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Weltblick 3.5/135
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:14 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:14 pm
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Here are some shots, as requested by Laurence, taken this morning on a dull, overcast day:

Tree


100% crop from the center


100& crop from the top right



Bird


Deco


Rose



f3.5 (wide open)


f5.6 (so 1 1/2 stops down)


As you can see, the only thing I have to criticize, really, is some CA at objects in high contrast situations (quite typical for a budget lens). Otherwise this lens behaves pretty well, IMHO.

And a main advantage of this lens is: it is small, really small!


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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:57 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:57 pm
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Carsten

Looks like a pretty decent lens - certainly usable by 5.6.

patrickh


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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:36 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:36 pm
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...especially if you consider that I paid almost nothing for it. I bought it, some time ago, merely by accident, since I put a low bid on it and nobody else wanted it. Wink


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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:53 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:53 pm
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It's certainly a decent enough performer to be worth considering.


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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:38 am
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:38 am
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Decent enough, for SURE. Look at that smoothness in the background at f:3.5 as well as f:5.6. Those are very strong lines from the branches in the background, and they seem to be tamed very well. WELL worth consideration as a permanent part of your collection!


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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:10 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:10 pm
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What I really like about this bargain lens, is this:

Sorry for not having cleaned the front lens beforehand...


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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:56 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:56 pm
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Those are almost works of art in their own right


patrickh


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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:05 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:05 pm
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LucisPictor wrote:
What I really like about this bargain lens, is this:


Thats a lot of blades!


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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:09 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:09 pm
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Vega 12 90mm f2.8 has a few blades only and makes gorgeous "bokeh" so I guess lot of or a few blades doesn't matter.


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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:19 pm
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Attila wrote:
Vega 12 90mm f2.8 has a few blades only and makes gorgeous "bokeh" so I guess lot of or a few blades doesn't matter.


For strong highlights it can make a difference but generally I think you're right. Those blades do look pretty though Wink


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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:37 am
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Attila wrote:
Vega 12 90mm f2.8 has a few blades only and makes gorgeous "bokeh" so I guess lot of or a few blades doesn't matter.


That's right, Attila. It's the glass the causes the quality of the bokeh, but it's the blades that determine the shape of highlight bokeh (hexagonal, heptagonal or circular...)


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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:39 pm
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Notwithstanding any attributes of the lens blades affecting the images -- those are some NICE looking blades, all lined up and so MANY. I don't know, it just sort of tells me that the lens maker was trying to go higher with quality when they decide to utilize so many blades in the diaphragm. Probably I am "washed up" in that opinion, but STILL - fun to see those blades all working together so well.


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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:48 pm
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Care and craftmanship. Losers in the struggle for more profit


patrickh
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