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Kilfit-Makro-Kilar E 2.8/40
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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:08 pm    Post subject: Kilfit-Makro-Kilar E 2.8/40 Reply with quote

Any experience ?


PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This old thread needs an answer! Yes, or almost the same lens Very Happy

I recently got free of charge! one from a friend a very dirty and dusty piece of Kilfit Kilar 4cm f/3.5 in Exakta mount.

I cleaned it and tested it today, and the results are very good IMO! The lens is small and light, alu? This is my first shots from OMD:







PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, but not up to todays standards Attila. Nice shots Lars, pretty cat you have.
I have that lens too (also the 90mm), but don't use them.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

100% of the above!




PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had both the f3.5 and the f2.8 versions back in the 1990s when I used Kodachrome. The f3.5 had less contrast and was rather cooler in its rendering, but I liked the f2.8 very much. Maybe not in the same league as the Micro-Nikkor or Macro Elmarit, but heck, it's a Tessar covering a wider than usual angle and getting in very close so I think it's a pretty good lens, all things considered.

Having said that, there's no way I'd pay today's inflated prices - certainly not as a photographer. Collectors and reputation-fantacists might feel differently, of course.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, I got mine for free Wink


PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's the best price to pay Very Happy My 40/3.5 came on a Konica Autoreflex T body (with adapter) and the pair cost me £10 / $16 . . . but that was nearly 20 years ago.


PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A quick & dirty test : Kilar 4cm/2.8 & Noflexar 35/3.5





K w o

K stopped down

N w o (front focus & macro ratio >)

N s d



Kilar "infinity" w o

crop



Kilar w o & s d

















PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to agree those are nice shots, I find it works nicely for macro shots but there is something I'm not fond of for portraits and landscapes! doesn't seem to reproduce colours well.


PostPosted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome test Phenix! Very Happy

A few more from me:





PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love the reflection that you captured in the Cats eye...nice and clear, or should that be nice and sharp.


PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Impressive results, I'm tempted to dig mine out and use it again... Wink


PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

(Thx)

Nice shots Nordentro.
(You make me by a Pentax-110 18/2.8 and I love it)

I have to dig mine too, and check that :
Layer-cake wrote:
but there is something I'm not fond of for portraits and landscapes! doesn't seem to reproduce colours well.