Hey guys,
I know, I know just looking for opinions. I have an eclectic mix of Canon and M42 lenses so far:
Canon 24-105L F4 IS Reasonably sharp and has IS but focus ring is pretty damn short.
Canon 50 F1.4 USM Sharp!!!!! Nice colour and contrast, just the focus ring from *!
Vivitar 28 F2.5 M42 Pretty soft til F4, vignettes, and flares but cool and retro lens
Mir 37mm 1B F2.8 M42 Pretty sharp at F4 but crazy hotspotting
Pentacon 50mm F1.8 M42 Soft till about F4
Jupiter 85 F2.0 M42 Soft wide open, but sharper as you stop down, nice CU lens
Pentax 135 F3.5 M42 Pretty sharp just flares like a * and pretty low contrast outdoors.
Now what I wanted to know is I love all my lenses for their idiosyncracies, but I am gearing up for a feature and I want to add to my lens kit, I want lenses that match and that are sharp for the big screen. Canon glass is cool, but expensive and the manual focus is pretty rough for focus pulling, however love the look of that 50 1.4!( I was initially just going to add a 28 or 35 and 85 in canon to my kit). However, I am rethinking now and leaning towards building a Nikon AIS kit from scratch after hearing such rave reviews from Shane Hurlbut. Are they as sharp as their canon counterparts?
I like the idea of having a set of lenses that have long focus throws, are matched and have a solid build quality I just dont want to start plopping down cash if it is not really worth it.
What are people's thoughts? Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers