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pabeu
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pabeu wrote:
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The more I use this lens, the more I like it.
Here are a few more from this morning
Tom
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Wonderful shots Tom!
Now that you have been using it, how does the 1.4 compare to the 1.8 in your experience? |
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Oldhand
Joined: 01 Apr 2013
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Location: Mid North Coast NSW - Australia
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
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The more I use this lens, the more I like it.
Here are a few more from this morning
Tom
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Wonderful shots Tom!
Now that you have been using it, how does the 1.4 compare to the 1.8 in your experience? |
Thank you for the kind words.
Both lenses are simply wonderful - but not the same.
The 1.8/55 is naturally sharper at full aperture than the 1.4/55, as you would expect - but the 1.4/55 draws portraits softly, and is very flattering to the skin and skin tones. The 1.8/55 may be clinically sharper at f1.8 and it renders its bokeh in busy situations a little more harshly - but it is simply different and not unpleasant. The bokeh from the 1.4/55 is creamy smooth.
Closed down, even a bit, both lenses are very sharp. Aperture of f2.8 on the 1.4/55 is a sweet spot I think.
For value, the 1.8/55 is very hard to beat as it is so cheap. Incidentally, I also have the 2/55 and I think that it may be the same lens as the 1.8/55 but with a reduced maximum aperture. I can see little difference between them.
I like them both
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uddhava
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 11:12 am Post subject: |
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uddhava wrote:
| pabeu wrote: |
| Oldhand wrote: |
The more I use this lens, the more I like it.
Here are a few more from this morning
Tom
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Wonderful shots Tom!
Now that you have been using it, how does the 1.4 compare to the 1.8 in your experience? |
Welcome to the forum! Your photos won't show up on the first post. An anti spam measure.  |
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visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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Location: California
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visualopsins wrote:
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Hey! I have a very similar imported plant here flowering (purple) now. Do you know the name? Thanks! |
This one is a variety of geranium.
I'm not sure which one
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Thanks! I'm told "It grows wild in Ireland and Scotland. Brock gave me seeds a few years ago. I don't know it's Latin name. But Brock said his grandmother used to grow it around the doorways to deter mosquito s." Looks like Robert's but unlike Robert's this one has no scent, except maybe to mosquitoes.
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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-A 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 (151B), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
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Oldhand
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Oldhand wrote:
Some images made today with this lovely lens
Tom
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caspert79
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caspert79 wrote:
Very nice images. Is this lens manufactured by Petri itself? |
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:18 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
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| Very nice images. Is this lens manufactured by Petri itself? |
Thank you - Yes, I believe so - possibly designed by Kunio Shimada.
Great lens in my humble opinion
Tom
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Doc Sharptail
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Location: Winnipeg Canada
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The most notable thing about it is the size of the rear element.
Compared to other 55mm f1.4 lenses it is huge
Tom |
About the same size as the rear element in the old Nikkor "S" 50mm f 1.4
I really should do some wide open shots with the A/I-s 50mm 1.4 I have here- but have been experiencing a bit of a wait for the lighting I'd like to use....
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
The lens has a similar configuration to the Pancolar 55mm f1.4 and some other fast German designs.
I like to think of it as a poor man's Pancolar.
There is much more information here:
https://spiral-m42.blogspot.com/2017/06/petri-camera-co-high-speed-petri-part-5.html
(This is a brilliantly written and researched blog on old lenses and is highly recommended)
It is one of my favourite lenses for sure
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Oldhand
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