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Prefer expensive crap optics over cheap crap optics? - Brightcolours - 06-21-2016
I can like crappy optics with some charm, if they are cheap and cheerful.
An example:
![[Image: EB2193AFBD2341038CF73C9A8260C1E2.jpg]](http://g1.img-dpreview.com/EB2193AFBD2341038CF73C9A8260C1E2.jpg)
Donna the American Bulldog standing in the water of a small river on a sunny day. Taken with an old Old Delft Definor 140mm f1.8 projection lens.
But if you prefer your crappy optics to be expensive, you are in luck:
http://www.meyer-optik-goerlitz.com/trioplan-100-f2-8-limited-edition/#!
Prefer expensive crap optics over cheap crap optics? - stoppingdown - 06-21-2016
Well, the market always discovers new niches for people with lots of money to spend. For instance: in the DSLR world, everything is big and heavy, and some photographers can get their satisfaction by buying and showing off a 600mm f/4. This doesn't hold true in the small world of mirrorless... et voilà , you have titanium and gold, and limited editions.
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Of course, I'm not saying that all owners of the 600mm f/4 only get it for showing off. It's that I've read a number of reports by famous photographers telling some enlightening stories...
Prefer expensive crap optics over cheap crap optics? - Klaus - 06-23-2016
Nice shot, Brightcolors.
Although I can spot a Nisen bokeh in there and I suspect that the result isn't quite as impressive on pixel level.
However, yes, there are many lenses out there that can be downright awesome at a very low price (e.g. some of the Russian stuff)
Prefer expensive crap optics over cheap crap optics? - Brightcolours - 06-23-2016
Quote:Nice shot, Brightcolors.The lens has horrible optics, Klaus. Not very sharp at all, no way to stop it down. Very smooth bokeh close-ish up, but at the edges that can go a bit haywire for some reason, very high CA and astigmatism/coma issues at the edges especially when focussing further away.
Although I can spot a Nisen bokeh in there and I suspect that the result isn't quite as impressive on pixel level.
However, yes, there are many lenses out there that can be downright awesome at a very low price (e.g. some of the Russian stuff)
And most probably more rare than a gold plated Meyer optics 100mm!