Rene, I have a Rikenon XR 50/1.4 P lens. It is a much better lens than my
Pentax SMC-M 50/1.4 in fit and finish, smooth focus, and feel of the
aperture setting ring. I find the optical quality excellent. The Rikenon
does not appear to be made by Pentax. The mechanical build is different. The
P
Here are some photos taken by the elusive Rikenon 50/1.4 (the P model?) on Pentax
cameras. Can someone in Japan please translate the text?
http://www2d.biglobe.ne.jp/~gekipen/tokinon/50/ricoh_xr50_14.htm
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At 10:18 PM 3/24/02 -0500, you wrote:
Mark,
What I mean is, What did you aim at and how did you compensate? The scene
is full of extreme tonal values with very little in the middle.
Ok - I just shot on aperture priority - I doubt if any compensation was set
in the camera. This is more or less a
Mark,
What I mean is, What did you aim at and how did you compensate? The scene
is full of extreme tonal values with very little in the middle.
Mark,
First of all, how did you expose the statue shot at
http://pug.komkon.org/01mar/rospug.html?
I did not record the exposure - my guess is that
It's a very nice shot. The statue, which is the highest value in the scene is
somewhere around zone 7. None of the highlites are burned out. The blackest
blacks are well within the range of the film. There aren't a lot of values in
between because they don't exist in the scene. But where there
/rospug.html?
Now, on the Rikenon lenses.
There is no contradiction in your description of the Rikenon 50/1.4's edge
sharpness. It's quite possible for a lens to have bite (contrast) without
having ultrahigh resolution (detail). I often touch up my digital scans by
sharpening, but all it does is to enhance
I got an XR Rikenon 1:2 50 L and RKN MC Auto Zoom 1:3.5-4.5 f=35-70mm with
my Ricoh KR-10, and I like both of them.
As an example, I had to go to a wedding the following weekend, and as I had
no other K-mount lenses, I used these, and the results were really very good
My only problem arose from
At 04:48 PM 3/23/02 +0100, Lasse Karlsson wrote:
Mark Cassino wrote:
BTW - I could swear I read somewhere that the Rikenon 50mm f2.0 was
the
sharpest lens ever made for 35mm slrs - but for the life of me I have
not
been able to locate where I read that. I bought one on ebay (they are
Someone on another discussion list wrote that about 10 years ago, a magazine tested
50/1.4 lenses and found the XR Rikenon 50/1.4 to be the sharpest from f/2 through f/4.
It beat the Contax. Does anyone have experience with this lens?
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/1.4 lenses and found the XR Rikenon 50/1.4 to be the
sharpest from f/2 through f/4. It beat the Contax. Does anyone have
experience with this lens?
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Photos:
http://www.markcassino.com
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 11:28:05PM -0500, Mark Cassino wrote:
Somehow I managed to acquire a whole passel of Rikenon normal lenses - the
50mm f1.4, 50mm f1.7, 50mm f2.0, and 55mm f1.2. Still looking for a 45mm
f2.8 though...
I saw a classied for the 45/2.8 sometime back.
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