Mamiya 1.8/55 goes to the seaside

Oldhand

Beautiful day, pack up the kids and play by the sea.
Heavenly
OH

tromboads · Expire: 2015-10-01

*looks out the window, sees grey....*

Your making me homesick you are!

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

Wow!.....the colours are excellent. I picked one of these lenses up today, haven't had a chance to try it yet. I'm looking forward to it now. Very Happy

casualcollector · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:58 am Post subject:

I bought one of these years ago to use on a Chinon body I had fixed. I was suitably impressed with the colors and IQ.

Igor · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:38 am Post subject:

fantastic set OH ! especially ##3 & 4. well done !

Oldhand · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:14 am Post subject:

Thanks fellas.
Here are a few more:

blotafton · Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Posts: 1572 Location: Sweden

Outstanding photos!

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

The last picture is exceptional, the colour and exposure range is impressive. It likes blues. Cool

Oldhand · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:44 am Post subject:

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

I didn't get to the seaside, but I did take the Mamiya Sekor 55 1.8 that came in the bad of crap for £12 that I got at yesterdays camera fair out today for the first time. It was sunny but very windy, so static subjects were the order of the day. So I'm hijacking Tom's excellent post in support of this very fine lens. I was very impressed with it.

ISO 400 f2.8 - very slight levels adjustment, and a lot of cloning to remove power cables!

ISO 500 f1.8 - very slight levels adjustment.

Oldhand · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 2:17 am Post subject:

A fine lens indeed Lloyd.
Worth much more than the prices that they fetch on ebay.
Thanks for posting these.
OH

Oldhand · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:58 am Post subject:

Apparently there are several versions of this lens.
I have two - yes, I know ....... don't go there ......... and they are different in physical layout.
I find them to be similar if not the same optically.
I think that there is a third version of this lens as well ......
Here are the two that I have experienced - both have half-aperture click stops until f11 then a full aperture stop to f16 (no half stop in between)
OH

dimitrygo · Joined: 01 Apr 2009 Posts: 561

Oldhand · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:29 am Post subject:

dimitrygo · Joined: 01 Apr 2009 Posts: 561

Thank you.

There is a version that looks identical to a well known Yashica 55/1.8 except the finish (Yshica is mostly silver):

And I am not sure but I think I saw a black and silver version like yours but with the rear element retaining ring like in the above Yashica clone.

There is also another variation of black and silver lens that has mamiya/sekor label (and not MAMIYA-SEKOR) and DOF marks like on black version but this is only cosmetic difference.

Jvg · Joined: 07 Nov 2012 Posts: 205 Location: New York City

Beautiful shots.

I did own whole bunch of Mamiyas ( 55/1.4, 50/2 and 55/1.8 ) and DTL versions (all blacks) never disappointed me. Contrast, resolution and IQ is top notch. The TL versions (chrome nosed) not quite as good as the blacks, although not bad at all. Haven't had chance to shoot with Yashica looking one though.

Lloydy · Expire: 2022-01-01

A five image stitch with the Mamiya, some other PP to adjust the levels a bit but the pictures are pretty much as they come. The best thing is the lack of CA, the burnt out bit of the sky is obviously the low sun, I would have expected the detail on the horizon to be a mess of fringing.

But this 100% crop is untouched. I think I was shooting at f4, certainly at ISO 500 and 1/2000. I've just checked on Google Earth and the pylons are just over 1.5 miles away, that's very impressive for a 55mm lens.

doomed-forever · Joined: 09 Aug 2014 Posts: 239

Damn, last week i missed that lens at ebay..i was overbidden...w/o reading here about it..i know its a good lens. Very Happy

kenetik · Joined: 02 Mar 2014 Posts: 521