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Chinon 28mm f2.8
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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 2:52 pm    Post subject: Chinon 28mm f2.8 Reply with quote
A couple of years ago I bought a broken and older scanning back camera very inexpensively to play with. It had a Chinon 28 2.8 lens on it. At the time I didn’t pay it much attention but the other day I broke it out and saw that it is an M42 lens sooo of course I put it on my 40D just to see how it acted and was very surprised and pleased at the performance. Here are a few examples. Though it’s not a macro lens it can get fairly close.

The first is my daughter’s doll, “Princess Frioni”, perhaps an Italian princess.( No sharpening)




The next are a few finger puppets that live on the top of my CRT and
protect my PC from viruses (more or less). They are Gardua, Kali, Brahma, and Ganesha . .the Fab Four. (Downsize sharpening)




This is another very inexpensive lens worth adding to a collection IMO.

Jules


PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Many thanks for this great tip! I think this is true in generally also on Chinon lenses, they are rare fetch higher prices and I never seen any bad one all of them at least good average lens.


PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep, the Chinon 28/2.8 is good for close ups on a crop camera. It's not good at landscapes though and generally needs to be stopped down to f8 or so to be reasonably sharp (which may suit for depth of field purposes...).


PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bought the 28/2.8 awhile back but haven't really used it, along with my other Chinons (45/2.8, Argus Cintar 55/1.7, Alpa 300/5.6), all nice and cheap. I need to put them on my lens-of-the-day schedule when I get home in a few weeks. My 28/2.8 passed my rough initial tests so I know it's not crap, but is it good? Yes, shoot and learn.


PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RioRico wrote:
I bought the 28/2.8 awhile back but haven't really used it, along with my other Chinons (45/2.8, Argus Cintar 55/1.7, Alpa 300/5.6), all nice and cheap. I need to put them on my lens-of-the-day schedule when I get home in a few weeks. My 28/2.8 passed my rough initial tests so I know it's not crap, but is it good? Yes, shoot and learn.


Is the 45mm a pancake?


PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
My experience with Chinon lenses is quite positive. I have a 135 & 200 which are quite good. No obvious flaws and good IQ, not exceptional though.

I have heard the 28 is a good lens, though Graham disputes this. Of course it will depend on who actually made the lens, as Chinon are probably just a badge from what I can find out about them. Even my beloved CE-3 was made by Cosina.


PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ManualFocus-G wrote:
Yep, the Chinon 28/2.8 is good for close ups on a crop camera. It's not good at landscapes though and generally needs to be stopped down to f8 or so to be reasonably sharp (which may suit for depth of field purposes...).


My experience too.
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