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ok, so i just scanned first roll of film from my lynx (yashica). pictures were taken before i fix aperture problem, so all of them were at f/1.4 (wide open).
here are first impressions:
-lens is indeed sharp, even at wide open
-lense coating isn't that good (if there is any), so contrast in not high, colours are not that good, for shooting outside, camera defintly needs hood. but as i sad, all pics were wide open and all lenses behaves similiar in that condition (problems with exposure, vignetting etc).
-vignetting is not that big problem, as i can tel from wide open pictures. i guess i have to replace light seals, t think that's another big factor in loosing contrast etc.
-rangefinder seems to be calibrated ok, but there is liltle bit back focus at minimal focusing distances
that's my first observasions for now, but i think i going to like this odd camera very much, specialy with black&white films, where flare etc it's not that dominant. again, i was aware about sharp lenses in yashica rangefinders, but that sharpness @ f/1.4 amazes me, it's comprable with my canon ef 50/1.8 but closed down, let say at f/2.8-4. i can only imagine sharpness f/ 2.8-8 and range. again, my thoughts here are that rangefinders have slighty edge over the (d)slr's not beacuse better optics (ok, that helps for sure), but beacuse there's no mirror, so vibrations are minimal (just from the shutter).
ok, pics (just snaphots, really. filma is fuji superia 200):
100% crop from picture above
here are first impressions:
-lens is indeed sharp, even at wide open
-lense coating isn't that good (if there is any), so contrast in not high, colours are not that good, for shooting outside, camera defintly needs hood. but as i sad, all pics were wide open and all lenses behaves similiar in that condition (problems with exposure, vignetting etc).
-vignetting is not that big problem, as i can tel from wide open pictures. i guess i have to replace light seals, t think that's another big factor in loosing contrast etc.
-rangefinder seems to be calibrated ok, but there is liltle bit back focus at minimal focusing distances
that's my first observasions for now, but i think i going to like this odd camera very much, specialy with black&white films, where flare etc it's not that dominant. again, i was aware about sharp lenses in yashica rangefinders, but that sharpness @ f/1.4 amazes me, it's comprable with my canon ef 50/1.8 but closed down, let say at f/2.8-4. i can only imagine sharpness f/ 2.8-8 and range. again, my thoughts here are that rangefinders have slighty edge over the (d)slr's not beacuse better optics (ok, that helps for sure), but beacuse there's no mirror, so vibrations are minimal (just from the shutter).
ok, pics (just snaphots, really. filma is fuji superia 200):
100% crop from picture above
