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LucisPictor
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 Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: Some more "old" lens tests... I-Superteles |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Superteles 1989 - FotoMagazin
Lens.......................Optical Performance....Mechanics /10
Nikkor 5.6/400 IF-ED........9,6........................9,6
Sigma APO 5.6/400 (MF)...9,6........................9,4
Novoflex 5.6/400..............9,4........................9,6
Tamron LD-IF 4/400 A2.....9,0........................9,6
Tokina SL 5.6/400 SD.......8,8........................9,2
SMC Pentax-A 5.6/400......8,6........................9,0
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Jigt
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Jigt wrote:
I had the Sigma APO 5.6/400 (MF)
I would not thinking on giving it a nine,
The only good thing about it was that I bought for 50,- and sold it for 100.
Good lens with sunlight and sun in the back otherwise terrible.
Problems with Flare and CA, wel build and good balance.
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LucisPictor
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Hi!
It is important to hear such experiences like yours.
These tests are interesting but rather tell something about lab conditions...
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Attila wrote:
I have a Novoflex 40cm it has only two lens, but incredible sharp , it has very nice bokeh and focusing fast as hell. Easy to transport because you can split into two piece easily.
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TDN
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TDN wrote:
Looks like they were a little generous...
For a 400mm to really deserve anything above 8/10, it's gotta be really good, and probably expensive.
but it does give you some kind of comparison between all of them...weird that the novoflex beats the Pentax-A  ..
Tom
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LucisPictor
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:37 am Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
| TDN wrote: |
Looks like they were a little generous...
For a 400mm to really deserve anything above 8/10, it's gotta be really good, and probably expensive.
but it does give you some kind of comparison between all of them... |
Yes, but OK, it was 1989 standard...
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| weird that the novoflex beats the Pentax-A .. |
That's what I thought!!
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Rob Leslie
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Rob Leslie wrote:
| Jigt wrote: |
I had the Sigma APO 5.6/400 (MF)
I would not thinking on giving it a nine,
The only good thing about it was that I bought for 50,- and sold it for 100.
Good lens with sunlight and sun in the back otherwise terrible.
Problems with Flare and CA, wel build and good balance.
Guido |
I could not agree More. I am on my third Sigma 400 APO. First was Minolta AF and was only used on bright sunny days now and again so didn't seem too bad. Then I went Pentax and got a PKA MF one, by then I was doing more wildlife photographs and it was useless. Thinking I may have just had a bad one I used the money I got for it to buy this third one. Just as bad. IT IS A RUBBISH LENS. 9.6 is a joke. AS for the Tokina f5.6 400mm I tried one (Only one) of those. Just as soft as the Sigma and really bad CA on every shot. I don't think you take notice of any magazine tests unless they show the figures and performance graphs. Even test photos aren't a very good guide.
Anybody want to offer me ?70 for a Sigma f5.6 400mm APO. They go for ?100-150 on eBay?
PS I know what a a good performing 400mm is. It's called a EBC Fujinon T f4.5 400mm. I would give that a my own 9.6 or by the magazines standard I would give it a 20 as it is easy twice as good as the Sigma or Tokina 400mm
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Attila wrote:
We saw your photos with Fujinon that was SuperB.
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