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Chinon Auto Chinon f2.8 28mm Manual Focus
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Wed May 16, 2012
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$30.00
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None indicated
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New to Mu-43
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Posts: 8
Registered: May 2012
Location: california
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bdobyns
New to Mu-43
Registered: May 2012
Location: california
Posts: 8
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Review Date: Wed May 16, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $30.00
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Pros:
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good bokeh, soft overall
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Cons:
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oriented wrong (this may be a problem with the adapter)
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My instance is in Konica AR mount, serial number 103540. As best as I can tell, it's from about 1980 or so. Unlike Nikon and some other makers, who have good serial-number-to-year lookup tables on the web, Chinon is nearly absent.
The $30 price included shipping. eBay, of course.
The Fotasy Konica-m43 (another $20, also on eBay) adapter ends up with the lens oriented wrong on my E-P1 (and probably any M4/3 system). The centerline for focus and aperature marks on the lens are at 5 o'clock when the lens is mounted on the camera. I suspect this is just an error in the lens adapter design, but since this is my only Konica AR lens presently, I don't know if it's a flaw in the adapter or lens.
Overall, this lens is not as sharp as the Vivitar (Kiron) f2.5 28mm that I also have (in Minolta/SR mount). It feels smaller in operation than the Vivitar, which is longer, but thinner. The Chinon, on the adapter, extends 3.25" from the body of the E-P1, and takes a 62mm filter.
Was it worth $30? In my estimation, any lens is probably worth $20-30 if I can take pictures with it. This one probably won't win a permanent place in my camera bag, but we'll see over time. A lot of other folks have noted that a 24mm or 28mm ends up being the lens they reach for most often for their Mu-43 camera.
Shot of the EIA 1956 test pattern taken at f2.8
Shot of the EIA 1956 test pattern taken at f5.6
Shot of the EIA 1956 test pattern taken at f8
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Olympus E-P1 and a bunch of other stuff, too numerous to list.
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