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 Isco Göttingen Tele-Westanar 135mm f3.5 Autor: panoramapeople  5  0  3451 |  Олень Autor: Sergey Gorbachevsky 4.5 0 3443 |  Хорошо пробежались Autor: Sergey Gorbachevsky 4.25 0 2764 |  девушка играющая Autor: Sergey Gorbachevsky 4.12 0 4660 |
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Owner reviews: Isco-Gottingen Tele-Westanar 135 mm f/ 3.5
Strengths:
This lens has a 15 blade aperture, creating a very nice bokeh. The glass is fine and offers a great resolution and sharpness. Solid made, small body, very smooth focus.
Weaknesses:
The aperture is fully manual. It has to be set before focusing. Front element moves while focusing. There are no coatings on the glass so it's recommended to use a sunshade or to avoid direct sunlight on the reflecting silver iris.
This lens can not be adapted to digital full frame SLR.
Comments:
All weaknesses come from the construction of the lens body wich aimed to a lower price segment.
The leak of coatings can be seen as a plus or a minus, depending on the shooting situation and camera. For digital video, this gives some extra in latency and helps on colour grading. It's a cool close portrait lens for a fair budget.
Sold als Tele-Westanar, Berolina-Westanar, both in M42 and EXA mount. Another more rare and expensive version has an automatic iris and backfocus. (Iscomat) both released in 1961.
