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Lena
Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 495 Location: Pl
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:17 pm Post subject: Hanimar 55 1.4 M42 |
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Lena wrote:
Any info on this lens? I found nothing on the forum, google didn't help much either. |
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ChromaticAberration
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 819 Location: Portugal
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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ChromaticAberration wrote:
Didn't found much about it either but here you have some samples:
By the looks of it it should be fairly similar wide open to any other 55mm. Stay wide open for artistic effect, close it for sharpness, just like any other lens, 1.4 or not hehe
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Lena
Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 495 Location: Pl
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Lena wrote:
Thanks for the samples, doesn't look too bad.
A while ago I sold my 50 1.8 AF lens and now I'm panicking that I won't have a fast enough lens to use inside churches etc. The only 1.4 I have is an 85mm, much too heavy to run around with while on holidays. |
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ManualFocus-G
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 6624 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
This will probably be the same lens as the Chinon, Auto Reflecta, Porst branded models. _________________ Graham - Moderator
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ChromaticAberration
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 819 Location: Portugal
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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ChromaticAberration wrote:
ManualFocus-G wrote: |
This will probably be the same lens as the Chinon, Auto Reflecta, Porst branded models. |
If that is the case I have an Auto Reflecta and it is one of the so-called "Tomioka clones". To be honest I do not use it much and much less since I got my Nikkor.
Anyway, any 55mm f/1.4 you can find will do the trick, just don't hope you'll capture much more light, it is not that much of a difference. Depth of field will also be so shallow you will miss the focus on lots of pictures too, it is a trade off. _________________ Body: Fujifilm X-E1
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Lena
Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 495 Location: Pl
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Lena wrote:
What I currently have is a 50/2 MF Nikon and 17-50 2.8 AF Tamron. Would you recommend to stick to them rather than try to get some 50/55 1.4 on a budget? |
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ManualFocus-G
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 6624 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
If you need a stop of extra light then go for it I found the Super Reflecta 55/1.4 to be a bit soft wide open though. _________________ Graham - Moderator
Shooter of choice: Fujifilm X-T20 with M42, PB and C/Y lenses
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Olivier
Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Posts: 5077 Location: France
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
The Nikkor S.C 1.4/50 is very good.
But I don't know wether it works on a Nikon body or not. _________________ Olivier - Moderator
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ManualFocus-G
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 6624 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
Olivier wrote: |
The Nikkor S.C 1.4/50 is very good.
But I don't know wether it works on a Nikon body or not. |
It will work on the lower end models AFAIK e.g. D40, D50, D60, D3000, D3100, D3200, D5000, D5100 _________________ Graham - Moderator
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Lena
Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 495 Location: Pl
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Lena wrote:
Right, I can't mount any pre-Ai lenses on my D90. I also just read on the internet that the highly recommended Tak 50/1.4 I was considering won't have infinity focus on my Nikon even with a glass adapter No good. |
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ManualFocus-G
Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 6624 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
Why don't you buy an ai or ais 50/1.4 then? They will work fine. _________________ Graham - Moderator
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Lena
Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 495 Location: Pl
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Lena wrote:
I will, as soon as I find one reasonably priced and with "shipping within EU" option |
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anscochrome
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 115 Location: Omaha, NE
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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anscochrome wrote:
Lena wrote: |
Right, I can't mount any pre-Ai lenses on my D90. I also just read on the internet that the highly recommended Tak 50/1.4 I was considering won't have infinity focus on my Nikon even with a glass adapter No good. |
The Takumars reputation was created by Mike Johnston, former editor of "Darkroom and Creative Camera Techniques". and current editor of this blog: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
Mike also created the current Bokeh craze/obsession in 1997 from three articles published about it in the aforementioned "Darkroom and Creative Camera Techniques". I have chided him about this several times, one time over breakfast near his home in Waukesha, Wisconsin (Mike and I are friends, and I wrote some material for him in the 90's, so he allows me to take him to task:))
When I tested a good clean copy of the Takumar against the "univerally hated" Canon EF 50mm F 1.4, I could not find any circumstance where I prefered the Takumar-wide open, stopped down, harsh light, flat light, available light, closeup, or distance shots, it did not matter, I liked the results from the Canon more everytime. So I wouldn't fret too much on adapting a Takumar to a Nikon-go for the clean Nikkor, I believe you will be much happier in the end. |
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Pancolart
Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 3693 Location: Slovenia, EU
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Pancolart wrote:
But you'll be missing addictive Takumar's gamma brain-boost effects then! _________________ ---------------------------------
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ChromaticAberration
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 819 Location: Portugal
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:31 am Post subject: |
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ChromaticAberration wrote:
I wasn't aware that the 50 1.4 from Canon was universally hated, I have actually read good reviews.
No lens will be very good wide open, at least sharpness wise, and one must learn to accept that if 90% of the usage of that lens will be wide open as I am sure most of us do.
There is also the assumption that a 1.4 lens will be sharper at ~1.8 (probably 2.0) than a 1.8 wide open. Ok, if that is the case you don't need any 1.8 just a 1.4 that will be slightly (or very) soft wide open but that will get much better once stopped to 2.0 and you can still take it to 1.4 if you like.
Anyway, this is a bit offtopic, I know. _________________ Body: Fujifilm X-E1
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anscochrome
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 115 Location: Omaha, NE
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:01 am Post subject: |
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anscochrome wrote:
ChromaticAberration wrote: |
I wasn't aware that the 50 1.4 from Canon was universally hated, I have actually read good reviews.
Which is precisely why I put the term "universally hated" in quotation marks. Go check out the hate for this lens in any Canon forum, especially when the topic of this lens vs. a Sigma 50mm F 1.4 vs. a Canon 50mm F 1.2L is discussed. The EF 50mm F 1.4 is constantly bashed for its weak AF system, and its "crappy" bokeh.
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DavidLame13
Joined: 03 Jun 2013 Posts: 11 Location: France
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:16 am Post subject: |
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DavidLame13 wrote:
I have this lens, here it is:
It has the same performance as my Porst Color Relfex 55 f/1.4.
Soft, and with a lot of aberrations wide open. But sharpen up dramatically at more than f/2.8, a very contrasty too.
Here are two photos, first one is a f/8.0 HDR, second is f/5.6:
My copy has a very solid build, much better than the Porst. However the focus grip as you can see is kind of ... weird. It's slippy, made of plastic not rubber.[/img] _________________ My Flickr:
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DavidLame13
Joined: 03 Jun 2013 Posts: 11 Location: France
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:33 am Post subject: |
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DavidLame13 wrote:
Ah yes, there is another important comment on this lens I must make. The oof rendition of this lens is very brush-like. Sometime I use this lens with focus near infinity to mimic a painting, like in this photo:
Photo only increase vibrance with PP _________________ My Flickr:
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Oldhand
Joined: 01 Apr 2013 Posts: 6009 Location: Mid North Coast NSW - Australia
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:27 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
DavidLame13 wrote: |
Ah yes, there is another important comment on this lens I must make. The oof rendition of this lens is very brush-like. Sometime I use this lens with focus near infinity to mimic a painting, like in this photo:
Photo only increase vibrance with PP |
A very interesting effect.
Thanks for sharing it.
Cheers
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