New Member Registered: July, 2016 Posts: 4 | Review Date: September 6, 2016 | Recommended | Price: $8.00
| Rating: 8 |
Pros: | Price, Build Quality, Performance | Cons: | Chromatic Aberration | Sharpness: 8
Aberrations: 6
Bokeh: 9
Value: 10
Camera Used: Canon t3i
| | Purchased this lens along with every other Pentax K-mount lens that was there...all were between $5-$8 each. Two 50mm f2.0, a 50mm f1.7, and this little 135mm f2.8 gem.
I absolutely love shooting it! I use it on my Canon t3i so the effective focal range is 216mm since it's a crop sensor. A 200mm f2.8 prime for $8...can't beat that.
It gives me a great look...soft and dreamy at f2.8. That's where I plan to shoot it because it gives me the look i want...filmy and vintage.
Great buy! | |
New Member Registered: November, 2013 Posts: 14 | Review Date: August 21, 2015 | Recommended | Price: $20.00
| Rating: 9 |
Pros: | really sharp | Cons: | some few CA's wide open | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 9
Bokeh: 9
Handling: 8
Value: 9
Camera Used: spotmatic to k-200
| | most of my analog macro shootings made with this 4/4-lens
naturally ZEISS Sonnar still few better. Albinar is cheap, but a good metal/glas-construction, too.
++ best results with f8 high contrast, nice colors and very good sharpness
++ for macro shootingS I USE AN ACHROMATIC FOCAL REDUCTOR INTEGRATED IN A MACRO RING:
Naturally, Sonnar lenses 3,5/135 and 4/135 eleminating all CA's perfectly in combination with achromatic focal reductor, taken from a binocular 8x30.
Albinar with this combination showing still few CA's in the corners, the center is free of them and rerally sharp. For this low price and its fine results 9 points
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Veteran Member Registered: January, 2011 Location: Minahasa, North Celebes (Sulawesi) Posts: 586 1 user found this helpful | Review Date: May 22, 2011 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 8 |
Pros: | Solid. Sharp even wide open. Flare controlled. Not bulky | Cons: | No close focusing/Macro | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 8
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 9
Value: 10
| | Solid built, feels like a carefully engineered lens. Sharp, even at F/2.8 and gives excellent colors and bokeh. I tried to crop a picture, and sharp still it goes. I wish that it could focuses closer, but it only gives 150cm. At least this lens is compact, almost pocketable I should say.
You can get this very cheap, like may other 135 gems. For the price I get, this lens makes me smile for days. This is my first 135mm, and it sure making me wanting for more.
Sample shots, all at the widest aperture. | |