According provided by Beroflex 1: 2.8 f = 35mm lens huge thanks to Vitaly Skidan.
Review Beroflex 1: 2.8 f = 35mm
The Beroflex 1: 2.8 f = 35mm is a fairly old, simple lens for film cameras, with manual focus and M42 threads.
Lens side view. You can see the depth of field scale and the values of possible apertures.
The lens has a rubberized focus ring that rotates 90 degrees. MDF is quite large and is 70 cm. When focusing, the front lens does not rotate.
Enlightenment of the front and rear lens of the Beroflex 35 2.8 lens
Beroflex 35 / 2.8 has a blinking diaphragm without a switch for its operation. The diaphragm consists of only 6 blades. Front filter diameter is standard 52mm. The lens itself is made in Korea, the assembly is not bad, and from many old lenses, the Beroflex 35 / 2.8 does not stand out in anything special.
Front view
My copy is most likely not the most successful, since it is very soft on an open aperture.
How to use with modern cameras?
Lenses with mounting thread M42 (M42 X 1 / 45.5), such as the lens from this review, are very easy to use on almost any modern digital camera (both SLR and mirrorless), for this it is enough to choose the right adapter (adapter). You do not need to carry out any additional steps to modify the lens.
The cheapest adapters can be found at Aliexpress.com... There are adapters (adapters) with a chip that provide more convenience during shooting, usually chips are used to confirm focus and / or metering exposure, and form the correct EXIF. The chip does not affect the image quality in any way.
For some SLR cameras (for example, with the Nikon F-mount), you need to use adapters with a corrective lens, which allows you to focus correctly at all focusing distances. For any mirrorless cameras, such a lens is not needed, and the adapter is a simple decorated hollow metal tube with an appropriate mount.
For SLR cameras
- Canon: For cameras Canon EOS with bayonet mount EF / EF-S need an M42-Canon EOS adapter, such an adapter with a chip can be found herewithout chip here.
- NIKON: For cameras Nikon DX / FXas well as for cameras Fujifilm и Kodak with a Nikon F mount, you need an M42-Nikon F adapter, you can buy such an adapter without a lens and a chip here, with a lens without a chip herewith chip without lens here, with lens and chip here. Why a lens? Why chip?
- PENTAX: For Pentax cameras with K mount, you need an M42-Pentax K adapter, you can buy such an adapter here.
- SONY/MINOLTA: For cameras with a Sony / Minolta A mount, you need the M42-Sony A adapter, you can find such an adapter without a chip at this linkwith a chip at this link.
- OLYMPUS/PANASONIC/LEICA: For cameras with a 4/3 bayonet mount (not to be confused with Micro 4/3!) You need an M42-4 / 3 adapter, you can buy such an adapter here.
For mirrorless cameras
- SONY: For cameras with 'E'/'FE' mount series SonyNEX и Sony Alpha you need an adapter M42-Sony E (aka M42-Sony Nex), you can find it at this link. An autofocus adapter is also available for these cameras. Techart PRO Leica M - Sony E Autofocus Adapterwhich can be found at this link.
- OLYMPUS / PANASONIC / KODAK / XIAOMI: For cameras with a bayonet mount Micro 4/3 (Micro 4:3) you need an adapter M42-Micro 4/3, you can find it at this link.
- CANON M: For cameras with Canon EF-M mount need adapter M42-Canon M, it can be found at this link.
- CANON R and RF-S: For cameras with Canon RF mount need adapter M42-Canon R, it can be found at this link.
- Nikon 1: For cameras Nikon 1 Series need adapter M42-Nikon 1, you can find it at this link.
- Nikon Z: For cameras Nikon Z series (FX/DX) need an adapter M42-Nikon Z, it can be found at this link.
- FUJIFILM X: For cameras with mount X need an M42-Fuji X adapter, you can find it at this link.
- FUJIFILM GFX: For medium format cameras G-mount need M42-Fuji GFX adapter, you can find it at this link.
- SAMSUNG: For cameras with NX mount, you need an M42-Samsung NX adapter, you can find it at this link. There are no adapters for the NX mini camera yet.
