This is the M645 150 2.8 A. (So are the saw blade & boots in the 'alt image' thread.)
I'm using an adapter from ARAX.
I bought the ARAX originally because it has a 10mm shift feature (was going to use with the Mamiya 35mm 3.5 N for landscapes) ... but as my first venture into shift ... not for me right now, so I sold Yakim my Mamiya 35mm, which he should be getting today or tomorrow. Yakim already has a Mirex T&S adapter. Otherwise, I'd have probably gotten a 'regular' adapter.
Rustybug,
Thanks for the info. I just love the way the Mamiya and Hasselblad lenses have such even tone and amazing sharpness. Sooo many lenses... Sooooooo little cash.
Jim
Makten wrote:
It's good, but I'd not get it if I had the 85/1.4 AF-D. I finished the AI conversion this afternoon and went out. It's really sharp in the middle at f/1.8, but the strong curvature of field makes the corners really soft if you shoot flat objects (but on the other hand, only freaks do that wide open). The bokeh is quite cool. Something inbetween the 105/2.5 and a fast 50 mm lens. Alot of character, but sometimes too harsh. Better closer up (as usual), but the MFD is 1 meter, which is as poor as my Samyang.
All these are wide open on D700.
I must say that it shines for being such an old lens! Definitely worth trying.
Edit: One more thing. This lens is one of the most easy to focus manually using the stock screen I've ever tried! On the other hand, the AF assist reliability is the opposite. Probably because of the rendering....Show more →
Looks like it will swirl the background, which I really like. I'll have to go see if that place still has it. Have you tried the Nippon Kogaku 5.8cm f/1.4? That lens is amazing. I picked up a mint copy the other day because the first copy has an issue with focusing to infinity. Here's a shot just to show a bit of the swirl:
TWoK wrote:
Looks like it will swirl the background, which I really like. I'll have to go see if that place still has it.
Yes, some swirl due to the way-too-small front element. Lenses with small front elements in relation to their fastness will give a "catseye effect" due to vignetting from the barrel. The iris becomes lens shaped in the peripheral parts of the image circle, especially at larger distances. Almost any small and yet fast lens, does this.
Have you tried the Nippon Kogaku 5.8cm f/1.4? That lens is amazing. I picked up a mint copy the other day because the first copy has an issue with focusing to infinity. Here's a shot just to show a bit of the swirl:
That's cool! Kind of limiting, but still cool. I think my old Nikkor-S 55/1.2 did something like that too, but not that pronounced.
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And now for some different blur. The Nikkor 50/1.8 AI-S "longnose" @ f/2.8 on D700: "how not to lock your bike"
Dim.ka_ wrote:
Here is mine fl 55 1.2, do you like your fl 55 1.2?
f1.2
i like CA absence wideopen, his older brother fl 58 1.2 also is very good in this respect.
100% crop
I like mine a lot. I find sharpness to be very nearly as good at f1.2 as at f2 - and f2 is very very nice on this lens. f2.8 is quite fantastic.
It has become my 'do everything' lens - low light, portraits, landscape - It is good at everything. I just finished painting my mount black and I think it may have helped a little bit with the glow wde open but I have to take a proper test shot.
Yesterday I did a shootout with Revuenon 50/1.4, CZ Planar 50/1.7, canon EF 50/1.8, Nikkor 50/1.8 E, Rokkor 58/1.2 and Canon FL 55/1.2. I will make a thread with results as soon as I have some time.
I think my old Nikkor-S 55/1.2 did something like that too, but not that pronounced.
