ISCO Westanar 2.8/50mm + Westagon 2/50mm

[kds315*]

Was digging through lenses, found these two nice chrome ones in M42 mount...





Can't really remember how good those are??

[kds315*]

Duh, guess I have a rather short term memory...

http://forum.mflenses.com/isco-westagon-50-2-0-chrome-m42-and-ricoh-gxr-t76125,highlight,%2Bwestagon.html

Our member serkol has posted some fine pics with it

Others??

(uddhava, I remember in th eback of my head that you were interested in them...?)

[Mos6502]

I compared two Westanar lenses (reverse tessar) with an Isconar (triplet), and the triplet outperformed both Westanars, surprisingly. From what I've seen elsewhere, it seems the Westanar is just not a very sharp lens. That's probably why it was dropped from ISCO's line up, you never see them in the later zebra or plastic style barrels.

The Westagon 2/50 is decent in the center, but very soft in the corners. The later Westromat/Westrocolor 1.9/50 however, is an excellent lens. Interestingly, there is a later plastic barreled "Westagon" that appears to just be a manual aperture version of the Westromat. I've never had my hands on one so I can't confirm, but it's definitely not the same lens as the earlier Westagons.