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Auto Chinon 135mm f/2.8

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Posted by Bengt Köhler Sandberg 2012-04-13


Auto Chinon 135mm f/2.8

Specs:

Lens:
135mm

Aperture:
f/2.8 to f/22
6 bladed aperure

Focus:
Infinit to 1.5m (5ft)

Mount:
M42

Covers:
Standard 35mm film size (24×36 mm negative)


Image quality

Analogue B&W film
Sharp in the middle but not that great corners.
Little glow also.
Auto Chinon 135mm
                            f/2.8
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f/2.8f/8 - f/22

Bokeh
 Really great!
Auto
                                                          Chinon 135mm
                                                          f/2.8



Digital
Pictures taken with a Canon 500D at ISO100 and I used a M42 to Canon mount adapter
Auto
                                                          Chinon 135mm
                                                          f/2.8
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f/2.8 - f4 - f/5.6 - f/8 - f/11 - f/16 - f/22

Bokeh
Auto
                                                          Chinon 135mm
                                                          f/2.8



More sample images can be found at:
http://www.sample-image.com/chinon-135mm-f2-8/




Filming
Auto
                                                          Chinon 135mm
                                                          f/2.8

Build quality

Really good!
Very solid and well put together.

I have owned three of these and two of them have hade sticky glue residue around the robber where you focus.
Don´t know if this is a normal problem for these lenses but it could be worth to take a extra look if you plan to get one.


Conclusion

I like this lens, its sharp and have good contrast.
But this gets a thumbs down for its corner softness that it have at all apertures.
You don´t have those soft corners on a cropped sensor camera so this is very suitable for those.

Thumbs up:
Center sharpness
Build quality

Thumbs down:
Soft corner sharpness at next to all apertures (On a full frame camera)



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Film: Efke 25
Developer: Kodak D76

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