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 Post subject: Soligor lens.
PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2022 12:28 am 
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My first Soligor.

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135mm f2.8.

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Beautifully manufactured. The ribbed and scalloped focusing collar is very smooth in operation- almost as nice as a nikkor.

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First test shot on the D-810 shows a bit of haze wide open at f2.8.
This lens may be a candidate for learning how to clean elements, if I can work myself up to it.

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Minimum focus distance wide open is pretty thin and longish, and displays a bit of blue/purple fringe.

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Considerable improvement by f5.6.

I actually like this quite a bit.
Not quite the image quality of the nikkor Q 135 f2.8, but it's no real slouch either.
It's depth of field is pretty thin wide open.

The ergonomics and build quality are superb.
It has the half f-stops, ala Vivitar, but not really a problem with me.
It also has a somewhat tight built in sliding lens hood/shade, which I neglected to get a photo of extended...
More to play with yet, and a bit more testing...

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 Post subject: Re: Soligor lens.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 6:37 pm 
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There it is on my pet F-2 with the hood extended.
It looks fairly at home there.

Did a bit of testing, and this '71 made Tokina performs well, especially stopped down a bit.

I'll get some comparison pics up after.
It is a lens I'm starting to like a lot.
It's razor thin depth of field wide open does take a bit of getting used to...

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