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guardian
Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 1746
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:10 pm Post subject: Lentar Snake's belly? |
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guardian wrote:
I was always under the impression Lentar lenses are the snake's belly of MF lenses in terms of quality, IOW, lowest of the low.
I do own a few, bought in a moment of weakness and because they are brand new, an inadequate purchase excuse I concede.
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I ran across this (now closed) auction earlier this week:
Click here to see on Ebay then click "see original listing"
Upon revisiting it today, and noting the "H" prefix in the serial number:
Is it possible this lens, in reality, was made by Tokina??!! |
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dimitrygo
Joined: 01 Apr 2009 Posts: 561
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Lentar Snake's belly? |
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dimitrygo wrote:
guardian wrote: |
Is it possible this lens, in reality, was made by Tokina??!! |
Many Lentars were made by Tokina |
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elliott
Joined: 16 May 2011 Posts: 170
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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elliott wrote:
My Super Lentar 21mm f3.8 is definitely a Tokina. |
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guardian
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Lentar Snake's belly? |
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guardian wrote:
dimitrygo wrote: |
guardian wrote: |
Is it possible this lens, in reality, was made by Tokina??!! |
Many Lentars were made by Tokina |
Fascinating!
So perhaps not as low in quality as I had supposed? |
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elliott
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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elliott wrote:
No different from Vivitars or Soligors of the time. You'll find Tokinas under the Bushnell name too. |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15679
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Tokina lenses were no better or worse than other third party brads of the time. I've seen lots of them in various brand names and often with the H prefix. The 2.8/35, 2.8/100 and 4/100 are all common and all are so-so, sharp enough but lacking in contrast and colour saturation so the images are flat and lifeless even if acceptably sharp. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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guardian
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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guardian wrote:
Live and learn!!
I had always placed the Lentars a notch or two below the Vivitars and Soligars. |
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
guardian wrote: |
Live and learn!!
I had always placed the Lentars a notch or two below the Vivitars and Soligars. |
Well, with the odd exception, they are all pretty mediocre compared to the contemporary lenses from the major makers. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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elliott
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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elliott wrote:
These were taken with the Bushnell 35mm f2.8, you can find it under Lentar as well. They were from a long time ago, so post processing was minimal, they might have been straight JPGs from the K100D. My only gripe with it is the weird flares due to the circular saw shaped aperture when stopped down.
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guardian
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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guardian wrote:
elliott wrote: |
These were taken with the Bushnell 35mm f2.8, you can find it under Lentar as well. They were from a long time ago, so post processing was minimal, they might have been straight JPGs from the K100D. My only gripe with it is the weird flares due to the circular saw shaped aperture when stopped down.
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Nice job. Very nice photos!
I can report, though, that a good thing about my Lentars is their many-bladed, nearly circular, apertures. But mine are (all three) preset lenses, made back (I believe) in the 1960's when aperture blades were not in such short supply as they later became. |
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