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poilu
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| my worst lens is the nikkor 55:3.5 |
| Attila wrote: |
| Seems you never took any bad ones if this was worst |
I tried a April 1st but I am not good and nobody believed me  |
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rawhead
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rawhead wrote:
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| my worst lens is the nikkor 55:3.5 |
| Attila wrote: |
| Seems you never took any bad ones if this was worst |
I tried a April 1st but I am not good and nobody believed me |
That's what you get if you don't account for different time zones and post a joke when it's still Mar. 31st in a lot of places 
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spiralcity
Joined: 02 Oct 2008
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spiralcity wrote:
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| my worst lens is the nikkor 55:3.5 |
If this is your worst lens, all your lenses must be true JEMS!!!  
The 55 micro is quite a good performer no matter how you slice or dice it. |
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Big Dawg
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
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Big Dawg wrote:
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| I don't think I have one now. I have gotten rid of the lenses I didn't like. The worst lens I ever had I think was a Tamron 28-200mm AF lens. |
It was also re-badged as a Pentax. Not a lot of favorable users for it.
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metallaro1980
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Location: West Emilia - Fidenza (PR) 43036 - Italy
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metallaro1980 wrote:
my worst lens is the Zenitar MC 2.8/28 (in m42 mount)
i prefer my voigtlander color-skoparex ar 2.8/28 (in rollei-qbm mount)
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kissel
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Location: Ukraine
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kissel wrote:
I didn't care for m42 Tokina EL 28/2.8. Way too soft even stopped down to f/8. Selling it was a relief. Also Helios 44m4 - had 2 copies, both are crap (though this edition is not the worst one).
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LucisPictor
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LucisPictor wrote:
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i prefer my voigtlander color-skoparex ar 2.8/28 (in rollei-qbm mount) |
Can you use this lens on your 5D?
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estudleon
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estudleon wrote:
I forgot:
1- Zoomar 2,8/36-82. At 36 mm and F/2,8, a real kaleidoscope.
2- Fujinon 2,2/55 mm. It's a 1-3 elements. I didn't like it at any aperture. And at F/2,2 it's a lens with vaseline.
3-Super dynarex 4/200. Never I took any sharp pic with it. Focus min. 8 m.
Rino.
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CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
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Misc. : jupiter 9
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Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
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Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
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Nelson
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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Nelson wrote:
what is a bad lens ?
Is that a bad one ?
http://323i.e30.free.fr/galerie/MF/Autorevuenon/TN_IMG_9251.JPG
Orio : I think you are too tough with sigma 10-20 AF
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estudleon
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estudleon wrote:
I understand what you want to say. And it's clear.
I think that, perhaps do not the better option, someone tells "bad" about the lens that did not arrive at a suitable representation (yes, subjective) that somebody had expectation to find in one lens like this.
And if I find that the lens doesn't have a minimal resolution power (like others with similars charactristics have), very low contrast, high distortion, you can't focus precisely, you can say that that lens ia a bad one.
Below the average. When I find that trhe rendering of a determinated lens is below the average (in comparision with the lens of same focal lengh, aperture, etc.) I say is a bad lens.
Are the best terms to use? Perhaps not, but everybody knows what a "bad" lens lens means
Rino.
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CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
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Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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Nelson
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Nelson wrote:
This shot was with a 50mm Autorevuenon.
This lens lacks of resolution wide open, and is acceptable with few stop.
http://323i.e30.free.fr/galerie/MF/Autorevuenon/TN_IMG_9252.JPG
Clearly this is not a sharp lens, but anyway i love it and keep it.
http://323i.e30.free.fr/galerie/MF/Autorevuenon/TN_IMG_9249.JPG
http://323i.e30.free.fr/galerie/MF/Autorevuenon/TN_IMG_9242.JPG
If this was my only 50mm i would say it is a bad lens and would try to find other.
Finally, the "bad" depends on the use of the lens.
I had a 300mm Ifbagon, it lacks of sharpness, i sold it 
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Pancolart
Joined: 04 Feb 2008
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Pancolart wrote:
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| My first 135 was a Makinon with a strange close-focussing mechanism. The quality of the Makinon seemed more like a no-focussing mechanism, i have not achieved one really sharp shot with it. |
Was it in Konica bayonet ? And you sold it to Slovenia perhaps  ? It had misaligned inner element and unadjusted close-focussing. It's pretty cool now .
Otherwise this is the most tricky topic. There is so many things to consider before proclaiming a lens bad by default. Well i do agree that 2.8/35mm Revuenon is pretty crappy, but then again there are at least 4 or 5 lenses types holding that name .
I always thought Meyer / Pentacon 2.8/29mm is unusable lens wide-open. Tested many. But few weeks ago i had very sharp sample so...
