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Thanks Marco. Very useful.

You don't even need a uv light, a regular led from ikea should work

& i thought the nfd 35 2.8 was small & light.

A great, complete review from you as always, and I picked up some things I missed reviewing it myself. Thank you for having me share my thoughts on it.

These lens are my first. Bought it without researching too. They made me fall in love in vintage lens

I love this lens.

I have the FL and really love it. If I can find a nFD for a good price, I will get that, as I find the ergonomics of the NFDs are just better for me.

Not having a Nikon Body this lens that I got in a box of bits has been sitting in a drawer for years but when I got a Nikon D200 I popped it on not expecting much having seen some poor reviews, well I was surprised because shooting at F8 I've got some really pleasing results

i owned on of these pentax lenses. they have a nice multicoating. beautiful color reflection. high quality lenses

Cool presentation, cool music! tx.

I have some filters I received with some old lenses I bought. I never use them but your beautiful images and video have inspired me to try them. Thanks for another great video. I love what you do!

The colour shift reminds me of expired Konica films, even Velvia depending on the scene/wb.

Can someone help me..I have this lense, but it only can be use if I put it on f22 on the lens ring, i have old Nikon D3300. If i rotate below f22 it stated 'Lock lense aperture ring at minimum aperture (largest f/-number) *sorry for my bad english

I have rediscovered my box of 1990s Cokin filters.... already started using some. Special effects filters was quite a thing back then.

Great video! I wonder what a bunch of stacked CPL's would look like if they were all twisted in different ways?

I literally have a shoe box of old UV filters. I have got to the point where I throw them in the garbage or use them for lens repair if I get any new ones.

What year is was the lens manufactured?

Looks gorgeous. Definitely for certain movies and music videos indeed. You got the highlights better controlled, because on digital, usually the highlights are blown out

Really beautiful images with a lovely mood.

Interesting. I thought there would be much more image quality degradation. There is a lot of CA, lots of ghosting and low contrast, but overall, the image is quite pleasant.

i read the title and thought 'wtf' and now i'm watching. brb..... EDIT "I Wonder What Would Happen if I do THIS???" a new series by Marco! I'd watch.

Bel video ambientato nella mia Udine. Grazie mille sarà molto utile considerato che ho appena acquistato una Nikon F5 e questo obiettivo. Altri consigli per obiettivi performanti da montare sulla F5? Cordialmente buon weekend. Stefano.

Good buy!

Check out Filippo Chiesa review of the modern version of these (meyer) lenses. I think they can look great. I really like how they render skin tones.

I own a Nikon E series lens too but it is a 100mm prime lens and it is actually good. When I read about Nikon E series I see it had even three zoom lenses and I was curious about them.

It might be down to sample variation but I had used this lens and still own it and I found it to be pretty excellent. My lens didn’t have much issues with chromatic aberration and rendered beautiful, sharp images. The only issue that put me off a bit is more than usual amount of longitudal chromatic aberration that I can also notice in your video.

you might not have liked the lens too much, but the images might convince people otherwise. tyvm for the vid!

Honestly? Perfect camera and perfect pictures!

L'acquisto è interessante... Pensi di testare a breve fotocamera ed obiettivi?

Ι like vintage telephoto zooms. Even if it's just for shooting for fun. The SMC Pentax-A 70-210 f4 I own is pretty good. Don't know if you've ever got your hands on one at some point. Also own a Vivitar 70-210mm 2.8-3.5 series 1 (PK mount) but I prefer the Pentax

I have to agree. The Helios 44 just doesn't grab me. I've had the 44-2 and the 44M-4 (Valdai), but sold them both. They're quite alright wide open though. For me they were very average for my style of shooting, doing not much to surprise. In the same way that most modern lenses now feel, as i go deeper to the vintage lenses realm... I much prefer lenses such as Meritar 50mm f2.9, Industar-61 (both very cheap and not amazingly sharp, but with more appeal), most of Canon nFD lenses etc. Maybe one day i'll go for the original Helios 44, but no rush as i already have the experience. But maybe your copies are better, and more suited to your style of shooting...

I forgot to mention a used roll of superia 100, a roll of Scotch color print HR 100 for 110 format and, oddly enough, a receipt for a dinner for two somewhere in Greece

Thank you for this great review of this lens. I just got this lens that came with the Nikon 60D I just got off of eBay. You earned a sub.

Just bought one today at a great vintage camera store. Can’t wait to use it!!

I have owned, used, and compared the following lenses on full-frame cameras: Asahi Pentax 50mm f/1.4 (8-element) Takumar Asahi Pentax 50mm f/1.4 (7-element) Takumar Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Fuji Fujinon 50mm f/1.4 All were great lenses. The (8-element) Asahi Pentax 50mm f/1.4 Takumar lens was my personal favorite.

I received one of these with a 58mm f1.4 that I wanted to buy. The 50 is amazing. I prefer its IQ to that of the 58.

My first vintage lens was a Helios a few weeks ago. I rolled the dice on this one just to stop buying too many around 50mm lenses. Just tested out this the other day and really liked it. Didn’t notice it swirl but I didn’t take that many boke shots.

I love my Pentacon 50mm f1.8. Its a cheap piece of crap, focuses closely and produces amazing images. Anything Pentacon I want. Though my 300mm f4 is a tad too heavy.

interesting lens, i like the red chromatic abberations around the bokeh balls 3:05

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top stuff!

I like it... but I've always had a mental block against lenses that doesn't have a constant maximum aperture through the zoom range. I avoid them! Probably more emotional than rational.

Hi Marco. Thanks for a GREAT review as always. From the examples you show the LoCa’s are indeed more noticable on the “M” but is this as relevant in regular shooting? Thanks!

Fantastisk, lige hvad jeg søgte efter 😊😊

I own the Konica 28 f3.5 and the Pentax-M 28 f2.8. I really like the Pentax-M version a lot, but I'm also a huge fan of all my Konica Hexanon lenses that I own. So for me, I find that I use the Konica 28/3.5 more because I also use the other Konica lenses more. But if I am reaching for a 28mm lens on purpose, then its gonna be the Pentax-M 28/2.8 for sure. Its super sharp and the colors are very nice. And, yeah, its faster, that's huge! I keep them both because I can.

Good work as always. It’s not too bad, but the flares and busy bokeh put me off a bit. I have just tested the 28-85 f4 and while it’s not as good as 35-105 f3.5 it’s not too far off the mark. Keep them coming!

excellent video and such a great background music

I just looked in my lens drawers and I actually have this lens. After seeing your results Marco, I might just have to photograph my wife on our next walk in the park. It really is a badly designed lens as the MF is tiny so I just turn the barrel but I think the optics are pretty decent.

Hola.Me venden el pentax 28mm 2.8 y el Nikkor 24mm 2.8 a un precio similar.cual cree que es mejor lente????? Ayudaaaa!!!!!😢😮😂😊

I have the Canon FD 35-105mm f3.5. I think its pretty good and similar to this lens though I hate the normal minimum focus distance of 5 feet. Have you ever used that lens?