paul t Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Very interesting, both in terms of the criteria used, and the results, complete with a lot of scans. The reviews describe the lens' performance on the RD-1, which might differ from performance on a full frame, film camera, but it's intriguing, nevertheless. <a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/fastlensreview.shtml">Link.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredus Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Thanks for the pointer Paul. I'm wondering why the 50mm Nokton get such a low rating compare to other ... Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I want my Noct' back. 8*( Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Fred, You're kidding right? The Nokton 50/1.5 did beautifully. Cheers, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredus Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Sean, No I wasn't kidding. I don't know how to read, that's all :-) Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_rose Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Sean did a great job! These are the articles I enjoy reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_ois_courtois Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 strange that in some cases, performance of a given lens seems to diminish when closing the aperture: RD-1 focussing problem?<p>Regardless, very interesting article, 'thoug I am a bit disappointed by the Nokton 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 No focussing problem, per se, as the focus distance was the same for all tests. Some lenses actually do their best at wider apertures. Erwin Puts has discussed this in a few pieces. Cheers, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_marshall1 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 It all depends on what aperture it's optimized for. The old Nikkor 50/1.4 LTM was famous for this. Great portrait lens at f/1.4. Now it's Leica that seems to optimize for maximum aperture. Superb report, Sean! I hope it was a labor of love becasue it obviously took an awful lot of work & is now a fabulous reference. Thank you. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_bergman1 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Sean, I think that this is the one of the best lens testing I have ever seen. You not only get objective results you also get a great description of the lens character. It reminds me of a wine newsletter I used to get. It was called the California Grapevine. It would give numerical ratings but the real interest were the descriptions of the wine. In most lens tests you get chart after chart or pseudo-tech talk. You really don't know much about the lens character. This had to be a labor of love and I appreciate the effort you put into this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Thank you all very much for the feedback. There was a lot of work that went into that article and I'm really glad to read that it's been useful for people. Cheers, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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