Quote: I've been playing around with a number of, mostly very cheap, 50mm(ish) primes recently and have some galleries up with example shots from a few of them:
I've got a few others as well, including the SMC-M 50mm 1.4 and 1.7 and the SMC-FA 50mm F1.7. My experience with these "standard" primes so far is that they're usually sharp even wide open and, due to being at least reasonably fast, easy to focus even on a DSLR.
You have some nice photos from the Vivitar 55mm F2.8 Macro. What is your opinion about this lens? Have you compared it with other similar focal length macro lenses?
Thank you in advance for your response.
I've been playing around with a number of, mostly very cheap, 50mm(ish) primes recently and have some galleries up with example shots from a few of them:
Porst 55mm F1.2 (http://www.pbase.com/niblue/porst_55)
Helios 44-2 58mm F2 (http://www.pbase.com/niblue/helios_442)
CZJ Tessar 50mm F2.8 (http://www.pbase.com/niblue/czj_50mm_f28)
Pentax SMC-A 50mm F1.7 (http://www.pbase.com/niblue/smc_a_50_17)
Vivitar 55mm F2.8 Macro (http://www.pbase.com/niblue/vivitar_55mm_macro)
I've got a few others as well, including the SMC-M 50mm 1.4 and 1.7 and the SMC-FA 50mm F1.7. My experience with these "standard" primes so far is that they're usually sharp even wide open and, due to being at least reasonably fast, easy to focus even on a DSLR.
Thank you in advance for your response.
Cheers,
Voe