I picked this lens up used for $100 on ebay, and I'm loving it. It's a way to get subject isolation on a bright day w/o having to use large apertures/high shutter speeds/ND filters etc.
Not sharp at all wide open, and low contrast, but I like the way it renders.
I see what you mean. It is like the softness is warping around the subject in a painterly manner. Very pleasing rendering. I wonder what the Hexanon lens type is. Another variant of double gauss ? I suspect not. It feels very different, especially the way how the bokeh is. More of a Sonnar variant ? I wonder.
akul wrote:
I see what you mean. It is like the softness is warping around the subject in a painterly manner. Very pleasing rendering. I wonder what the Hexanon lens type is. Another variant of double gauss ? I suspect not. It feels very different, especially the way how the bokeh is. More of a Sonnar variant ? I wonder.
Luka
Yeah there's a global softness to the images wide open , I imagine it would work well for portraits. I really like the two Konica lenses I currently own. Looks like they are double gauss.
ZF - Techart - 7/artisans 75mm F1.25 , contrast , and saturation added in post
Recently picked up a Nikon ZF after being gone away from Nikon for more than 10 years.
I have truly been enjoying shooting with it along with the TechArt adapter.
Zf with 40mm walk in the woods in New Hampshire while visiting family over Thanksgiving. Not the sharpest lens but I’m a pretty big fan for size, picture quality and less than $300.
