Nov 20 2010 Sonnar Lenses Test...

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Special credits to Dan, Michael, Ben Tay, Vincent, Franics, Thomas, Ernest and myself for the available sonnar lenses for the test.

Special thanks to Kevin for providing the location to gather and shoot.

Shot on M9 on tripod, distance about 1m from the subject. All shots were taken from wide-open to f5.6. Please see below sonnar shots by the different lenses available at least in Singapore.

Total 17 lenses with some duplication to check for variations.


MS Optical 50mm f1.3 LTM

Nikkor 50 f1.4 LTM

Carl Zeiss Jenar 50 f1.5

Jupiter 3 50 f1.5 (1st copy)

Jupiter 3 50 f1.5 (2nd copy)

More to come...

 

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Canon Sonnar 50 f1.5 (1st copy)

Canon Sonnar 50 f1.5 (2nd copy)

Zeiss C Sonnar ZM 50 f1.5 (1st copy)

Zeiss C Sonnar ZM 50 f1.5 (2nd copy)

Nikkor 50 f1.5 (very rare!)

 

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Tanar 50 f1.8 (very rare too!)

Nikkor 50 f2.0 (1st copy)

Nikkor 50 f2.0 (2nd copy)

Carl Zeiss Jenar 50 f2.0

Jupiter 8 50 f2.0

Two more lenses to come...

 

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Tanar 50 f2.0

Rollei 40 f2.8

Watch out for our 35mm lens test coming up soon...

 

[xherion]

Wow nice test guys.
Big variation between the 2 canon sonnar copies.
Never heard about the ms optical f1.3 but it has nice bokeh.

 

[dankwan]

Wow nice test guys.
Big variation between the 2 canon sonnar copies.
Never heard about the ms optical f1.3 but it has nice bokeh.

more shots from the MS Optical Dual Mode 50 f1.3....its got electric buzzing bokeh

 

[hookonclassic]

Wow nice test guys.
Big variation between the 2 canon sonnar copies.
Never heard about the ms optical f1.3 but it has nice bokeh.

All digital shots are straight from camera. No lens filter or hood is mounted to check against for flare resistant. I guess some lenses with haze will show up with wash out colors.

 

[pixelbrain]

awesome test session today!!.. never seen such varieties of sonnar variants in the same room before..!

and to top it off, a discovery with a probability lower than striking TOTO was made today in the process... unbelievable! :bsmilie:

 

[hookonclassic]

awesome test session today!!.. never seen such varieties of sonnar variants in the same room before..!

and to top it off, a discovery with a probability lower than striking TOTO was made today in the process... unbelievable! :bsmilie:

Brothers...chance of meeting each other is one in a million...both lenses belong to different RF.SG members and brought from different countries...:bsmilie:

 

[raytoei]

+1 for the post above. Exhaustive and GAS-inducing

What i am surprised is the quality of the J-3/f1.5 and the variations in the Canons.

thanks again!

 

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Guys,

I've gathered some interesting discussions on other RF forums in regards to this test. Pls see the links below:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1473924&posted=1#post1473924

On Hong Kong Leica Forum. Go under 2 top options on the right, and choose chit-chat session. Look for my post.
http://www.hklfc.com/

On Leica forum
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/151852-singapore-sonnar-lenses-test.html

Thanks for the lenses guys!!! I've always love Sonnars and today was just a wet dream come true. Haha!!! Now I am longing for a MS Optical and ZM Sonnars.

 

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Here's all the lenses @f5.6 for a fair comparison.

MS Optical 50 f1.3

Nikkor 50 f1.4

CZJ 50 f1.5

J3 (1st copy) 50 f1.5

J3 (2nd copy) 50 f1.5

 

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Canon 50 f1.5 (1st copy)

Canon 50 f1.5 (2nd copy)

Zeiss ZM C Sonnar 50 f1.5 (1st copy)

Zeiss ZM C Sonnar 50 f1.5 (2nd copy-older brother!)

Nikkor 50 f1.5

 

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Tanar 50 f1.8

Nikkor 50 f2.0 (1st copy)

Nikkor 50 f2.0 (2nd copy)

CZJ 50 f2.0

J8 50 f2.0

 

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Tanar 50 f2.0

Rollei 40 f2.8

 

[zk-diq]

Dave, make some test in dark / shadow / contrast condition.

 

[wongsan]

i suppose my canon sonnar is hazy:embrass:

 

[Redshutter]

i suppose my canon sonnar is hazy:embrass:

hahha add level to it during PP :thumbsup:

 

[Redshutter]

Special credits to Dan, Michael, Ben Tay, Vincent, Franics, Thomas, Ernest and myself for the available sonnar lenses for the test.

Special thanks to Kevin for providing the location to gather and shoot.

Shot on M9 on tripod, distance about 1m from the subject. All shots were taken from wide-open to f5.6. Please see below sonnar shots by the different lenses available at least in Singapore.

Total 17 lenses with some duplication to check for variations.

Indeed... the great sonnar test! Thanks everyone! :thumbsup:

 

[gommy]

Special credits to Dan, Michael, Ben Tay, Vincent, Franics, Thomas, Ernest and myself for the available sonnar lenses for the test.

Special thanks to Kevin for providing the location to gather and shoot.

Shot on M9 on tripod, distance about 1m from the subject. All shots were taken from wide-open to f5.6. Please see below sonnar shots by the different lenses available at least in Singapore.

Total 17 lenses with some duplication to check for variations.

More to come...

Big Thankyou for the effort Guys.:thumbsup:
There's a mini Sonnar & its variants test which I did and posted here in "Which Sonnar?" thread.