Vivitar 28mm F2.5 M42
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M42 mount lens. Its in fair condition, all works as it should. Great lens, fast wide angle! Easy to adapt to any mirrorless camera. Will also take a Canon EF adapter. Great lens for video work. All manual!!!!
When it comes to image rendering, this lens has something special to it. The bokeh can be beautiful and has a lovely soap-bubble rendering with specular highlights. The flaring can be spectacularly dramatic and casts a warm glow over the image. It really delivers a classic film-like look.
On the downside, it really is quite prone to those flares. It requires some attention for those times you dont want that look. It also can vignette pretty heavily. When it comes to sharpness, its alright wide-open and improves to be fairly good from f/4-f/16 where diffraction starts to show. However, it never becomes bitingly sharp.
Notably, this lens is an absolute tactile joy to use. It feels great in the hand. The focus ring glides through a near-perfect throw and is damped as ideally as any lens Ive used. Its really a lens that needs to be used to understand. That said, I think its certainly worth a look, so lets dive in!