Comments on: Review of Pentacon Auto 50mm/1.8

By: Greg Branford

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By: davide

davide — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:03:38 +0000

This is a great lens!!!! Warm colors, precise focusing, excellent from 0,3 meters to infinity! I use often with my old praktica LB, bought used in the ’90 and still 100% working

By: Mattias

Mattias — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:14:44 +0000

I kind of like the sharper to the middle effect sometime (depending on what I shoot) :) This is also a lens I’m not afraid to bump a little, since it is already dented.

By: Jean-Christophe

Jean-Christophe — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:05:54 +0000

The 50mm Pentacon is an overall good obj. It is, on my opinion, easy to use, sharp enough (in the middle of image), with a nice bokeh and with good colour rendering in the Multi Coating version. However, when I compare the performance of this lens with some other lenses, for example the Fujinon 50mm, the Pentacon is less precise at the corner of image and globaly less performant. But for the price this lens can be found on ebay, it is a good bargain. Would say 3,5/5.

By: Mattias

Mattias — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:30:22 +0000

Nice :) I think it is the lens which has the best combination of price and performence.

By: Sreekanth

Sreekanth — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:06:55 +0000

I have the same lens.. bought in ebay for <10$ ..Its just amazing. It replaced my sigma 17-70 on my canon 20D .. all my pics now are taken used it.

yes..the close focus is really great .. and the bokeh is very nice too :).. I'm lucky that my lens is mechanically also in grt condition.. only a small fungus mark on the rear element,it doesn't effect the picture quality though..

By: parket

parket — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:54:38 +0000

:-]] rock and roll

By: Thad

Thad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:14 +0000

Really great find! Very usable lens. I enjoyed your photos very much: all well done. I’m curious, though, about the coatings on this lens. In the branches shot near the end of your series, flare and ghosting seem to be well under control. No ghosts I can see and flare is only slight to moderate, and put to nice use in the composition also. Any comments on that?

By: Mattias

Mattias — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:55:21 +0000

Hi Mark, yes that’s my daughter :) Too cute sometimes, hard to say no to ;)

By: Mark Forman

Mark Forman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:22:33 +0000

OK I have flea market bargain envy! Is that your child in the happy shot? A beauty in any case. :D