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egidio
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egidio wrote:
looks like a lot of cheap 70-200 or 80-200 zooms are quite bad. Specially on digital crop sensor. They were probably made for FF film and max 10x15cm pictures
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fatdeeman
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fatdeeman wrote:
I have a Sigma 10-20mm in EOS mount and find it very sharp even at F/5.6 at the edges. I have noticed it has a curvature of field quality and that the area of focus is not flat across the picture but rather bends towards the camera towards the edges of the frame so sometimes the centre will be in focus but the edges will not, despite there being a massive DOF.
I find grabbing a couple of each shot with a half press of shutter between each to let the lens re-focus usually results in one image having good sharpness across the image. you can end up with 3 shots where one has soft edges, one has one soft edge and one is sharp all the way across, the difference can be stark!
It might be a pain if it were any other kind of lens but for the type of work I use it for I normally have ample time to fire off a few duplicate shots and the focus bracketing always results in at least one satisfactory image.
I don't know if you would consider it a lens defect or a quirk or what but the lens definitely isn't soft, it's just harder to get everything in focus than you would expect.
I also have a Canon 70-210mm push pull AF and I think it's fantastic for what it is, very sharp wide open till about 150mm and at F/8 between 150 and 210mm, good colour and contrast and nice smooth bokeh in most situations.
Now seeing as this is a manual focus forum I would say my worst lens is a Hanimex 28mm F/2.8, it's soft soft soft and feels like it's made from toy car metal. |
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gimp
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Location: winnipeg manitoba canada
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gimp wrote:
Worst lens was a Focal [K-Mart] 28-70 f3.5-4.5 zoom lens. Picked it up for a song on sale at K-Mart. It could not take a sharp picture at any focal length or aperture. The maximum focal length marked as 70mm was more like 60mm. It was a very convenient size and zoom range but the image quality was so poor it was unusable. I sold it very "cheep" at a yard sale. Lesson learned! |
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Helios
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Helios wrote:
A 4/300mm Makinon. Never got a beginning of sharp image at all the apertures ... I sold it . |
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aoleg
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| I didn't care for m42 Tokina EL 28/2.8. Way too soft even stopped down to f/8. Selling it was a relief. Also Helios 44m4 - had 2 copies, both are crap (though this edition is not the worst one). |
Interestingly enough, my copy of Helios 44M-4 is actually better than my copy of Helios 77M, which is quite qood for what it is. I had a Tokina (don't know exactly which edition due to a different nameplate - maybe its was the RMC) rebadged as 'JML', and I wouldn't call it the worst 28mm either. Not quite up to SMC Takumar 28/3.5 in colors and contrast, but sharpness was OK by f/5.6. I sold it nevertheless.
My worst lens was Focal 250/5.6, a mirror lens, which currently serves as a pen holder. Horrible by any standards, it was closely followed by Samyang 500/8, also a mirror lens.
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LucisPictor
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LucisPictor wrote:
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| ...which currently serves as a pen holder. |
I don't know if this is funny or a sacrilege.
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mo
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mo wrote:
A bit of initiative...what else can you make out of a damaged or useless lens??
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CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2.8/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8 Tamron SP350/5.6 Tamron SP90/2.5
Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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Excalibur
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| A 4/300mm Makinon. Never got a beginning of sharp image at all the apertures ... I sold it . |
Got my MF Makinon zoom (it was around 30-70mm) as an extra buying a camera........heavy, seemed well made but crap optics, gave it to a charity shop.
Yet a Makinon 28mm f2.8 is a sleeper as it gives very good results (well my lens does).
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estudleon
Joined: 15 May 2008
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estudleon wrote:
It seems to be more crappy lenses than I could think. A few of the enunciated were defendant.
It's good to take care.
Rino.
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Konica 2,8/100
CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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Arkku
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1416
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Arkku wrote:
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My worst lens?
Probably the Sigma 10-20 autofocus: worst corner image quality that I ever met. |
Heh, that's actually my most frequently used lens on digital, often even the only lens I've packed along on a trip. Best lens I've ever bought new, even though I agree about the corner quality (solution: don't look too closely, stop down to f/11! =). |
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Arkku
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Posts: 1416
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Arkku wrote:
My worst lens was probably a Mirage 200mm f/3.5, got it along some good lenses in a package deal. Hideous C/A, soft at every aperture, etc.
The Domiplan 50mm f/2.8 isn't winning any awards, either. |
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estudleon
Joined: 15 May 2008
Posts: 3754
Location: Argentina
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estudleon wrote:
| Arkku wrote: |
| ....... Best lens I've ever bought new, even though I agree about the corner quality (solution: don't look too closely.....). |
Excelent solution !!!
I will apply it to my CZJ 4/20 pics.
Rino.
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CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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Farside
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Posts: 6557
Location: Ireland
Expire: 2013-12-27
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Farside wrote:
The worst lens of all that I have, is one that almost no-one else is in any danger of buying as it's so unknown. It's rare for a reason- everybody has used theirs as a sink stopper or a bird table weight.
A Marep 200 - never heard of it before and if this is typical, I never want to again. Flares at the slightest hint of a bright spot in the scene.
A typical example...
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