visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
Posts: 10530
Location: California
Expire: 2025-04-11
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visualopsins wrote:
Depends on purpose or need. 
$39.95 a year is a lot of money imho. I don’t know why anybody would pay for what you get here at mflenses.com for free (please contribute, however! ).
The site does have some free reviews for evaluation links in Read Without A Subscription section of https://www.reidreviews.com/articleindextable.html
Maybe there's a subscriber here who has experience.
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Cameras: Sony ILCE-7RM2, Spotmatics II, F, and ESII, Nikon P4
Lenses:
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Takumar 1:4 f=35mm, 1:2 f=58mm (Sonnar), 1:2.4 f=58mm (Heliar), 1:2.2 f=55mm (Gaussian), 1:2.8 f=105mm (Model I), 1:2.8/105 (Model II), 1:5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200, 1:6.3/300, Macro-Takumar 1:4/50, Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 f=35, 1:1.8 f=55mm, 1:2.2 f=55mm, Super-TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28 (fat), 1:2/35 (Fat), 1:1.4/50 (8-element), Super-Multi-Coated Fisheye-TAKUMAR 1:4/17, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 1:4.5/20, 1:3.5/24, 1:3.5/28, 1:2/35, 1:3.5/35, 1:1.8/85, 1:1.9/85 1:2.8/105, 1:3.5/135, 1:2.5/135 (II), 1:4/150, 1:4/200, 1:4/300, 1:4.5/500, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-TAKUMAR 1:4/50, 1:4/100, Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-TAKUMAR 1:4/100, SMC TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50, 1:1.8/55
M42 Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2.4/35
Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm F3.5-4.5
Pentax K-mount SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:3.5 35~105mm, SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:4 45~125mm
Nikon Micro-NIKKOR-P-C Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Pre-AI (Sonnar), Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AI, NIKKOR AI-S 35-135mm f/3,5-4,5
Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51B), Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51BB), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
Vivitar 100mm 1:2.8 MC 1:1 Macro Telephoto (Kiron)
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tb_a
Joined: 26 Jan 2010
Posts: 3678
Location: Austria
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: Is reidreviews.com worth a subscription? |
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tb_a wrote:
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| Somebody means that this site is the best in order to evaluate a lens and the other reviews sites are so-so. Is that right? |
I've spent an one-year subscription a while ago as I was interested particularly in his reviews of the Ricoh GXR-M and several Leica and Voigtlaender RF lenses.
Anyway, at least I found no reason to continue.... 
I think it depends what you are looking for. Most cameras and lenses are reviewed more than good enough somewhere else and finally it's always somehow subjective if a camera or a lens suits your personal needs and taste.
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Thomas Bernardy
Manual focus lenses mainly from Minolta, Pentax, Voigtlaender, Leitz, Topcon and from Russia (too many to be listed here). |
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l9magen
Joined: 13 Jul 2011
Posts: 326
Location: Calgary, Canada
Expire: 2016-10-21
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l9magen wrote:
I also subscribe for a year only, and also for reviews of RF lenses. It was ok, but nothing “special” or beyond what you can find out from other free reviewers. I’m mostly looking at the images produced to guide my selection, since other aspects of all other reviews are going to be subjective. Even looking at images can be misleading (are they OOC or have they been altered?), especially if thy aren’t the type of shots you would make yourself.
So I guess it’s a personal decision. If the fee isn’t a problem for you, and you like what you see in th free reviews, go for it.
Happy shooting
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Lochlann
Digital Camera: Leica MM246 & M10
RF lenses: Zeiss ZM, assorted Japanese LTMs & Nikkor-S |
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