Comments on: Review of Pentacon Electric 135mm f2.8 M42

By: Generációk – Generations « Fényemlékeim

Generációk – Generations « Fényemlékeim — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:07:05 +0000

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By: Jean-Christophe

Jean-Christophe — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:56:55 +0000

I consider every 135mm not sharp at all for teleobj (landscape, infinite focus). All where built from the same optical formula whith a huge peace of glass in the middle of the lens (that makes the lens eavy). I made a test at infinite focus with 3 fixed 135mm (Prinzflex, Optomax, Pentacon Electric) and all presented the same default of precision, far from the sharpest 85-210 Helios MC (Zoom !!!). This was a real surprise to me ! However, the range of the focus ring is large enough to make a precise portrait. If I had to compare some 135mm, I would think that japanese 135mm (Tokina RMC, Komura) are, on my opinion, a little bit better.

By: Mattias

Mattias — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:53:10 +0000

@alexki-il: your right, it is the earlier version that has many blades :)

By: alexk-il

alexk-il — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:23:52 +0000

The “bokeh monster” is used for an older version of the lens which has 15 blades iris. That lens gives a creamy bokeh of a perfect round shape.

While your lens is also good, it is not the “bokeh monster”.

By: Mattias

Mattias — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:25:33 +0000

Thanks :) I like it to, when the aperture don’t stick ;)

By: Attila

Attila — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:33:36 +0000

Beautiful samples, especially fogy lake! This is my favorite portrait lens I prefer before many others.

By: Mattias

Mattias — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:26:49 +0000

Thanks :)

By: Richard Nuttall

Richard Nuttall — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:40:35 +0000

Thanks Mattias very kind of you. Some superb photos on the site btw catching a swallow in flight with a 50mm lens is quite an achievement!

By: Mattias

Mattias — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:41:42 +0000

Yas I been on the lookout for a Pentacon 200/4. Still a bit mad about the one in mint condition I let go for £0.99 just becasue I wasn’t paying attention to the time :/ They seem to be quite common though.

By the way, I made some changes in the commenting here so from now on your comments should show direct and not end up in moderation que ;)

By: Richard Nuttall

Richard Nuttall — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:02:50 +0000

Pretty much agree wtih what you say but then my Pentacon is exactly the same as yours, and yes the earlier ones have better bokeh but they also have at least twice as many blades in the iris. I like this lens a lot but again it has a hard time competing with the CZJ 135mm/f3.5, which is slower but definately sharper. See if you can get the Pentacon 200mm F4 to try, that is probably my favourite of all the Pentacon lenses.