Loyal Site Supporter Registered: November, 2015 Posts: 4,225 | | Review Date: June 29, 2017 | Recommended | Price: $20.00
| Rating: 5 |
| Pros: | Small, interesting, T-mount lets it fit nearly anything, Preset with K-mount is easy | | Cons: | Not sharp until f8, focus throw is too long | | Sharpness: 4
Aberrations: 5
Bokeh: 9
Handling: 6
Value: 8
Camera Used: K1
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If you know what you are getting into, and you don't pay much, this is an interesting lens.
If you are expecting modern optics and handling, or you pay a lot, you will be sorely disappointed...
The lens is terribly unsharp at f3.5-4.0, to the point where those apertures are really only useful for focusing.
At f5.6 it begins to be usable but is still pretty marginal in terms of technical quality.
The bokeh lends a gentle separation between the truly out of focus and the merely soft here, though, so it could be usable for the right shot.
By f8, however, it is nice and sharp and holds that through f16 (it goes to f22 but I didn't bother looking there...)
The bokeh is terrific (13 blades, I think), and as a preset, it is easy to manage, even with a K adapter, as long as you aren't in a hurry. f8 indoors with a flash has a really nice vintage look.
Focus near the 1.7m minimum focus distance is painfully slow (180 degrees gets you to 4m, 90 degrees more gets you to infinity) making use awkward in close, but at the longer distances the focus movement feels right.
The aperture rings come with a secondary scale for use presumably with a teleconverter. Pretty handy in 1965-ish, I guess...
Mine came with a M42 T-adapter, so my $20 price includes a $5 t-mount for K...
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