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MalcolmL
Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 48 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:24 am Post subject: Komura 135mm f3.5 preset |
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MalcolmL wrote:
Lens Review Date: November 23, 2011 I can recommend this lens: Yes | Price: $24.00 | Rating: 9
Pros: Great image quality. Great Bokeh
Cons: focus ring wobble
Sharpness: 10 Aberrations: 10 Bokeh: 10 Handling: 8 Value: 10
This was my last ditch attempt to buy a legacy M42 portrait lens. I paid 30 NZ dollars for this locally. Pricing on Ebay is variable. In 1998 the average second hand price was 166 USD. Originally this lens sold at a RRP of 60 USD which was the cheapest in the Komura range (that does not imply poor optical quality as 135mm are easy to design and make).
This lens is quite sharp at f3.5 wide open and VERY sharp stopped down just a little. Colours and contrast are just great. Bokeh is great as it has a 16 blade iris. No CA detectable and no other aberrations found. The lens is small but solidly built. My only gripe is that the focus ring wobbles a lttle but this has no effect on precise focusing. My copy has some oil on the blades but being a preset this matters not at all.
Made for Leica rangefinder cameras in the 1960's and 70's these lenses are good value. The less common Komuras with wider apertures are asking big dollars on Ebay. This lens I highly recommend as a portrait / short telephoto
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PHOTO OF LENS
This taken at f3.5
this taken at f8
this taken at f3.5
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Kathmandu
Joined: 09 Dec 2009 Posts: 1479 Location: (Kathmandu,Nepal. Currently)Pacific Northwest, USA
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Kathmandu wrote:
Beautiful lens and great images- lovely bokeh , color and sharpness. Thanks for sharing.
G'day _________________ kathmandu
Sony α 700 DSLR
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Tervueren
Joined: 18 May 2011 Posts: 1177 Location: West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Tervueren wrote:
Clicked through to the larger images. Bargain |
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scsambrook
Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 2167 Location: Glasgow Scotland
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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scsambrook wrote:
Hi Malcolm,
I especially like pic number 1 - not a bad investment at 30 NZ dollars I think.
What camera did you use? _________________ Stephen
Equipment: Pentax DSLR for casual shooting, Lumix G1 and Fuji XE-1 for playing with old lenses, and Leica M8 because I still like the optical rangefinder system. |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
scsambrook wrote: |
Hi Malcolm,
I especially like pic number 1 - not a bad investment at 30 NZ dollars I think.
What camera did you use? |
+1 I had 200mm lens I did like it too. _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15679
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I really like the bokeh, I can see why people love Komura lenses. _________________ 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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woodrim
Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
Hello Malcolm. Komura was a pretty decent choice for a first 135mm. You'll find that there are a few of us Komura fans here. The prices are high, as you stated, and I tend to believe unreasonably high. While very good lenses, they aren't quite tier 1. I have both the f/2.8 and f/3.5 and while results are mixed, mainly due to my focusing, I think the f/3.5 may be a tad sharper... maybe. They do handle CA amazingly well for a lens from that period, and the bokeh is unquestionably good.
A couple of things about your post... Nice pictures. The lenses you pictures, while different, are both f/2.8 versions while your post is about the 135/3.5. I suspect your report may have been copied from available information, so you should know that while they did make lenses for rangefinders, yours and other M42 versions were for SLRs. Oh, they also made lenses for medium format. _________________ Regards,
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woodrim
Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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woodrim wrote:
I forgot to mention... Komura is also a very well built, solid lens, so I wonder about that wobble. Is there evidence of having been dropped? _________________ Regards,
Woodrim |
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MalcolmL
Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 48 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:20 pm Post subject: Thanks for your feedback |
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MalcolmL wrote:
I will change the picture - I will shoot my own to replace - this one from stock. The images are shot with a Sony a850. No evidence lens being dropped - just fair wear and tear I think. Yes I did get a bargain YAY ! _________________ The Future Shall Make Fools of All Of Us |
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erkie
Joined: 08 Oct 2011 Posts: 308 Location: Missouri
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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erkie wrote:
This was my first 135 lens, And the only one I will never part with. But I don't want to say how many years ago that was A Real bargain ! _________________
I shoot film and meter with digital
Asahi H3v, Praktica FX3, Retina IIa, Spotmatic sp1000, Fujica V2, Yashica lynx5000, Pentax Sf1, Minolta SRT102, Minolta7000i, Pentax MX, Pentax ME, Pentax Kx
lensesM42- Isco Gottingen Westanar 50/2.8, Isco Gottingen Westron 35/2.8, Rikenon 35/2.8, Spiratone Tc 105/2.5, Spiratone Tc 200/4.5, Sankyo Kohki Komura 300/5, Sankyo Kohki Komura 135/3.5, Auto Tak 35/3.5, Super Tak 150/4, S-M-C Tak 50/1.4, S-M-C Tak 28/3.5, SMC Tak 55/2, Mamya Sekor 55/1.8
K- mount- Helios 44-K-4, Jc penny 28/2.8, Da 18-55, Da 55-300, Pentax F 35-70, SMCP M 50/1.4, SMCP M 50/1.7
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MalcolmL
Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 48 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:25 pm Post subject: Never to part with |
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MalcolmL wrote:
Erkie - the ONLY one you will never part with ! that says heaps. It is a great lens _________________ The Future Shall Make Fools of All Of Us |
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D1N0
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 2532
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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D1N0 wrote:
A few with this one:
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Polekeh by The lens profile, on Flickr
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Grasscarkeh by The lens profile, on Flickr
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Weedkeh by The lens profile, on Flickr
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Fence by The lens profile, on Flickr
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Kitty by The lens profile, on Flickr
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Canned by The lens profile, on Flickr _________________ pentaxian |
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Ultrapix
Joined: 06 Jan 2012 Posts: 566 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:41 am Post subject: |
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Ultrapix wrote:
Very good samples! I have a LTM 135 2.8, and I like it, but not wide open... |
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