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Optomax 200/3.5 Not as poor as I thought.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:48 am    Post subject: Optomax 200/3.5 Not as poor as I thought. Reply with quote

This is one of those lenses that just sits in the odds and sods box. An additional item from a lot I can't remember buying, but I've never got rid of it. It feels like it ought to be OK, but is it?
Well yes it is... It's quite soft wide open but more than OK at 5.6. It has an auto/manual switch so is easy to use but it's also quite bulky. It feels a bit like the Takumar 200 but without the tripod bracket.



These were both at 5.6 and I think 400iso





And a crop



PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nice results! I like the b&w conversion and the hair rendering on the colour one


PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Much better than I remember from years back when I had one for my old Zenith 12xp


PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes,surprisingly good at f5.6


PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a "Hanimex 200/3.5" in M42 which looks exactly like this one... I don't have any other 200mm lenses to compare it to except a Pentax Takumar-A 70-200/4 zoom (K-mount). The zoom performs quite similarly to the Hanimex wide-open.... whether that means the Takumar-A is really good, or the Hanimex is bad, or I'm just incompetent at focusing... I can't say.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome! Nice to see you here!