Revuenon MC 55mm f1.2 in PK mount
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Posted 12/06/2012 - 12:02
I recently acquired one of these and will be comparing with a S-M-C Tak 55/1.8, K 55/1.8, S-M-C Tak 50/1.4 and an A 50/1.4.
Anyone else with any experience with this lens? - I believe the construction is simimilar to the M42 55/1.2 Tomioka's from the 1970's but made by Cosina in the early 1990's. Here's a few examples of the Revuenon 55/1.2 shot wide open: link Last Edited by Rowdy on 12/06/2012 - 12:28
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Posted 12/06/2012 - 13:39
Is it the one that doesn't have f/1.4 on the aperture ring.
I've got the Porst K version as well as the Tomioka f/1.2 M42 version. All excellent lenses. Pentax K-5 and some other stuff Algi
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Posted 12/06/2012 - 15:00
My Revuenon version doesn't have an f/1.4 setting.
The aperture ring doesn't get too much use anyway as it's normally set at f/1.2 ...
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Posted 12/06/2012 - 15:25
The Revuenon MC 55/1.2 K doesn't have an f1.4 setting - it goes f1.2 then f2. With a 58mm filter ring and 9 aperture blades I believe it has a different design to the Porst 55/1.2 (55mm filter ring).
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Posted 12/06/2012 - 18:11
Focusing with the Revuenon 55/1.2 wide open appears to be a little tricky due to the very narrow DOF. I've ordered one of the Chinese split prism screens off ebay - hopefully this will make manual focusing easier on my *ist DS, although I've read there may be problems with the screen becoming too dark at low apertures.
Last Edited by Rowdy on 12/06/2012 - 18:12
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