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Cyclop - The One-Eyed Monster
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Comparing Canon 85 1.2 II and Cyclop 85 1.5 Reply with quote
MoonPix wrote:
I recently did a comparison of the Canon 85 1.2 II and the Cyclop 85 1.5. The results are surprising!!! Click on link to see.

http://johncarnessali.com/camera-lens-tests/2439

Here is one comparison (it just so happens the subject in this picture is from Russia... lol)



Good old Cyclop is doing very well in your test Wink

The Cyclop has the same lens design as Helios 40-2. If you compear them under a strong light source, the reflection pattern is identical Very Happy


PostPosted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some photo taken with cyclop 85mm 1.5

How do you reach infinity focus with this lens?

Last edited by Anti88 on Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:32 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anti88 wrote:
Some photo taken with cyclop 85mm 1.5

How do you reach infinity focus with this lens?


As with any M42 lens. Great colors there!


PostPosted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anti88 wrote:
Some photo taken with cyclop 85mm 1.5

How do you reach infinity focus with this lens?


Don't know. Mine doesn't reach infinity either. The picture is very well done. Was that taken with a full frame camera?


PostPosted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
woodrim wrote:
Was that taken with a full frame camera?

In most pictures there's EXIF that shows the camera model, this one states NIKON D3100 which is APS-C.
(Can be looked up in for example photoshop -> File -> File Info -> Camera Data)


PostPosted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
woodrim wrote:
Anti88 wrote:
Some photo taken with cyclop 85mm 1.5

How do you reach infinity focus with this lens?


Don't know. Mine doesn't reach infinity either. The picture is very well done. Was that taken with a full frame camera?


As Fabian said my camera is Nikon D3100. Smile


PostPosted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Without modification you can't due Nikon register distance is longer than M42 , but why would you like to shoot at f1.5 to infinity ?


PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


Here's another one.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice colors Smile


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
BurstMox wrote:
Nice colors Smile


Thank you! Smile


PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cyclop with custom aperture inserted v2.0 (F1.7?) and some histogram tweaking. NEX-C3.




PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pancolart wrote:
Cyclop with custom aperture inserted v2.0 (F1.7?) and some histogram tweaking. NEX-C3.




Very beautiful shots, how did you focus su infinity?


PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anti88 wrote:


Here's another one.


Great shot, congrats Smile


PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anti88 wrote:
Very beautiful shots, how did you focus su infinity?

Thanks. None of my Cyclops has problem reaching infinity. Nevertheless it's not hard to adjust it. I think it was already described on this forum. Otherwise i can make tutorial.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anti88 wrote:
Pancolart wrote:
Cyclop with custom aperture inserted v2.0 (F1.7?) and some histogram tweaking. NEX-C3.




Very beautiful shots, how did you focus su infinity?


+1, nice shot, especialy the #1

About infinity, that's just with macro rings, no? I do like that with mine, and it works good (reach infiity)


PostPosted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
At ISO3200.



PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pancolart wrote:
Anti88 wrote:
Very beautiful shots, how did you focus su infinity?

Thanks. None of my Cyclops has problem reaching infinity. Nevertheless it's not hard to adjust it. I think it was already described on this forum. Otherwise i can make tutorial.


It would be very nice if you do the tutorial in how to reach infinity focus. Smile


PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anti88 wrote:
Pancolart wrote:
Anti88 wrote:
Very beautiful shots, how did you focus su infinity?

Thanks. None of my Cyclops has problem reaching infinity. Nevertheless it's not hard to adjust it. I think it was already described on this forum. Otherwise i can make tutorial.


It would be very nice if you do the tutorial in how to reach infinity focus. Smile


My cyclop does not reach infinity either, but is not much of an issue. If I may offer an opinion, I do not see the Cyclop as a lens that will perform well at long distances. For one, the unique effects the lens is best known for will not be present and image quality will not be as good for a landscape shot as it would with just about any other lens with working aperture. When taking landscape shots, it is always better to stop down to a lens' best aperture unless forced by lighting conditions to shoot wide.

I do appreciate one wanting to have a lens focus properly even if rarely used at infinity, but for me it is little inconvenience when I use the lens only for closer distances where I can appreciate the bokeh effects. However, I did take a picture recently at infinity and that is how I learned that I was a little off.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hood! Very Happy



PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Infinity test Wink



PostPosted: Thu May 09, 2013 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some more photos:




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PostPosted: Thu May 09, 2013 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
2nd from this series is great. Isolation, light and colors are just stunning. Congrats.


PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
pavko wrote:
2nd from this series is great. Isolation, light and colors are just stunning. Congrats.


Thanks Smile


PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
My customized F1.7 version and some pp:


PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2013 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
sweet Smile
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