r/VintageLenses

Today it was the turn of the chunky Zeiss macro 60mm, it was the 1st time I tested it and I think it was better than my other macro lenses. The sharpness is crazy, not only at macro magnification but all the way to infinity.

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I adapted a Zeiss Jena lens made for the Pentacon Six, so it is a medium format lens used on a full-frame sensor. It is based on the CZJ Biotar structure.

I use a lens hood because it is very light-sensitive (I think that’s due to the rather long adapter to the camera). The lens performs significantly better with the hood.

I like the natural look and the good sharpness for an older lens. It also has no vignetting wide open. colors are also good.

photographed with the camera's standard settings.

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이제 시작한 레딧이라 시스템에 익숙해지는중이에요.

저는 올드 렌즈 최소 초점 거리가 아쉬운면 렌즈를 마운트하지 않고

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I took my MC Helios-77M-4 50mm ƒ/1.8 out last week when our two cats went outside on an unusually sunny day (most days have still been cold here in Canada), but somehow it was exceptionally challenging to capture any nice images. There were plenty of amazing moments, but the cats wouldn’t pose long enough for me to either be there in time or nail the focus.

But I did capture a decent picture of Misha from a few meters away, which gave me two nice crops. If only he had stayed put long enough for me to focus closer! But I’m quite impressed with the sharpness of this lens; it holds up reasonably well even with such a tight crop.

And in the last picture, I thought I might have missed a beautiful shot of Misha sitting on the garden chair. But I shouldn’t have worried—I absolutely nailed it. 😆

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PS: This is the first time I noticed very significant green fringing around the background highlights—I had no idea this lens is prone to doing that. I mostly fixed it in the first two crops, but you might notice some of it in the uncropped third image.

Shot with a Canon M50 and editing in darktable.

Tokyo.

Hello,

I recently bought a Flektogon 35mm f2.4 and I just fell in love with this lens. The micro-contrast and sharpness are just out of this world. In video it gives an image quality that I haven't seen elsewhere, except maybe for the Tair 11A 135mm f2.8.

My lens collection for film in M42 mount is almost complete but I still have a hole to fill in the 20-28mm range. I already own the following but I'm not satisfied with the results:

- Tamron 28mm f2.8 Adaptall

- Vivitar 24mm f2.8

- Tamron 24mm f2.5 Adaptall 2

- SMC Takumar 28mm f3.5 (the lens was beautiful but I sold it, kind of regret it now, but the f3.5 was too slow most of the time as I shoot a lot of low light).

My next candidate is the Pentacon 29mm f2.8. I already own one but the front element is full of haze and contrast loss is very noticeable, the lens is unusable. I found one brand new for 20€. Would this lens give me what I'm looking for in terms of micro-contrast and sharpness?

Another candidate is the Mamiya Sekor SX 28mm f2.8, heard good things about it but the samples I've seen haven't sold me.

The Flek 20mm f2.8 could have been an option but there's no way I'm paying 500+€ for it.

Anything else you suggest in the M42 mount 20-28mm range and resembles the image quality of the Flek?

(photo taken from a video shot on Fujifilm X-S20 6.2k open gate w/ Flek 35mm at F4)

Hi, does anyone have any experience using Photax lenses? Any good? Seen this for a seemingly bargain price online but don’t know much about Photax. Thanks!