I need a list of alltime Worst lenses....

[kelly_flanigan1]

Alex; I used my 85mm f/2.8 Steinheil Culminar tonight! It has a stuck diaphram that has a max opening between F4 and F2.8; but still stops down at all positions. The 85mm F2.8 here is a very sharp lens; I like it because it is so compact. It seems to enlarge quite well; maybe I got a good one!

[alex_lofquist]

I looked up the construction of the Culminar. It is a triplet with the front group made of 3 elements. Voightlander used this in several of their successful designs, so I must have had a bad apple. (Perhaps the mechanical mounting to Leica screwmount?) I later bought a 90mm f/4 Elmar which was excellent. Too bad that I cannot go back and retest the Culminar today. I would like to mount it on one of my Nikons, in addition to the Leica which I still have.

[john_riedel]

My worst F mount lens was a Vivitar 70-210 f3.5 I think it was an AIS lens. At the time I didn't know how bad it was, low contrast, and poor colors. The other one that I didn't like was a Sigma 28-80 f3.5-5.6 AFD, flare, flare, flare, even with the hood that came with the lens.

 

I should have known better, but I didn't buy either lens, they both came to me in an odd way. I now use a Nikon 35-70 f2.8 AFD and a 80-200 f2.8 AF-ED for that range of focal lengths.

[kelvin_lau1]

A Holga 120S has a really crappy lens, and they sell like hotcakes because of it.

[larry_miller5]

I personally had the Nikkor 200MM F4 AIS years ago. Was not impressed with that lens at all. Too soft. Even "Grumpy" says it's a pile of crap! When you read his reviews, you're getting his honest opinion. No holds barred. I too disagree with the person who said all "E" Series lenses are bad. I've never tried the rest, but obviously he hasn't shot with the 75-150MM F3.5

[lex_jenkins]

Spiratone Portragon 100mm fixed f/4 single element lens. Horrendous spherical aberration. Of course, that was the idea. Absolutely gorgeously beautifully soft piece of crap photos.

 

One perons's crap is another person's fertilizer.<div></div>

[ecarter]

Quantaray 28-80 f/4-5.6 manual focus lens from the 80's on my old Olympus OM2s. Awful build, lousy contrast, flare-prone and about as sharp as a bowling ball. Lets just say that when it took the final drop, I wasn't sad.

 

'nuff said.