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I would think that your lens is broken or internally misaligned. I have the same lens and it can easily be focussed and is amazingly sharp, especially at pretty close distances. Photographing the ...

I guess I'm lucky then. I would find it very hard not to be able to let do some stuff more or less alone. That's my biggest problem also. I'd sell about half without much hesitation, if the price ...

Thanks a lot :-). It's not so easy to let them play outside either. Sure Germany is one of the safest countries in the world, but in the cities there's so much traffic, I hardly let my kids out to ...

Beautiful kids, very nice shots, awesome lens. I try to shoot my kids with manual glass too, but I've somewhat given up, because they hate to be photographed by me, so whenever I try to shoot like ...

This image has some fantastic 3D pop. Very nice.

Some more with the excellent Petri 1.4/55 Auto CC Leaf bokeh Disparate twins (I think @ f/2) Leaf spectacle

I've got another one with the Petri 1.4/55 (@ f/2):

YES! One more suggestion that should be cheaper than the Kamlan: Contax Planar 1.7/50.  IMHO that's a step up even from the Canon FD 1.4/50 which I don't use much. I find it boring. But that's ...

Sounds like you have made up your mind, which was the intention of this thread in the first place. If you need the money from selling the Zoom, just do it. If you feel later, that you need it ...

I really like the rendering of the lens in your images, which is why I'll be keeping my Hexanon 1.4/57. Sharpness in the middle of yours is good and it is what can be expected. If you like the ...

Thanks Alan, I'm pretty sure it's not an artifact it's a lamppost :-). The rendition is the lense's merit, the colors and contrast are just the morning light and the beautiful colors of the trees, ...

Some fall shots taken with Petri 1.4/55 on the Sony A7.

Vintage lenses aren't as sharp as modern counterparts when used wide open, at least if you want sharpness to the corners. But... I think there's no harm in just trying one or two of the recommended ...

I recently upgraded to the A7R III from the A7 and was also thinking about a Nikon Z6/7, but for me it was different: I wanted AF back and was interested in the 42 MP which I think should be used ...

I agree. I don't think this thread is about the best lenses that photography has ever seen, but rather those that everyone here chooses as their 10 favourites for their own very subjective reasons. ...

OK I'll play (in that order): 1. Rollei Distagon 1.4/35 - for nice environmental portraits with great contrast, wonderful color and bokeh, and some 3D qualities. Also its 3-bladed aperture provides ...

That pretty much sums it up. Nicely put! ;-)

Thanks for reading the article. And yes: I am saying a modern lens is better overall (if you sum it all up). But a good photographer can (almost) always work around that and achieve equal results ...

To be able to judge the results of the above mentioned test correctly ("in the range of 100-94%") one needs to understand the weights used for getting the score. Most of the weight is given to ...

Dear Altglas fans, I've compared a few interesting choices for Altglas zooms in my blog. The following lenses were part of the review: from left to right Tamron SP 2.8-3.8/35-80 Contax Zeiss ...