Comparisons and Reviews 

 

This chapter contains Comparisons and Reviews of New and Old famous lenses. Manual, Auto focus, Macro, Fish eye - all kinds of that staff.

 

Usually each review will contain following information:  

  • Convenience of usage, mechanical and optical condition
  • Sharpness of images in the center and the edge of the frame for a short distance (~ 1.5m)
  • Sharpness of images in the center and the edge of the frame for a long distance (150m)
  • Color reproduction
  • Vignetting
  • A pointed source of light in the background and background blur (bokeh)
  • Resistance to the flare
  • Chromatic aberration
  • Capability of  macro shooting
  • Sample pictures

In addition you can use very usable pictures gallery with many examples taken with different lenses.  

 

There is a list of available articles:


1  Minolta MD Rokkor-X 85mm f2.0 vs. Jupiter-9 85mm f2.0


2  Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm f1.8 vs. Minolta MD 50mm f1.7


3  Helios 44-3 58mm f2.0 MC vs. Helios 44M-6 58mm f2.0 MC

 

4.  Several 50mm Prime lenses comparison 

 

5.  Cooke Triplet, Tessar and Planar: E. Ludwig Meritar 50mm f/2.9, Industar-61 L/Z 50mm f/2.8 and Nikon Micro Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 non-Ai (PK-3).

 

6.  Minolta MD ZOOM 35-70 mm f / 3.5: A Diamond in the crown of the Empire Minolta.