My experience with MD 24/2.8 and MC W.Rokkor SI 24/2.8 with NEX5N/7 shows that the newer MD is much more prone to flare than the older MC i.e. to avoid flare MD should have attached the hood all the time whereas MC only in case of strong side light source.
MC is also sharper in the corners.
I eventually sold MD and keep MC which I regard a better lens overall.
Peire wrote:
My experience with MD 24/2.8 and MC W.Rokkor SI 24/2.8 with NEX5N/7 shows that the newer MD is much more prone to flare than the older MC i.e. to avoid flare MD should have attached the hood all the time whereas MC only in case of strong side light source.
MC is also sharper in the corners.
I eventually sold MD and keep MC which I regard a better lens overall.
that was the 49mm filter thread version of the MD, not the 55mm filter thread version right?
Hi, a few months ago i had 2 rokkor 24mm f2.8 with 55mm ring filter, one is MC (without SI marking) and the other is MD (2nd gen).
I had some test for looking the difference of that coating generation, the test was going with Nex5 and film too (superia and kodak colorplus).
From the test with Nex i could see that MD have more contrast than MC, so that for the sharpness. MD just won a little bit more sharp than MC. The colour, MC is warm and MD is cool.
I didn't test the flare resistant for both lenses.
Maybe tomorrow i give you the sample image from kodak colorplus and superia
I have the MD 24mm and I can say that it's flare resistance is pretty remarkable. I've never used the MC version, so I can't compare. Here's a shot with the 24 straight into the sun:
I tested the VFC version of the MC against the standard MD version in the last few posts here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1061118/2
There isn't a lot between them, except the actual aperture's are more accurate on the MD version. (ie, exact 1 stops, on the MC they vary a bit) Visually the coatings are a little deeper in colour on the MD, but still the same colours. The flare is slightly different, but not neccesarily "better" on the MD.
As I haven't been able to sell my VFC version after all the disclosures in that thread,(!), I may keep the VFC and sell my MD version, as the VFC has the advantage of a non rotating front element.
