New Member Registered: January, 2017 Posts: 19 | | Review Date: January 15, 2017 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Everything | | Cons: | | | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 10
Bokeh: 10
Handling: 10
Value: 10
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I bought a pile of "garbage" in where I found this lens. It was scratchy and not very trustworthy looking, but when I cleaned it and adjusted it onto my camera and took a couple of snapshots I realised this was something special. So I made a comparison of about a dozen of ~50mm lenses in sharpness and bokeh... well, you guessed it already, Mamiya is the winner even this scratchy one! It's sharp, it's nice to handle, it has a very nice bokeh with 10 aperture blades and it's my very favourite normal lens ever since!
Maybe I can take a photo of it as soon as I realize how to add it here...
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Veteran Member Registered: June, 2008 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,165 | | Review Date: June 29, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $25.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | Sharpness, color, bokeh, "pop" | | Cons: | Aperture ring turns the "wrong way" | |
Amazing bokeh, very sharp especially stopped down, has a somewhat 3D pop to it. Very well built, too. Solid, and fairly heavy. Noticeably longer reach than the Pentax 50mm lenses, in a very pleasing way.
This lens was the "kit" lens with Mamiya CP and CWP SLRs. Those are pretty cool old cameras, unfortunately mine bit the dust. Unlike many M42 Mamiya lenses, this one has an Auto/Manual switch. I love it.
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Site Supporter Registered: October, 2015 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 49 | | Review Date: August 7, 2022 | Recommended | Price: $200.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Very sharp, good color rendering, works well on the K3M3 | | Cons: | Haven't found any yet but haven't had a chance to use a ton yet | | Sharpness: 10
Aberrations: 6
Bokeh: 8
Handling: 10
Value: 8
Camera Used: K3M3
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I bought this kind of on a whim - saw some photos posted here on PF taken with one and liked the look. I found a used copy at KEH and trust their ratings. This lens arrived in mint condition. Not sure how people find these vintage lenses at such super low prices - everything I see at those prices is a mess But I think given how few of this lens there are, I got my money's worth.
I am using an Urth adaptor with it and the combination works well with my K3M3.
I like this lens because it's small and discrete if I take my camera indoors. It renders colors beautifully and the bokeh is pleasing to me. It's also very, very sharp!
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New Member Registered: February, 2017 Posts: 2 | | Review Date: December 16, 2017 | Recommended | Price: $40.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Bokeh | | Cons: | Finding an adaptor that fits right. | | Sharpness: 9
Aberrations: 7
Bokeh: 10
Handling: 7
Value: 10
Camera Used: A6000
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Picked up this lens at an auction as part of a set along with a Tower 32A (Sears) Camera. This camera is also known as a "Mamiya Prismat NP" Included was a Mamiya / Sekor FC 135mm 2.8 and 35mm 2.8. Unfortunately the 135mm has a frozen focus ring and the the 35mm has a small stuff on the rear lens.
The 58mm however is in very nice condition!!
The only issue I had was the aperture trigger mechanism prevents the lens from mounting on the Fotasy adaptor without removing the trigger cover. Another brand of adaptor with a slightly smaller diameter would work perfectly.
At any rate, the lens is very nice! I really like the bokeh and the sharpness is really good too! The photos are from my first attempts at using the lens.
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| | | Review Date: June 5, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $20.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | price, build quality | | Cons: | a little heavy (metal) | |
Lens focus is nice and smooth; 10 aperture blades,metal lens cap - this lens was made to last and work well
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