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Www.jcolwell.ca/MM/MonaghansCultClassics.pdf. Round 1 Photo Gallery by Sean Carpenter at pbase.com. Who made the best manual focus SLR lenses of each focal length? [Archive] View Full Version : Who made the best manual focus SLR lenses of each focal length?

Rohankent With film SLR bodies being so cheap, it occurred to me that buying lenses that are exceptional is the best place to start, and pairing bodies to those lenses could be a secondary consideration. Instead of having one brand of body with many lenses to suit that brand, why not go with a range of lenses paired with bodies that were the best of their kind? (I guess weight is the obvious consideration...but, anywho) Who made the best of each focal length manual focus SLR lens in the 60's, 70's, 80's? Konicaman Hmm..interesting, a couple of suggestions: Konica T(something) with the pancake Hexanon 40/1.8 Spotmatic (or Zenit if you want to be consistent) with Zenitar 50/2.0 Roger Hicks 58/2 Biotar for portraits. 58/1.4 Nikkor is even nicer but harder to find & more expensive. Cheers, These are the best primes from each focal length IMO: 24mm: Canon FD 24mm f/1.4 L, Olympus OM Zuiko 24mm f/2.8 chrishayton nobbylon.

Who made the best manual focus SLR lenses of each focal length? [Archive] The Normal Lens Shootout Photo Gallery by Sean Carpenter at pbase.com. Cult Classics in Third Party Lenses. Comparing Rangefinder and SLR 50mm Lenses. (Version 0.7) Well before our Imagemaster optical bench was delivered, I knew what I wanted to do first: compare some Leica lenses with the best SLR lenses on a level playing.

I did one comparison involving Leica lenses a long time ago, but Leica lenses are difficult to test in our Imatest lab. It’s nothing to do with Imatest or the lenses; simply that mounting and aligning rangefinder cameras in a testing setup designed for SLRs is difficult and very time consuming. That was a couple of weeks ago. Usually I have the write up done within a day or two of testing. But I’ve never processed and graphed this much data before — the optical bench generates a lot more numbers than Imatest. In the meantime, I still have a bunch of information about those 50mm lenses I want to tell you about. I’m going to use a mixture of graphs and tables today, but please give me some feedback on what seems clumsy, what seems good, and what I’ve left out that you’d like to see. Meet the 50mm Contestants Test Results Distortion. The Normal Lens Shootout Photo Gallery by Sean Carpenter at pbase.com.

Battle of the 50s: Contax 60 vs Minolta vs Olympus vs Pentax Takumars. The 50mm focal is one of the ones I like the most.

Besides, it’s really hard to get a bad 50mm, because the manufacturers have found fool-proof recipes since the dawn of time. So even an old lens should perform splendidly, and the biggest differences with more modern designs should be lack of autofocus and a (sometimes just slightly) less effective coating. This were my assumptions; below you may find my findings. All the lenses have been shot on a Canon 5D Mark II, full format. With the two Pentax Takumar the same adapter ring has been used to avoid possible adapter-related issues. The contestants Contax-Yashica Zeiss 60mm f/2,8 Makro S-Planar A terrific all around lens that goes straight to 1:1. Minolta Rokkor MD 50mm f/1,7 I remember fondly Minolta optics from when I used to photography with an SRT-101, so I grabbed this one for the price of more or less 5 coffees. Olympus OM Zuiko Auto-S MC “Japan” 50mm f/1,8 Another lens, like the Minolta, that you can have for a song.

Side notes Bokeh. Camera Lens Ratings. The Normal Lens Shootout Bracket photo - Sean Carpenter photos at pbase. Www.takinami.com/yoshihiko/photo/lens_test/pentax_tele.html. Poll: What's Your Favorite Lens. The Top 16 Most Outstanding Lenses on the Market. DSLR lenses Unlike most photographers that buy either Canon or Nikon and stick with it, I switched from Canon to Nikon about a year ago.

Shooting both brands has helped me to see the advantages and disadvantages of both systems. It also has helped me to know what the best lenses are for both brands. Most beginning and intermediate photographers stick with their kit lenses for a year or two, but eventually they feel like they want more quality. If that’s you, then it is time to start figuring out which lenses will give you the best results. It would be impossible to make a list of lenses that pleases everyone. Outstanding Nikon Lenses Nikon 28-300mm ED VR AF-S Lens – I know of no other lens on the market that offers such fantastic optical quality at such a low price point and with such an OUTSTANDING zoom range. Camera Lens Search - Find Camera Lenses.