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Chinon Auto MC 50mm F1.7 | | Latest Review Posted | Cosina MC Cosinon T 200mm F4
I'll preface this review with the fact that I haven't used this lens extensively due to the reason for the "free" price: a seller refund due to fungus that went un-reported in the auction description. I opened the lens up as much as I could to get to the elements and used cold cream and hydrogen peroxide to treat the fungus. So, my lens quality and images may be less-than-standard.
However, I thought I'd review this lens as I felt that the first review was overly harsh. The f/4 aperture isn't the fastest, but is fairly standard for this focal length. I'll agree that the contrast could be a little better, but I've found that the image quality can be quite good, especially given the circumstances concerning my particular copy of the lens. This may be more due to it being a prime lens versus a zoom, but I don't have any other 200mm primes to compare it with, and zooms tend to have some IQ issues at the ends of their focal lengths, so it may not be a fair comparison.
Focus throw from min to infinity is approximately 250 degrees and metering in Manual mode on my K20D using the green button for stop-down metering works well. I did have some mis-metered shots when using this lens in combination with extension tubes, but I think that's more an issue with the tubes, as other lenses seem to also have this problem, especially at smaller apertures. Though it's all-metal construction, this lens isn't overly heavy, so it doesn't get too fatiguing, and since it's effe... | |
