VinceC
Veteran
My critical sharpness test was comparing my daughter's eyes and eyeglasses to previous shots taken with the chrome lens. The black one looked fine in that respect.
ZivcoPhoto said:While looking at only one color sample, the chrome one seems to be a tad warmer than the black lens.
Of course the cooler photos of the black lens can be tweaked to the levels one cares to have.
I like the rendition from the chrome lens.
Chrome ones are pretty heavy though.
NIKON KIU said:I have been looking at the picture of the girl scout cookie boxes for the last two days,stealing fellow employees cookies at the same time😉 , and I gotta say, the second row of boxes from the right side, looks more in focus than the black lens.
Is it my lousy monitor at work? Or is the chrome lens a bit sharper?
Kiu
vrgard said:Yep, Kiu, that's the way it looks on my monitor as well. Of course, I'm probably biased since the chrome lens shown in Roland's CLA page is my lens (I bought it from him after he did all that great work).
-Randy
Drool. I'll quench my envy by looking at my Carl-Zeiss Jena 8.5cm f/2 😛ferider said:Wes,
this is exactly what I have in LTM:
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Our bartender has a page on the different versions:
http://www.cameraquest.com/852black.htm
Roland.
Bump,
I miss your posts Vince.
I 've got one of the chrome Nikkor 85's, with the aperture and focusing rings side-by-side, which is a bit of a pain. It weighs about as much as my 300 2.8, and the focus is a bit stiff, but it takes nice pictures which is the reason I bought it. And so far, no one has been able to tell by looking at a photo taken with it whether the lens is black or chrome. So, for $235.00 US, bargain grade from KEH, I think I made a good purchase.
raid said:I bought Roland's chrome 85/2 LTM lens while he bought Kiu's 105mm/2.5 LTM lens. I then bought from someone else a 105mm/2.5 LTM lens.
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Raid
Zen-shooter said:Plus the minimum distance to infinity throw is quite long....