Lens test database

Ash · Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 152 Location: Pune, India

Hi all,

I was wondering if any sort of lens test database is available for the manual focus lenses (I am pretty sure its not though). So I was wondering cant we start one such database? Members at this forum own a huge variety of manual focus lens and I am sure few people know how to do lens testing. So they can share the methodology and then we can make our own database in which different members can contribute.

Ash

aoleg · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1241 Location: Berlin, DE

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www.photozone.de
www.slrlensreview.com
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Ash · Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 152 Location: Pune, India

no-X · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:41 am Post subject:

Many of the reviews aren't perfect, I agree with some results and disagree with other... anyway, I made a list of sorted reviews some time ago (Pentax Limited lenses are included, I think they are primarily designed for manual focusing):

Carl Zeiss Jena
- 35/2.4 MC Flektogon
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 50/1.8 MC Pancolar
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 135/3.5 MC Sonnar
  - SLRlensreview.com
Pentacon
- 29/2.8 MC auto
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 50/1.8 MC auto
  - SLRlensreview.com
Pentax
- 15/4 SMC ED AL Limited
  - Photozone.de
- 21/3.2 SMC DA AL Limited
  - Photozone.de
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 28/2.8 SMC A
  - kenrockwell.com
- 31/1.8 SMC FA AL Limited
  - Photozone.de
- 35/2.8 SMC DA Macro Limited
  - Photozone.de
- 40/2.8 SMC DA Limited
  - Photozone.de
- 43/1.9 SMC FA Limited
  - Photozone.de
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 50/1.7 SMC M
  - kenrockwell.com
- 70/2.4 SMC DA Limited
  - Photozone.de
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 77/1.8 SMC FA Limited
  - Photozone.de
- 100/4 SMC Macro M
  - kenrockwell.com
Samyang
SSSR
- 85/1.5 Helios-40 / 40-2
  - Photozone.de
Voigtlander
- 20/3.5 Color Skopar ASPH SL-II
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 40/2.0 Ultron SL-II
  - Photozone.de
- 58/1.4 Nokton SL-II
  - Photozone.de
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 75/2.5 Color Heliar SL
  - Photozone.de
- 90/3.5 Macro APO Lanthar SL
  - Photozone.de
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 125/2.5 Macro APO Lanthar SL
  - Photozone.de
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 180/4.0 Macro APO Lanthar SL
  - Photozone.de
Zeiss
- 16/2.8 Distagon-F C/Y
  - pebbleplace.com
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 18/3.5 Distagon Z (SLR)
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 18/4 Distagon C/Y
  - pebbleplace.com
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 21/2.8 Distagon C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 21/2.8 Distagon Z (SLR)
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 25/2.8 Distagon C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 25/2.8 Distagon Z (SLR)
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 28/2.0 Distagon C/Y
  - pebbleplace.com
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 28/2.0 Distagon Z (SLR)
  - pebbleplace.com
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 28/2.8 Distagon C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 35/1.4 Distagon C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 35/2.0 Distagon Z (SLR)
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 35/2.8 Distagon C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 50/1.4 Planar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 50/1.4 Planar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 50/1.7 Planar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 50/2.0 Macro-Planar Z (SLR)
  - pebbleplace.com
- 60/2.8 Macro-Planar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 85/1.4 Planar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 85/2.8 Sonnar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 100/2.0 Planar C/Y
  - pebbleplace.com
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 100/2.0 Macro-Planar Z (SLR)
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 100/3.5 Sonnar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 135/2.0 Planar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 135/2.8 Sonnar C/Y
  - pebbleplace.com
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 180/2.8 Sonnar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 200/3.5 Tessar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com
- 400/3 Tessar C/Y
  - SLRlensreview.com

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(almost) complete list of Helios lenses

kds315* · Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 7332 Location: Weinheim/Germany

Excellent contribution Jiri, thanks for sharing!!
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Hypergon f11/26mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Voigtländer Apo-Macro-Lanthar f2.5 125mm SL

djmike · Joined: 01 Apr 2009 Posts: 959 Location: Taiwan

Jiri, thanks.
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DSLR: Canon 400D
SLR: Nikon FM2 + Canon A-1 + Canon AE1-P + Praktica MTL-5B + Pentax Spotmatic F + Fujica ST801 + Voigtlander Bassematic + Voigtlander Vito + Rollei 35S + Rolleiflex SL35 ME + Canon QL17 GIII + Olympus Pen EE-3
Lenses
M42: CZJ Flektogon 35/2.4 + CZJ Flektogon Zebra 35/2.8 + CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8 + CZJ Sonnar 135/3.5 + CZJ Tessar 50/2.8 Chrome + Pentacon 135/2.8 + Pentacon 50/1.8 + SMC Takumar 50/1.4 + SMC Takumar 55/2 + SMC Takumar 135/3.5 + Fujinon 55/1.8 + Jupiter-9 85/2 + Jupiter-37A 135/3.5 + Helios 44-6 58/2
Nikor: Nikkor 50/1.4 + Nikkor 28/3.5 + Nikkor 35-105 Zoom + 36-72 Series E Zoom
Canon: Canon FD + 28/2.8 + 50/1.8 + Canon 35-105 Macro Zoom
Other: Rollei Planar HFT 50/1.8

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Good job, thank you!
klaus
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Canon 5D II,
Fuji GW690III,
Sigma SD14 converted to Leica-R mount, Sigma DP1
Summilux-R 1:1,4/50, Apo-Telyt-R 1:3,4/180, Olympus OM: 1:2/24, 1:2/35, 1:2/50 1:1,2/55,
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james · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 249

A caveat about the excellent database above; www.photozone.de reviews are heavily weighted toward crop sensor cameras, and lower-res ones in reviews older than 2 years. Only recently have they begun to do reviews on FF sensors and updating others with higher resolution crop sensors. www.slrlensreviews.com, by contrast, will have both and a comparison of performance is readily available. He has just updated the website and many of the reviews. Because low vs high res crop vs. FF aren't directly comparable and stand on their own, a notation may be useful.