I've got me a Chinon 50 mm 1.4 for a few bucks and I had some little time to play with it. Although I'm quite content with the results (see below), there is a little problem with this lens as I noticed as soon as I had it in my hands: there is a little backlash (is this the right word???) in the aperture ring, influencing the aperture a little. So, given a certain aperture, the ring can be twisted a little, moving the blades also. BTW: this does not happen when full open!
Anybody any idea whether this could be fixed? Has any of you experience in doing it yourself? Help most welcome!
So, as promised, some first results, in which I played a little with DOF and bokeh... All with lens wide open, ISO 400, handheld. Uploaded they look to be a soft, but this is very much less so at original format....
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Last edited by Rense; 01-19-2009 at 07:04 AM.
Reason: Wrong picture included... fixed