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Jonas B wrote:
That is quite a list sebboh and I would like to thank you for the time and effort you have put into your reply.
At position 15) you have a Rokkor MC HH 35/1.8. I don't know a lot about the Rokkor lenses... the colours are nice, I sometimes like the rendering, sometimes not. I have been looking for images taken with the MD 35/1.8. I don't know how similar that version is to the MC HH version but IIRC they are pretty different. Do you have any experience from the MD version?
I don't think I am really that super picky. Or maybe I am and then I'm doomed as I ask for something not existing until we get a 35mm Otus, lol. For example, I don't need, or demand rather, sharp corners at large openings. But I say it again, the RX1 has spoiled me with a lens doing about everything right.
Yes, I have an FA31/1.8. In many ways a great lens. The build quality is fine but one of the main problems is that it isn't made for manual focusing. Pentax tried to compensate for their slow AF by giving the FA31 a short throw and nearly no dampening. As many Pentax lenses the bokeh is a mixed. Earlier it was very hard to predict as it changes with the shooting/background distances a lot, very often typical Petax green bright outlines. Today it's easier to check thanks to our viewfinders. Quite some coma which can be disturbing at nights. A lot of axial CA. Sharp or very sharp at all shooting distances, an overall nice rendering. Maybe I shouldn't dismiss it all together. The focal length is around 32-33mm and it suits me fine.
I have owned the Zuiko OM35/2.0 but I recall it as a soft lens. I'm not sure about that judgement any more. Maybe the FF 24MP sensor suits it better?
It's clear to me that I have to give my demands and priorities another thought.
OT: I went out in the stormy weather yesterday trying to get some images with the Olympus Pen F 60/1.5. It covers the sensor but the quality from say half way out to the borders and to the corners is very bad. There is also a lot of distortion. The center part can be very sharp. I also brought the Elmarit-R 60/2.8 Macro for some comparisons and the Pen images weren't close to anything from the real FF Leica lens. The Pen is for cropped sensors, just as it was designed to be.
Thanks again,
Jonas
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thanks for the info on the pentax and the pen f.
wrt the minolta MD 35/1.8 with 49mm filter thread (there is an earlier MD with a 55mm filter thread that is optically identical to the MC HH but with updated coatings i believe), i have never been able to track down much in the way of images from it or a reasonably priced copy for myself (i spent a long time looking till i got my c/y 35/1.4). it has the same number of elements and groups but is 2cm shorter and has a more plasticky build. from my experience with other minolta lens updates i would guess that the late MD version draws similarly to the MC but has slightly better contrast and center sharpness but more vignetting and slightly weaker corners. it probably is also optimized for performance at portrait distances. in general rokkors have good color, a fair amount of SA at large apertures, and slightly lower contrast compared to their contemporaries.
one lens i forgot that might be interesting is the minolta 35/2 AF, which could be used with pellical mirror to AF (manual focus with it will suck). it relatively small and probably a better performer than the nikon 35/2 AF-D. extreme corners never get critically sharp though and there are a number of visible aberrations at f/2.
Edited on Dec 07, 2013 at 06:59 PM · View previous versions
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