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EBC X-Fujinon 55mm F1.6 DM on NEX 5N
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:44 am    Post subject: EBC X-Fujinon 55mm F1.6 DM on NEX 5N Reply with quote
Biometar type lens with 5 elements in 4 groups. Sharpness seems very good to excellent from F2.8 with high contrast. The only major weakness is the build quality as the body is made of plastics instead of metal.

Photos converted from RAW to JPG with resize and minimal sharpen use the standard camera profile.

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Thanks for viewing!

Last edited by calvin83 on Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:04 am; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks good to me! Smile


PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
DigiChromeEd wrote:
Looks good to me! Smile

Thanks. This lens do perform well in digital with good flare resistance. Cool

BTW, The new Kiwi adapter for X-Fujinon lens do have a pin to stop down the aperture.


PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had one of these, good lens, nice bokeh. The build quality is actually not bad compared to the later X-Fujinons, those are really cheap and plasticky, I took a couple of them apart, really flimsy.


PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very good selection of pictures! #4 is my favorite.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you for sharing these excellent shots with us. I would like to direct your attention to the deeply saturated greens and nicely differentiated reds in No. 7. I haven't seen that with other lenses.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
calvin83 wrote:

BTW, The new Kiwi adapter for X-Fujinon lens do have a pin to stop down the aperture.


Interesting news... Do you have a photo?

The workaround is easy (http://billead.com/fujinon/#howto) but it wont hurt to have a proper adapter instead.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fujinonuser wrote:
Thank you for sharing these excellent shots with us. I would like to direct your attention to the deeply saturated greens and nicely differentiated reds in No. 7. I haven't seen that with other lenses.

Thanks. I have not notice the green/red differentiation but only the deeply saturated greens.

Bille wrote:
calvin83 wrote:

BTW, The new Kiwi adapter for X-Fujinon lens do have a pin to stop down the aperture.


Interesting news... Do you have a photo?

The workaround is easy (http://billead.com/fujinon/#howto) but it wont hurt to have a proper adapter instead.

You can see the stop pin of this new "LMA-FJ-EM II" adapter.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: EBC X-Fujinon 55mm F1.6 DM on NEX 5N Reply with quote
Thanks for the photo.

calvin83 wrote:
The only major weakness is the build quality as the body is made of plastics instead of metal.


I have heard this before, but things need to be put in perspective about build quality. Construction of the lens is a plastic / aluminum composite, better than any of the later first generation AF lenses from Minolta, Canon or Nikon. My - admittedly mint - copy of the 55/1.6 feels quite solid, no issues.

For reference:
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/lightcheap.html


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:51 am    Post subject: Re: EBC X-Fujinon 55mm F1.6 DM on NEX 5N Reply with quote
Bille wrote:
Thanks for the photo.

calvin83 wrote:
The only major weakness is the build quality as the body is made of plastics instead of metal.


I have heard this before, but things need to be put in perspective about build quality. Construction of the lens is a plastic / aluminum composite, better than any of the later first generation AF lenses from Minolta, Canon or Nikon. My - admittedly mint - copy of the 55/1.6 feels quite solid, no issues.

For reference:
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/lightcheap.html

Metal body will make me feel better although it will make the lens more heavy. This is just my own preference on MF lens.

I heard this lens used a plastic housing to hold the front lens group( http://www.bigeye.url.tw/big5/d_fuji5516.htm ). It will be really announcing if there are fungus inside the front lens group.

BTW, plastics can be durable as stell: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120607141644.htm

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I had one of these, good lens, nice bokeh. The build quality is actually not bad compared to the later X-Fujinons, those are really cheap and plasticky, I took a couple of them apart, really flimsy.


The build quality of the X-fujinons can be anything from very very good (19/3.5) to quite bad for some of the standard lenses. The metal screw in hood of the 19mm is extremely nice and the lens feels like a proper high end lens, which it is.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
re. adapters, the one for the new Fujifilm X-mount (i.e., X-Pro1, X-E1, X-M1) also has the stop-down pin.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice presentation. Strong front glass curvature gives wide-open photos distinctive signature. Quite a special lens.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why would the curvature of the lens' front surface affect the rendering?


PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Why would the curvature of the lens' front surface affect the rendering?

Tough question. I can only assume it does. Changing it with flat one gives strange results.


PostPosted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Arkku: PM sent.


PostPosted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's a nice lens!! Never seen one here in the Netherlands though, i wonder if they've been sold here......
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