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Carenar 50mm f/2.8

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Posted by Bengt Köhler Sandberg 2012-10-31

Specs:

Lens:
50mm

Aperture:
f/2.8 to f/16
6 bladed aperure

Focus:
Infinit to 0.5m (1.75ft)

Weight:
170g

Mount:
M42

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

Image quality

Wide open:
Good sharpness
Farly mild corner softness which is gone by about f/5.6 (Fullframe)

Renders very good at all apertures.

Analogue B&W film
Carenar 50mm f/2.8

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f/2.8 - f/4 - f/5.6 - f/8 - f/11 - f/16

Bokeh

Flare / Backlight

Digital
Pictures taken with a Canon 500D at ISO100 and I used a M42 to Canon mount adapter

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f/2.8 - f/4 - f/5.6 - f/8 - f/11 - f/16

Bokeh

Flare / Backlight

Sample

Filming

Build quality

Very good and solid.

Conclusion

Overall a great lens with good sharpness etc.
Do have some corner softness wide open but its farly mild.

Don't like the apertire rings little click steps which is quite clunky and not as smooth at one would like.
The flare can look quite big and ugly too.

Thumbs up:
Image and Build quality

Thumbs down:
Apertire rings click steps
Flare

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Film: Rollei RPX 100
Developer: Kodak D76

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