p.113 #1 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
That's good to hear Peire :-). I managed to find a mint version of the 100mm f2.8 SSC complete with original box, documentation and warranty card for a very good price. It really is just like a brand new lens! I'm looking forward to using it even more now!
p.113 #3 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Gary Clennan wrote:
Wish I could read swedish....
Try google translate.
Does that lens truly live up to all the hype Martin?
For being such an old lens, yes. By modern standards, definitely not. It's sharp in the middle at f/1.2 but the borders are awful at all apertures. I'd say that the Sigma 50/1.4 is an overall better lens if you want that type of bokeh.
p.113 #4 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I am not sure the Sigma has the same ability to isolate. Note: I own the Sigma but have never tried the Noct-Nikkor. The Sigma is great, but it doesn't have pop.
p.113 #5 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
carstenw wrote:
I am not sure the Sigma has the same ability to isolate. Note: I own the Sigma but have never tried the Noct-Nikkor. The Sigma is great, but it doesn't have pop.
There ain't much "pop" with the Noct either. But of course the isolation is greater with the longer FL and larger aperture.
p.113 #7 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Makten wrote:
Try google translate.
For being such an old lens, yes. By modern standards, definitely not. It's sharp in the middle at f/1.2 but the borders are awful at all apertures. I'd say that the Sigma 50/1.4 is an overall better lens if you want that type of bokeh.
The Noct Nikkor designed to control coma and this is presumably at odds with edge resolution. If you want to see what the Noct is all about just compare it to a similar speed lens at night with lots of bright (specular) light sources in the frame. It doesn't seem to be a very useful general purpose or scenic lens however. There's demo here.
p.113 #10 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
I posted some images from yesterday in the Nex thread
So far it works just like the Mirex which it's either licensed or reverse engineered from so;
1) It's a little fiddly (in particular the tilt holding screw is short and with gloves you mash up against the flange)
2) No gears (ie loosen, slide, tighten)
3) The tilt function makes the lens fall, not rotate about the optic, so at or near 10mm on both the 21 and 25 distagons the hood came into view. On the14mm Rokinon it was only 8mm.
4) Lots-a-lube (ie seemed very wet where I exposed the sliding parts as I moved to a full extension). I wiped all the excess off and don't plan to keep a lens attached to it.
5) Shift and tilt are fixed WRT each other
6) Tilt is only one way (shift is both ways), eg if you want to tilt to left and you last used it to right you need to rotate the lens 180
Having said that it does what it needs to do. Everything I took yesterday was even hand held
p.113 #11 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
mcbroomf wrote:
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6) Tilt is only one way (shift is both ways), eg if you want to tilt to left and you last used it to right you need to rotate the lens 180...
Are you able to rotate the mount so that tilt is at the exact angle where you want it or is it only straight up/down?
p.113 #12 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Oh yes that what I meant by rotating it 180 if you wanted to tilt from left on one image to right on the next (or up/down, or any 45/random degree angle). In fact you can rotate it a full 360 not just 180. But Canon TS lenses for example can be tilted +/- so they are a little less fiddly.
Also I found myself continuously pressing the video button as I was grasping the body to hold it while I turned the lens. I must have recorded more video yesterday than during the whole time I've owned the camera..... I'll rid myself of that habit though, or glue an o-ring over the button
And just a reminder (for those familiar with it) this is just the same as the Mirex for medium format lenses on Canon
p.113 #14 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
mcbroomf wrote:
Oh yes that what I meant by rotating it 180 if you wanted to tilt from left on one image to right on the next (or up/down, or any 45/random degree angle). In fact you can rotate it a full 360 not just 180. But Canon TS lenses for example can be tilted +/- so they are a little less fiddly.
Also I found myself continuously pressing the video button as I was grasping the body to hold it while I turned the lens. I must have recorded more video yesterday than during the whole time I've owned the camera..... I'll rid myself of that habit though, or glue an o-ring over the button
And just a reminder (for those familiar with it) this is just the same as the Mirex for medium format lenses on Canon...Show more →
That sounds good. If I had an NEX I'd have no hesitation in buying one of these adapters. It sounds like it's almost identical to the Mirex.
p.113 #19 · What is your most recent (alt) lens purchase?
Came today: Fuji 18-55mm f/2.8-4. Wonderfully well built, though the hood is a tad loose when locked in place (It's not going to fall off, it just rattles once it's clicked into place. Annoying).
