Standard lenses comparison test (50-58mm)

[Maxim]

Today I tested my standard lenses. I hope that this comparison will be interesting for somebody Tested lenses:

- Mamiya-Sekor 55mm F/1.4; 7 elements/5 groups, 6 aperture blades
- Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primoplan V 58mm F/1.9; 5 el/4 gr, 14 aperture blades
- Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar black 5,8cm F/2; 6el/4gr, 17 aperture blades
- MC Helios 44M-6 58mm F/2; 6el/4gr, 6 aperture blades
- Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 5cm F/3.5; 4el/3gr, 14 aperture blades
To the dessert I used my favourite short tele:
- Meyer-Optik Görlitz Trioplan 100mm F/2.8; 3 el/3 gr, 15 aperture blades
I like all of them, because every lens has its own personality. I am curious about your opinions!

Distance between the lens and subject was about 80 - 90cm (excepting the last ones, when the distance was about 1.6 - 1.8m). All photos were taken in JPG format, 8 MPix, ~5 MB (I haven't time to convert RAW files). As always, I used my Olympus Evolt E-300. ISO 100, WB 4800K. I was shooting at wide open aperture and at F/4. I don't have Dandelion, so I must trust my own eyes (to be precise - my right eye ) I resized and compressed all photos using GIMP 2.6; without any other post-processing. Unfortunately, the light conditions a bit changed during the test . Here's the results:

Mamiya 55mm (F/1.4 and F/4):




Primoplan 58mm (F/1.9 and F/4):




Biotar 58mm (some cleaning marks on front element and very slight haze inside, F/2 and F/4):




Helios 58mm(F/2 and F/4):




Tessar 50mm (some haze inside, F/3.5 and F/4):




and... the Trioplan 100mm (F/2.8 and F/4)




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I've decided to show you 100% crops. But remember - these are crops from (not the best quality) JPG files, saved as JPG again. Don't judge the lens watching this pictures

Mamiya (at F/1.4 and F/4), at F/4 - slightly back-focused :


Primoplan (at F/1.9 at F/4):


Biotar (at F/2 and F/4)


Helios (at F/2 and F/4)


Tessar (at F/3.5 and F/4)


Trioplan (at F/2.8 and F/4)

[Attila]

Stunning equipment, rare to see this new Trioplan! I vote for second Mamiya photo.

[no-X]

Thanks for the test, I really like the result of Primoplan at f/4

[themoleman342]

Wow! Great set of equipment. Look at the difference between the helios and the biotar. The biotar's rendering is so much warmer.

[Maxim]

Thanks for your comments, colleagues! I upgraded this topic adding 100% crops. As you can see, al these lenses are good enough for everyday use. Only the Tessar needs cleaning because of the haze inside