In practice, it has taken some time to learn how wonderful it really is. In theory, this lens is everything I could wish for. Once you get the results back from this experiment, you''''ll be able to see, in practice, if the lens works for you or not. Then hand the salesman the roll of film to develop. The salesmen, some advervisements on the counter, the customers, anything, and try to shoot most of the shots wide open or at f4. Purchase a roll of high speed film from them, and ask to try out the lens right there in the store.
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If you don''''t mind burning a couple of rolls of film learning how to use it, it''''s a wonderful tool to own. The out of focus areas are creamy smooth, and the focused subjects seem to come off the print (a feat no Canon lens I have ever used can duplicate) Still, it produces the best photos I have gotten out of a telephoto lens. has alot of useful information on how to properly focus specific lenses for this system at different distances, but still, it takes a while to get the hang of it, and even now, I''''m never 100% positive that I am focusing on the right part of the subject. Since the lens is not rangefinder coupled, it has a steep learning curve before you know what you are focusing on. This is the sharpest telephoto lens I have ever used!Īt every f-stop, the sharpness and contrast are exceptional, and the colors are some of the best I have ever seen! In portraits, you can make out the fine texture of skin, to every little fine hair (which is either a blessing or curse.for me, it is a blessing)Īttached to the G1, there is no mirror vibration, so I can get pin sharp 8x10 photos down to 1/20th of a second, and 4圆 photos at 1/10th. I rated it at 4 stars only because of the difficulty in focusing, the optical peroformance will be absolutely a 5 star one. If you fail to master it, you will not like it. Now I don''t have much difficulty focusing a person (she''d be within the sharp range, but I cannot make a crystal sharp right at the eye), but I really cannot handle tele-macro flowers! I think 7 macro flowers out of 10 will turn out to be failed works in my memo bin (I like using failed pictures as memos at home and even at work!)Īnyway, so the final conclusion is you will need to have more practice before you can really love this lens. Honestly speaking, I owned it for more than half a year, up to now I still cannot say I can handle the AF very well. It''s sharp, it''s small and light weight as a 90 F2.8, the outcoming color is good, and the out-focus area looks sweet while the in-focus area looks popping out, it is a very nice lens, but that''s what after you can handle its focusing mechanism. My favorite tree in the gerital, showing off in an early winter fog bank. Lone Tree Shadow (Contax G1 / Portra 400) by Harald Philipp. Contax G1, Zeiss Biogon 28mm 1:2.8, Fomapan 200. Although it was sold as a kit lens set, its performance shone through. I must say this lens *was* really hard to handle. Running Boy (Contax G1) by Stefan Kamert. In the film era, the Contax G45 was pretty much one of the first choices for everyone who chose to enter the Contax G1/G2 system.