Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced - Printable Version +- Opticallimits (https://forum.opticallimits.com) +-- Forum: Forums (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4) +--- Forum: Just Talk (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17) +--- Thread: Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced (/showthread.php?tid=3941) |
Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced - Klaus - 03-06-2018 Never heard of them? Me neither ... Japanese apparently. http://kinoshita-optical.com/ready/kistar_85mm_f1-4 RE: Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced - Brightcolours - 03-06-2018 Also a manual focus 55mm f1.2 and a manual focus 35mm f1.4. The 55mm f1.2 is a reproduction of one of the 2 Tomioka 55mm f1.2 designs of the late 1960's-1970's. They state that a feature of the Kistar series is emphasising soft rendering wide open, and sharpness closed down. Looks like they are recreating old 1970's Japanese lens designs for the "enthusiast"? RE: Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced - Rover - 03-06-2018 6 elements in 5 groups is a tad too few for a decent 85/1.4, innit? And judging by the MTF, it's going to be soft as molasses at f/1.4... and for $1250. Next please. RE: Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced - davidmanze - 03-06-2018 More nonsense........... RE: Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced - toni-a - 03-06-2018 Another lens with "special character" if it's working for Meyer Optic there are also the Japanese vintage lenses. Got Zenit 44-2 for 25$ it has swirly bokeh yes, and so what ? I wouldn't prefer it over my 50f1.8 although I don't like its bokeh RE: Kinoshita Kistar 85mm f/1.4 announced - Rover - 03-08-2018 Seeing their products one cannot help wondering... "Shita" is "under" in Japanese but there are unfortunate linguistic connotations for an English speaker. |