon D7000)



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#K3 : Crop of the above photo


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#K5


#K5a : Crop of the above photo, it's not a macro lens but the cropped photo seems reasonably detailed!


#K6 : shoot direct into the sun @ f/11


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OSFlanker wrote:
Hi, I recently acquired this lens and would like to share some photos too. I think is a good value buy.

(All photos shot with Nikon D7000)

#K1


#K2


#K3 : Crop of the above photo


#K4 :


#K5


#K5a : Crop of the above photo, it's not a macro lens but the cropped photo seems reasonably detailed!


#K6 : shoot direct into the sun @ f/11


Nice trees. Can you tell us what they are called ?


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sichko wrote:
Nice trees. Can you tell us what they are called ?


Hi there, I don't have a clue about tree species!


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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:56 pm
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Very good samples!

OSFlanker wrote:
I think is a good value buy.


I agree, an excellent value buy, usually comes with both M42 and Nikon interchangeable mounts.


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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:49 pm
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I did use same time in Zoo Kaleinar and Leica-R 90mm f2.8 second version lens. ..... I found I have no benefits from Leica against Kaleinar Shocked so I sold Leica and Kaleinar after Laughing Excellent lens indeed and samples are just great !


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Reputed to be a copy of the nikon 100/2.8 E series. I have always been amazed at the colour saturation from this lens


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patrickh wrote:
Reputed to be a copy of the nikon 100/2.8 E series. I have always been amazed at the colour saturation from this lens


It's not. Check out lens diagrams for the Kaleinar and Series E lens - they're totally different down to the number of elements. Don't know who started the rumor, but he a) didn't look at lens diagrams (obviously), and b) can't count to 6 (the number of lens elements is different).

Regarding their performance, I have both the Kaleinar and the Nikon Series E 100/2.8. They render in a different way. I like the colors of the Kaleinar better, but the Nikon is more resistant to flare - despite being single-coated vs. MC Kaleinar. Sharpness is perfectly fine in both lenses, but the Nikon is made better. I know, I know, it's plastic... but the Kaleinar is just terrible: loose tolerances, rough focusing, dirty optics - and I'm talking about three samples of this lens, including one brand-new! Besides, the Kaleinar is prone to internal hazing. Many used samples were disassembled by their owners and put to what they thought was good cleaning; as a result, those samples have internal scratches and multiple cleaning marks that are worse than the hazing.


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OSFlanker wrote:

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This shot is fantastic. Great foreground and background subject and using a slower shutter speed than most would, great shot! Welcome to the forum, great to see a fellow D7000 user on here
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