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fatdeeman
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 Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:45 am Post subject: Got an MC Sonnar 135mm at last! |
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fatdeeman wrote:
Does it live up to the hype? YES!
I have three 135mm lenses that I consider to be excellent and this is the newest of the three! The others are the preset Pentacon and the Tair-11A
I am very happy with this lens, I saw it at what was a reasonable price nowadays so went for it! I had no idea it was so compact and it terms of image quality it really is a great little lens, I'm very happy with it!
All wide open (will I ever need to stop it down!?)
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IAZA
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IAZA wrote:
Those are nice samples of this lens. I tried Sonnar 135/3,5 2 of them MC 1 Zebra. I sold the MCs and keep the zebra for less CA than MC
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Dave - I have the 3 lenses that you have and they all have such different character that I can't see me getting rid of any.
I tend to use the Sonnar at F5.6 for flowers a lot, as it is very sharp and still shallow enough DOF for its bokeh to be visible.
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Pancolart wrote:
Superb samples! Congrats!
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
Wonderful images! This is one of my favourite 135mms for a very good reason!
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LucisPictor wrote:
Congratulations! That's a great lens.
I have always hesitated to buy one, because they usually gor for big money. (I have seem those Sonnars go for almost the same price you could get a Leica Elmarit 2.8/135 for, and that seemed silly to me.)
Anway, those who have, love it! 
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poilu
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poilu wrote:
congrats! sharp wide open!
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karabud wrote:
conrats!
i prefer it over contax 135/2.8 because of more microcontrast, better sharpness at infinity, lower ca and far better mfd 
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Gurdie wrote:
Great series!
My favourite is #6.
I´ve got the Zebra type, but using Nikon, cannot reach infinity without an optical adapter.
I remember reading from some thread, that a CZJ 135/3.5 can be adjusted to reach infinity on a Nikon body. Has somebody tried this?
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Attila wrote:
Congrats ! It is reach quality of 135mm L quality for a little money.
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fatdeeman
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fatdeeman wrote:
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Congratulations! That's a great lens.
I have always hesitated to buy one, because they usually gor for big money. (I have seem those Sonnars go for almost the same price you could get a Leica Elmarit 2.8/135 for, and that seemed silly to me.)
Anway, those who have, love it! |
I paid about £40 all in which I thought was pretty good because I could probably sell it for £80 BIN on ebay. It's the cheapest one I have seen in this condition since I have started using mf lenses so I went for it!
It's still sad to think people were giving these away 5 years ago!
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Compact: Canon PowerShot G3
Lenses:
Wide: Tokina RMC 28mm F/2.8, Tamron Adaptall 2 28mm F/2.5, Sun Optical 28mm F/2.5, Super paragon 28mm F/2.8, Sigma filtermatic 24mm F/2.8, Fujinon 35mm F/2.8, Sun Optical 35mm F/2.8
Standard: Industar 50-2, Helios 44-2, Helios 44M, Helios 44M-3, Pentax-M 50mm F/1.4, Pentax-M 50mm F/1.7, Pentax-M 50mm F/2, Ricoh 50mm F/1.7, Chinon 50mm F/1.7
Tele: Pentacon 135mm F/2.8, Pentacon 200mm F/3.5, Optomax 200mm f/3.5, Sun Optical 135mm F/3.5, Soligor 350mm F/5.6
Zoom: Tokina 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 SZ-X270 SD, Sigma Zoom Pi 35-200mm F4-5.6, Sun Optical 28-80mm F/3.5-4.5, Sunagor 80-205mm F/3.8, Tokina RMC 80-200mm F/4, Vivitar 70-150mm F/3.8, Tamron 95-205mm F/6.3, Tamron Adaptall 28-200mm F/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical, Tokina RMC 70-210mm F/3.5
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I paid about £40 all in which I thought was pretty good because I could probably sell it for £80 BIN on ebay. It's the cheapest one I have seen in this condition since I have started using mf lenses so I went for it!
It's still sad to think people were giving these away 5 years ago! |
Congrats on your new lens!
I also have one but still haven't been able to test it properly.
When I have the time I will compare it to Jupiter-37 and the Zuiko. |
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