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zelda_n64
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 Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:57 am Post subject: Sunagor 28-80 F3.5-4.5 - haha, Makinon - Thank you! |
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zelda_n64 wrote:
Good day to you all, It's been a long while since I have been on here - so apologies for that.
Anyway, I picked up this lens on Sunday, on a whim and cannot find anything out about it on the web, it is heavy, purely manual and 28-80mm F3.5 - 4.5.
So is it a great lens, an excellent lens or a pile of c**p, I have my thoughts so let the discussion begin.
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Pancolart
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Pancolart wrote:
Should be a Makinon with high pile of c**p probability especially if found with usual vintage zoom inner haze.
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zelda_n64
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:00 am Post subject: |
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zelda_n64 wrote:
Pancolart, hope you are well,
There is no haze and I won't post any pictures yet taken with this lens, although I may tonight when I get home from work.
I cried at my £5 spend on this lens, it looks new & didn't even look like it had ever been attached to a camera, perhaps that should have been the warning to me & my LBA. |
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calvin83
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:44 am Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
Here is the test result by Popular Photography. Feel free to compare it to others third party zooms of its time.
https://books.google.com/books?id=mqn0bAUSmCEC&lpg=PA126&dq=Makinon%2028-80mm&pg=PA126#v=onepage&q=Makinon%2028-80mm&f=false
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blotafton
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:51 am Post subject: |
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blotafton wrote:
I agree on the Makinon ID. Haven't used that one but I have the 3.5 version and it's alright at 80mm.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60398074@N03/24982302719/in/photolist-E4AQee-yxrw3Q-yiCm9W-yxrA8J-g3sTt1-g3t1Xm-g3tv86-eC8WF3-eC8TCU-dCGGhX-dCGPFe-dCN5rq-dCN67q |
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zelda_n64
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:53 am Post subject: |
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zelda_n64 wrote:
Thanks calvin83,
So it is an optical & mechanical marvel!  |
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zelda_n64
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:25 am Post subject: |
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zelda_n64 wrote:
Blotafton, yes, that is the sort of poor results I got and I couldn't get over how badly sharp this lens was at the 28mm end when I fully zoomed the test photo on camera.
So is this lens a best kept secret and never spoken about or do fellow photographers of manual focus lenses really find this Sunagor lens of poor optical quality.
TBH, it knocks socks off of some of my well known glass. |
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blotafton
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blotafton wrote:
Try it out in bright sun light and it will be good at something, making orbs of flair!  |
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