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testing my lenses - part 121 - Pentacon 300mm/4
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:46 am
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samples taken with E-M5
m42 mount lens











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Beautiful shots, number 3 is a cracker!


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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:28 am
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:28 am
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thnx. that guy was waiting for someone and i hid behind flower shop 20m away and shot portrait of him without him noticing me. i focused on him through the flower shop (which has glass walls) and just popped around the corner of flower shop and took several shots

also that cat i shot through the mesh of the fence, but this being a long tele you can't notice that on the photo,only bokeh in top left corner shows it


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Last edited by bernhardas on Wed May 04, 2016 7:24 am; edited 1 time in total


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bernhardas wrote:
That looks great the lens is on my wish list.
Maybe Christmas Laughing


but beware , it's one heavy piece of glass


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bernhardas wrote:
Is it much heavier than 180 Sonnar?


sonnar 180mm - 1,5kg
pentacon 300mm - 2kg


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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:20 pm
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Stunning images as usual from you.
Well taken.
Is this the same lens as the Meyer Optik Gorlitz Telemegor f4 and/or f4.5 ?
OH


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Oldhand wrote:
Stunning images as usual from you.
Well taken.
Is this the same lens as the Meyer Optik Gorlitz Telemegor f4 and/or f4.5 ?
OH


according to this:
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Pentacon_lenses
predecessor of this lens is 300mm Orestegor


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Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:22 pm
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Nice set! That is sharp! and color rendering is also very nice!

One question: how do you find using M42 lens on M43 body? Does 2x crop factor bother you? Especially for 100mm+ lenses.


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pengbai wrote:
Nice set! That is sharp! and color rendering is also very nice!

One question: how do you find using M42 lens on M43 body? Does 2x crop factor bother you? Especially for 100mm+ lenses.


using them is just fine. it's wide angle lenses that are "problem", because they are not as wide as they originally are, but as i don't really shoot landscape (or rarely) it doesn't bother me as much


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But then handheld with an equivalent 300-400mm lens will be hard to deliver sharp image or?


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pengbai wrote:
But then handheld with an equivalent 300-400mm lens will be hard to deliver sharp image or?


Normally yes, but not the case with EM-5. I found the 5-axis IBIS very effective, compensating up to 4 stops.


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pengbai wrote:
But then handheld with an equivalent 300-400mm lens will be hard to deliver sharp image or?


not at all. look here:
Olympus 500mm reflex
http://forum.mflenses.com/testing-my-lenses-part-12-olympus-500mm-8-reflex-t31133,highlight,%2Btesting+%2Blenses.html
Tair 3 300mm
http://forum.mflenses.com/testing-my-lenses-part-45-tair-3-phs-300mm-4-5-t39189,highlight,%2Btesting+%2Blenses.html


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Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:47 pm
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Very nice results, it's also been added to my list. Thank you for posting. Wink
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