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simbon4o
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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 9:39 am Post subject: Porst Color Reflex 55mm 1.2 |
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Hi to all 
I have started a group in flickr for this lens of mine and wanted to invite everybody who has it and flickr account to share some shots there
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Here is something from this morning
 DSC00866-copy by Simeon Kolev, on Flickr
Shot ar 1.2 with Lens Turbo II on my Nex 6 
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Excellent shot. Is this the rebranded X-Fujinon?
BTW, why do you need a speed booster with a 1.2 lens? What difference does it make to the image?
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simbon4o
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 9:56 am Post subject: |
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simbon4o wrote:
| iangreenhalgh1 wrote: |
Excellent shot. Is this the rebranded X-Fujinon?
BTW, why do you need a speed booster with a 1.2 lens? What difference does it make to the image? |
No the Fujica is 50 1.2, this one is tomioka but made by Cosina(or that's what I know about it).
About the booster - it makes the lens wider  and I like it!
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 10:03 am Post subject: |
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tb_a wrote:
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Is this the rebranded X-Fujinon?
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Most probably. The whole Fujica AX series was available under the Porst brand. Since my very first SLR camera adventure was with a Fujica AX, I have some experience with them. However, due to limited possibilities I switched over to Minolta after my first frustration with that make and brand. Their accessories have been very limited at that time (bellows, etc..).
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 10:08 am Post subject: |
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tb_a wrote:
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No the Fujica is 50 1.2, this one is tomioka but made by Cosina(or that's what I know about it).
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Ups, you have been faster. Obviously it's then a M42 lens?
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simbon4o
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 10:14 am Post subject: |
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simbon4o wrote:
| tb_a wrote: |
| simbon4o wrote: |
No the Fujica is 50 1.2, this one is tomioka but made by Cosina(or that's what I know about it).
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Ups, you have been faster. Obviously it's then a M42 lens? |
Well no it is Pentax K mount. M42 are the tomioka models and I am not sure but there is no Porst among them. There is Porst 55 1.4 but the 1.2 is only K mount.
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tb_a
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tb_a wrote:
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| simbon4o wrote: |
No the Fujica is 50 1.2, this one is tomioka but made by Cosina(or that's what I know about it).
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Ups, you have been faster. Obviously it's then a M42 lens? |
Well no it is Pentax K mount. M42 are the tomioka models and I am not sure but there is no Porst among them. There is Porst 55 1.4 but the 1.2 is only K mount. |
Interesting that Porst offered it also with Fuji AX-mount, although original Fuji lens was at 50mm as you stated correctly.
So under the Porst brand 2 different F1.2 lenses have been sold for the Fujica. Obviously the 55mm version also with other mounts.
It's always a heavy mix-up in lenses only distributed under a brand name compared to the "conventional" camera and lens makers of that time. So actually you never will know for sure who the producer of this lens actually was. It doesn't matter anyway, as long as the lens is good.
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CBokeh
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: Porst Color Reflex 55mm 1.2 |
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CBokeh wrote:
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Hi to all
I have started a group in flickr for this lens of mine and wanted to invite everybody who has it and flickr account to share some shots there
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You have a great eye and those are beautiful images, Simeon. Keep it up! |
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RTI wrote:
Very nice portrait
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vroger wrote:
I like it but want a larger image to view. I'm on a 3k RGB monitor. http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-34UM95-P-ultrawide-monitor and like to the big images on click if I can have em. :0)
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simbon4o
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Аhah yeees I will have to think about this soon. I am still on FullHD screen but with those huge new screens that are comming the pics in 1200x... will look like stamps
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:36 am Post subject: |
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RnR wrote:
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| About the booster - it makes the lens wider and I like it! |
Also makes the dof thinner.
Terrific portrait!
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:43 am Post subject: Re: Porst Color Reflex 55mm 1.2 |
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RichA wrote:
[quote="simbon4o"]Hi to all
I have started a group in flickr for this lens of mine and wanted to invite everybody who has it and flickr account to share some shots there
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2853214@N23/
>Here is something from this morning
It looks very good, sharper-looking than most f/1.2's with good blur in the background. Nice portrait! |
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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StyxD wrote:
Porst 50 1.2 -> rebranded X-Fujinon 50 1.2 but without EBC Coating
Porst 55 1.2 -> Tomioka design but made by Cosina in two different versions (f16 and f22, with the first being better)
Revuenon, Rikenon 55 1.2 -> Tomioka design made by Tomioka
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simbon4o
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simbon4o wrote:
 DSC02012 by Simeon Kolev, on Flickr
One more pic
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Attila wrote:
Porst is one of the worst 1.2 lens, skilled photographer like you and beautiful lady makes it to so nice! Beautiful pictures!
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simbon4o
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simbon4o wrote:
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| Porst is one of the worst 1.2 lens, skilled photographer like you and beautiful lady makes it to so nice! Beautiful pictures! |
The lens turbo adapter changes its character totally As you can see the bokeh becomes very nice. I have tried it without turbo on my nex and on A7 - it is a lens that I will never shoot with, but when I mount it on the turbo - completely different lens!
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Attila wrote:
I had same experience with LT , it's change character pretty well, sometimes add to lens, sometimes make minus. I found best result delivered to me with LT, Pancolar 80mm .
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Lloydy wrote:
Wonderful images, and obviously a good lens / lens turbo combo. But confusing. Porst generally have a poor reputation, but this changes everything.
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Paul wrote:
I agree with Attila - but:
that's only resolution-wise.
I had this lens and compared it with the Pentax 1.7 and 1.2.
The Porst loses towards the corners and never gets nearly the same resolution - even at 5.6.
Lower contrast too.
... and it renders very softly and therefore it's great for portrait work!
(or anything else where the pastell-look is wanted)
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thebbm wrote:
very nice shoot.
I had the tomioka 55mm f1.2, very soft wide open and a little glowy.
your lens perform well. |
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Attila wrote:
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very nice shoot.
I had the tomioka 55mm f1.2, very soft wide open and a little glowy.
your lens perform well. |
my Tomioka what I did try was pretty sharp, one of the sharpest 1.2 what I could test.
Shoot at 1.2 always gamble, once come out soft (mostly missfocused) another day comes out pretty well.
I avoid to shoot bellow F2 with any lenses, my wife kill me if I got home with 70% miss focused shoots
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simbon4o
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simbon4o wrote:
The problem with focusing this porst is because of its ... not sure of the word in English but lets say - all of the colors are not focused in one spot and that makes the focus area quite hard to nail. Even with zoom in live view it is hard to focus, add this to the fact that it is 1.2 and the DOF is pretty thin and there you have a lot of miss focused shots. But all of these problems doesn't matter for me because I like the bokeh .
Tomioka 55 1.2 is much better than my porst. I think the porst is only 6 lenses design - pretty simple for 1.2 prime.
This softness is not ok for portraits from my point of view but for video - I like it a lot, even the CAs looks great there.
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Lightshow wrote:
I much prefer the shots where I can see her lovely eyes.
I prefer the Rokkor 58/1.2, I love it for portraits.
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simbon4o
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simbon4o wrote:
Everybody prefers the Rokkor
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