Frogfish wrote:
Greggf wrote
Derek and Kevin.
I had the Revuenon 55 1.2 briefly. Very nice lens. Much smaller and lighter than the Rokkor. I agree with Derek, the Rokkor overall was better. Stopped down though, the Rokkor was much better. Wide open it was pretty close, if I remember correctly with the Rokkor a little creamier, while the Revuenon was a tad sharper. The Revuenon also had 9 blades, too.
Here are a few more ZM 50 Planar shots.
Gregg Thanks Gregg. Yes the Revuenon is actually the same lens, as you probably know already but others may not. I certainly wouldn't be using the Cosina for landscapes, not that strong in the corners/edges however it's quite sharp even wide open in the centre and stronger still stopped down very slightly to f2 or so, it has a nice glow plus it's treatment of specular highlights at night is wonderful. I have to use if more for portraits because I think it should do well.
I like to shoot fast lenses WO, so the lenses I own I usually don't stop down--I'll pick up a small cheaper lens if I want to shoot slower. But the Rokkor 58 1.2 is fine WO for an older lens, but at F2 it's just lovely. So creamy, wonderful balance of saturation and sharpness. Especially flattering for people. I haven't shot the Revuenon, but isn't the bokeh pretty busy WO, like my rokkor?