David Murphy
Veteran
I bought this pair of lenses from another member here a couple of months ago or so. I've finally gotten around to testing them, so I thought I'd share the results.
The 35/3.5 was tested on a Canon VT using ISO 100 color print film from the 99-cent store, processed at the corner drug store, and scanned on my Dimage Dual IV scanner. The 105mm F2.8 Komura airplane shot was taken through the window of Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) using expired Provia 400F, a Bessa R, processed at Walmart, and scanned on the same Dimage IV scanner. The 105/2.8 shot of the cranes was taken through a glass window on the Vancouver Sea Bus. No filters were used on any of the lenses.
No sharpening was done, but slight exposure and color adjustments were made after scanning. In fact some sharpening would have been justified since the scanner resolution is probably less than the film grain size, so the images can be made noticeably sharper if desired (hard to tell that here though with the limited image sizes of the WWW).
My physical impression of these lenses is that the build quality is quite high and they are wonderfully compact, especially the 35/3.5 -- tiny. They look great too!
Lenses:
105/2.8 at LAX:
105/2.8 in Vancoluver Harbor:
The next three were taken on the Cal Tech campus of Pasadena and in an neighborhood near there (Altadena):
The 35/3.5 was tested on a Canon VT using ISO 100 color print film from the 99-cent store, processed at the corner drug store, and scanned on my Dimage Dual IV scanner. The 105mm F2.8 Komura airplane shot was taken through the window of Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) using expired Provia 400F, a Bessa R, processed at Walmart, and scanned on the same Dimage IV scanner. The 105/2.8 shot of the cranes was taken through a glass window on the Vancouver Sea Bus. No filters were used on any of the lenses.
No sharpening was done, but slight exposure and color adjustments were made after scanning. In fact some sharpening would have been justified since the scanner resolution is probably less than the film grain size, so the images can be made noticeably sharper if desired (hard to tell that here though with the limited image sizes of the WWW).
My physical impression of these lenses is that the build quality is quite high and they are wonderfully compact, especially the 35/3.5 -- tiny. They look great too!
Lenses:
105/2.8 at LAX:
105/2.8 in Vancoluver Harbor:
The next three were taken on the Cal Tech campus of Pasadena and in an neighborhood near there (Altadena):
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