Normal lenses are the most likely lenses to be high quality optically,
even in bargain brands, 135mm is probably the next most likely. It was
hard to find a really bad one, and since they went out of favor you can
find some real bargains.
On 11/14/2012 5:17 PM, Walt wrote:
Idunno -- seems
From: P. J. Alling
Normal lenses are the most likely lenses to be high quality optically,
even in bargain brands, 135mm is probably the next most likely. It was
hard to find a really bad one, and since they went out of favor you can
find some real bargains.
On 11/14/2012 5:17 PM, Walt wrote:
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:22 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Focal MC Auto 1:2.8 135mm.
The aperture blades stopped working on it. They don't stop down any more. I
wonder how hard that is to fix?
Significantly harder than finding another comparable 135mm f2.8 lens
in working
So far, it seems to be sharper than the 50 f/2 I got in the same lot --
though, it's highly possible that's a consequence of user error.
From what I gather, the coatings on these lenses aren't all that good.
I just wonder if bumping the in-body saturation a bit on them would be
the way to go,
Here's a shot from the Sears 80-200 f/4 -- the highlights are somewhat
blown, likely because I was shooting wide-open with an ISO of 500 on a
sunny day. (ISO always seems to be the setting I forget to check.)
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8188078209/
Still, it seems like it
Walt, get a lens hood for the ones you want to increase contrast with.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote:
So far, it seems to be sharper than the 50 f/2 I got in the same lot --
though, it's highly possible that's a consequence of user error.
From
On Nov 15, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Walt wrote:
So far, it seems to be sharper than the 50 f/2 I got in the same lot --
though, it's highly possible that's a consequence of user error.
From what I gather, the coatings on these lenses aren't all that good. I just
wonder if bumping the in-body
Yeah, I can see I'm going to need a hood on all these lenses.
Just took a few shots with the 28-85mm -- some of them were terribly
washed out.
-- Walt
On 11/15/2012 2:59 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Walt, get a lens hood for the ones you want to increase contrast with.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu,
On 11/15/2012 3:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Nov 15, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Walt wrote:
So far, it seems to be sharper than the 50 f/2 I got in the same lot -- though,
it's highly possible that's a consequence of user error.
From what I gather, the coatings on these lenses aren't all that good.
Idunno -- seems sharp enough to me.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8186573674/
K20D, f/6.7, 1/640 sec, ISO 500
Had to bump up the contrast just a smidge, but all in all, not too
shabby. I'd say it's worth the $50 I spent on the entire lot of lenses.
-- Walt
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