which 50 is which?

[triplefinger]

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS DOWN THE PAGE!

I just popped off 3 frames. all lenses wide open

zm 50/2
jupiter 3 50/1.5
summitar 50/2

anyone want to guess which is which? or please offer a preference.

I'll post the answer in a couple days.

 

[Keith]

I think the first one is the J3 ... not sure about the other two though?

[edit] okay ... I must commit ... no 2 is the Summitar!

 

[terrafirmanada]

My guess is Summitar, J3 and Zm

 

[ferider]

My guess is 1) Jupiter, 2) Summitar and 3) Planar. But the focal plane on the last is at a different place than for the other two.

Roland.

 

[Joerg]

Hi,

1) Summitar
2) ZM
3) jupiter 3

Ciao

Joerg

 

[sevres_babylone]

1. jupiter
2. zm
3. summitar

 

[atelier7]

1. Jupiter
2. summitar (is that my old summi? )
2. ZM

 

[zetablues]

1 - zm
2 - summitar
3 - j3

 

[triplefinger]

ok I can't take it any more!!

congrats to those who got some or all right.

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS...

j-3
summitar
ZM

I'm going to do another one of these at f2.8 and include an i-61

thanks for playing!!

 

[Joerg]

you must have the wrong order ........

Ciao

Joerg

 

[sherm]

j3
summitar
ZM

 

[triplefinger]

Does this thread support the saying "Money can't buy happiness"?

J-3 $75
Summitar $150
PLanar $600

Hmmmm.

you must have the wrong order ........

Ciao

Joerg

 

[triplefinger]

indeed it is!

1. Jupiter
2. summitar (is that my old summi? )
2. ZM

 

[ferider]

Ha !

What did you focus on ? Assuming the picture center, why is the Planar so far off (front-focusing) ?

Roland.

 

[triplefinger]

I noticed that. I focused on the little latch coming off the case. I'm going to do it again on a tripod. I blame my wobble for the front focusing.

 

[like2fiddle]

Every time I see one of these 50mm/5cm tests it reinforces my feeling that I have a very good value in my Summitar.

 

[vrgard]

Roland, and others, I would be curious to know what exactly it is you saw in each of those pictures to tell you which lens took which image. I ask, because I know you didn't just guess, and am interested to learn what visible differences you're discerning.

Thanks,
Randy

 

[ferider]

Hi Randy,

this one was difficult and then not. Difficult because there are no OOF highlights in the picture - pretty much the same
zone all across.

Not so difficult because the lenses were shot wide open. I picked the J-3 first, based on the most shallow DOF (f1.5).
Then I picked the Planar looking at the sharpness in the corners. The last one (nr 2) had to be the Summitar.

Roland.

 

[vrgard]

Thanks Sherlock, er, ah, Roland.

 

[Trius]

I didn't post my guess before the answer, but I also didn't cheat and scroll down. I did "guess" correctly, a bit of a surprise because I've owned none of them

I started with being sure the 3rd image was the ZM, partly due to contrast characteristics. I guess the the other two because of a combination of things... partly the image sizing (I figured the larger image was the J3, don't know how I sensed that, but I seem to remember something about the actual focal length of the J3 maybe being longer than 50mm?), as well as DOF and bokeh characteristics of the two.

What do I win?