Latest Review Posted | Pentacon MC Auto (M42) 29mm F2.8 I've used this lens for 3 years now. I use it on an analog camera, an Olympus FTL, and I tried it with different film rolls.
I thought I'd add a contribution that may be useful for analog photographs, without going into the detail of pixel analysis on different digital cameras.
I find it a very fun lens to have with me. I really enjoy taking wide shots, including portraits of people with context around, and this became my primary lens to bring with me over my 50mm. The perspective distortion is very well handled and never disturbing. Vignetting is present but barely visible if you don't really pay attention to that, and limited to the very corners of the image.
It's not the sharpest lens, but I noticed big differences when using bigger grain films, such as Ilford HP5 400, vs lower ASA films. I obtained satisfying results using an 400 asa film like Ilford Delta 400 (here is an example: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9H6lyeohTn/), and I can't wait to try the lens on more detailed films like Pan F.
I also shot some color photos with Kodak Portra 400 and the results were amazing. A little +contrast was enough to get great results when scanning the negatives. Examples here and in the following photos from Colombia I'm posting these days: https://www.instagram.com/p/Clsx5CgNQ4J/
The big issue with the lens is ghosting and flares. I noticed them a lot when scanning my first color films in photos shot outdoors in bright sublight. Before I had only used B&W films until then... |