landscape battle of the 28mm F2.8 (5 lens not a lot in them)

[saffersteve]

Hi

For those interested

I have 5 x 28mm F2.8 that I thought I'd shoot the "same shot" and let you be the judge. (yes the conditions change shightly between shots)

Vivitar 28mm f2.8 MC wideangle (FD)
Centon 28mm f2.8 MC (PK)
Hoya HMC 28mm f2.8 (M42)
Sun Actinon 28mm f2.8 MC (M42)
Carl Zeiss Jena 28mm f2.8 MC (PB)

All F16
between 1/125 and 1/250

[VIVITAR]


[CENTON]


[HOYA]


[SUN ACTINON]


[CARL Z]






CROPS OF ABOVE



[VIVITAR]


[CENTON]


[HOYA]


[SUN ACTINON]


[CARL Z]

[pdccameras]

Nice job - thanks for posting this test. I know it is hard to make critical judgements based on screen resolution, but that Sun lens crop #4, looks pretty good to me. The flowers by the propane tank, the mounting bolts on the satellite dish, the window crank all look well resolved. The bricks are nice, contrast good, and CA seems well handled. That one would be my pick.

P.

[saffersteve]

[martyn_bannister]

Now I would have gone with the HOYA! I suspect that the shot is slightly over exposed and, if that were corrected, the contrast/colours/resolution would be the best of the bunch.

[iangreenhalgh1]

Yes, the Hoya looks sharpest to me too, I have the Hoya lens and love it, very sharp, excellent colours and contrast, the HMC coating is remarkable, certainly much better than the coatings on the Carl Zeiss/Pentacon 2.8/28 (of which I have 2 copies).

In fact I liked my Hoya 28 so much I started collecting Hoya lenses, I'm pretty sure they are Tokinas rebadged.

[Orio]

Assuming that all photos have been focused accurately:

: Sun
: Hoya

[iangreenhalgh1]

Really? The Hoya looks clearly better on my monitor, sharpness looks only slightly higher than the Sun but the contrast and overall colouration and tone are better with the Hoya.

[saffersteve]

Just to set the bar....I don't think that any of these lens are bad.....and don't want to part with any of them.

From what I've noticed... the Hoya just doesn't product the same colours as the other lens.....the coatings are not as apparent (the lenses seem clear) perhaps I just have a defective copy or as the guys said perhaps just user error.

In the tests I set the aperture to F16 so that the DOF was as wide as possable and less prone to my focusing difficulties
Yes these are hand held so without a glass of wine or two....there is also that.

Apart from the Sun Actinon surprising me, what I actually noticed was that there is not really much differance between them for me.

[Orio]

[nemesis101]

At f16 I'd expect diffraction to become evident - I'd like to see the same test but at a more moderate aperture as any lens stopped down past f8 seems to look much the same IMHO, it's how they perform when opened up and edge sharpness and flare resistance begin to matter that interests me?

Doug

Nevertheless interesting...

[iangreenhalgh1]

I really rate the HMC coating on my Hoya, seems to produce excellent contrast and have very high flare resistance.

[Orio]

[saffersteve]

OK, Here are 5 more shots at F2.8 focusing on the door of the first house ( little rushed so a little higher chance of focusing error)

Shadows are not great....sorry

Still not a lot in it.

[Vivitar]


[CENTON]


[HOYA]


[SUN ACTINON]


[Carl Z]

[saffersteve]

here is a crop of the hoya and Sun Actinon

[Hoya]


[Sun Actinon]

[iangreenhalgh1]

Hmm, in those two crops the Sun does look better, definitely sharper.

Thanks for doing this comparison btw.

[Pancolart]

You obviously have all lenses in nice working condition. Winner might be selected by focusing to infinity and check for corner sharpness. Also shooting in bright sun would be interesting.