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Helios 44M-4 58mm f2 versus Meyer Optik Primoplan 58mm f1.9
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PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2014 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mos6502 wrote:

Interestingly, many people are starting to appreciate what was considered obsolete 50 years ago. This is the case of Primoplan and Triotar, lenses from obscure Japanese brands, Petzval lenses, etc. There would be no problem with that if people already had these lenses, or if they were cheap. However, many people are willing to pay for them as much as costs a Sigma Art. This is crazy!


Quality and popularity aren't necessarily the same thing. People buy things for all sorts of reasons, in many case for emotional reasons. Also, price doesn't necessarily have any relationship with quality either. Some people simply don't know better while others want it simply because it is rare.


PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2014 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

People will buy lenses for many reasons, sharpness, color, rendering, AF performance, feel, look, reputation, etc...
I'm trying to get a sample of everything, a difficult task for sure, but it is nice to have a choice of looks/rendering/sharpness to choose from to match what you want to do.