FrankS
Registered User
50mm f/1.8 Meyer-Optic Oreston
50mm f/1.9 Canon collapsible (Serenar?)
Good/bad/so-so?
50mm f/1.9 Canon collapsible (Serenar?)
Good/bad/so-so?
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NoTx
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"50mm f/1.8 Meyer-Optic Oreston" Now that peeks my interest... now I am going to have to research
back alley
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i'm curious about the canon also. been thinking it might be kinda cool on the p for a more compact profile. (unlike my own)
joe
joe
yossarian
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Oreston
Oreston
Frank,
I've used a few of these, and they (like the Soviet lenses) had rather loose QC and tended to vary a lot.
Just to make certain we're talking about the same lens, the ones I used had the very useful ability to focus to 13" (from the film plane). I would put average optical characteristics of this lens on par with similar vintage Mamiya/Sekor and Miranda lenses; sharpness and contrast would both rate adequate but flare level a bit on the high side. However, there was no dramatic drop in quality at minimum focus, which is remarkable, considering it beat out every other normal lens except for the f/2 Planar for the Contarex in near focus.
yossarian
Oreston
Frank,
I've used a few of these, and they (like the Soviet lenses) had rather loose QC and tended to vary a lot.
Just to make certain we're talking about the same lens, the ones I used had the very useful ability to focus to 13" (from the film plane). I would put average optical characteristics of this lens on par with similar vintage Mamiya/Sekor and Miranda lenses; sharpness and contrast would both rate adequate but flare level a bit on the high side. However, there was no dramatic drop in quality at minimum focus, which is remarkable, considering it beat out every other normal lens except for the f/2 Planar for the Contarex in near focus.
yossarian
doubs43
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"50mm f/1.8 Meyer-Optic Oreston"
Frank, I've owned a couple of thses lens and have one on a Pentax Spotmatic II and another on an Exakta RTL-1000 as I type. In general, the Oreston 50mm f/1.8 is an excellent lens. There was another 50mm lens of the same period made by CZ-Jena called the Pancolar. The Pancolar is reported to be ever so slightly better than the Oreston but IMO it depends upon the specific examples.
If the Meyer-Optik Oreston was made in other than M-42 and Exakta mounts, I'm not aware of it. My first such lens came as standard on the Exakta RTL-1000 that I bought back in the early 1970's. The pictures it took were first-rate.
Walker
Frank, I've owned a couple of thses lens and have one on a Pentax Spotmatic II and another on an Exakta RTL-1000 as I type. In general, the Oreston 50mm f/1.8 is an excellent lens. There was another 50mm lens of the same period made by CZ-Jena called the Pancolar. The Pancolar is reported to be ever so slightly better than the Oreston but IMO it depends upon the specific examples.
If the Meyer-Optik Oreston was made in other than M-42 and Exakta mounts, I'm not aware of it. My first such lens came as standard on the Exakta RTL-1000 that I bought back in the early 1970's. The pictures it took were first-rate.
Walker
FrankS
Registered User
I've spoken to the seller, and the Meyer-Optic is indeed an m42 mount, so fo-get-a-bout-it. The Canon 50mm F1.9 lens needs disassembly to remove some large paint flakes, so it's pretty reasonable. But is it worth it? I've got several 50's already.
back alley
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don't know if you're interested, but ebay has a whole swack of collapsable russian 50s right now.
joe
joe
back alley
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from the dechert book, page 82
'the f2 normal serenar was recomputed to a design with f1.9 maximum aperture, largely a cosmetic improvement,for use with the IIB camera'
' like the f2 serenar, the f1.9 was also collapsable and was made to a gauss-derived formula...'
i can't seem to find any comments on the quality of the images taken with the lens, sorry.
joe
'the f2 normal serenar was recomputed to a design with f1.9 maximum aperture, largely a cosmetic improvement,for use with the IIB camera'
' like the f2 serenar, the f1.9 was also collapsable and was made to a gauss-derived formula...'
i can't seem to find any comments on the quality of the images taken with the lens, sorry.
joe
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Kin Lau
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Don't know how much the Serenar is going for, but it does have a very good reputation.
ddutchison
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Frank,
There was a thread today on Photonet about the 50/1.9
Canon F1.8 LTM, Canon F1.9, or Jupiter 8?
There was a thread today on Photonet about the 50/1.9
Canon F1.8 LTM, Canon F1.9, or Jupiter 8?