- PENTAX: For Q-mount cameras, you need an M42-Pentax Q adapter, you can find it at this link.
- SIGMA / PANASONIC / LEICA: For cameras with L mount you need an M42-Leica L adapter, you can find it at this link.
- LEICA: For cameras with a bayonet mount Leica M need adapter M42-L / M, you can find it at this link.
If you have any questions on compatibility and adapters - ask in the comments (comments do not require any registration at all).
The parameters of the photo in the review:
All shot on Canon EOS 350D. On-camera JPEG L, high quality. Noise reduction at slow shutter speeds was turned off. Parameters: contrast correction - 0, sharpness - 0, saturation - 0, tone color - 0. Used white balance: 'Shadow' and 'Cloudy.' The size of the photos was reduced to 3 MP.
ZK lens view
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Conclusions:
This instance of Beroflex 1: 2.8 f = 35mm turned out to be a very weak lens, it would be a shame if all Beroflex 1: 2.8 f = 35mm are similar to it.
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Arkady, where did your beauty model girl go ???
Has not gone anywhere, was recently in the review of 18-200 https://radojuva.com.ua/2013/09/nikon-dx-af-s-nikkor-18-200-3-5-5-6gii-ed-swm-vr-if-aspherical/
Arkady, the model is really great!
Arkady, what does “softit” mean? How to understand this?
Softit means soap.
Softit - from English Soft - soft. I don't like the expressions “soapy, soap, etc.”, so I use western soft.
nikkor 50mm f1.8 on the crop with the maximum aperture is also provided by the software. - lathers it completely different, as well as defocusing
and this is usually solved by tightening the diaphragm and increasing Iso. or by replacing optics ... so when you buy "glass", negotiate either under money back, or check on the spot)
Yes, in principle, the same thing. It's just that the term “soap” is often used to refer to the uneven resolution of the lens in the center and along the edge, or to defects of a particular instance (soap on the right, soap on the left), and “softit” is more related to the resolution of the lens at a particular aperture as a whole.
This is a representative of a very common govnose series of Samyang lenses, which also includes the worst in history 28 / 2.8 and 135 / 2.8 (28 / 2.8 draws when open, as if some kind of lens is upside down). I had such a 35 / 2.8 with the inscription “Carenar”, also M42 ... the body from it was useful for installation on Sony NEX “Helios-33” and the threaded flange - for reworking the Canon FD 85 / 1.8, the lenses went to the trash heap. In general, most lenses from the 70s and 80s with the inscription “Made in Korea” are suitable only for spare parts. By the way, the Samyangov mirror-lens 500/8, which was produced until recently (and maybe still produced), was developed at about the same time and the optical qualities are not the best, I put this on a focuser for projection lenses. More or less samyang then telezums succeeded - 80-200 / 3.9, 60-300 / 4-5.6 ... superzoom 28-200 / 4-5.6 also back and forth, but the “standard” zooms (28-70, 35-70) even worse fixes, just not usable uzhosny. There was also 135 / 2.8 “macro”, the macro there was disgusting (the front lens extends with a separate helicoid, while the focal length and focusing distance decrease, but the image field becomes terribly crooked) but how “simple” 135 / 2.8 is quite at the level of cheap Japanese ones.
Oh, by the way, the brother of this freak was found on this site - 135 / 2.8. https://radojuva.com.ua/2012/03/auto-sears-mc-2-8-135mm/
Immediately make a reservation that the Sears Auto / MultiCoated 135 / 2.8 lens from this review survived the repair and after repair lost all its sharpness. The picture is obtained with a soft effect at any aperture value, spherical aberrations and strong HA on the face. But, according to the owner of the lens, the lens had normal sharpness before repair.
For some reason, all those faced with Samyang miracles believe that they just caught an unsuccessful instance. :)
Somehow long ago I bought myself such a lens. on film SLRs you can still use it, on crop 2.0 with an open aperture - not bad.
I recently had Beroflex 1: 2.8 / 28mm M42 japan apparently survived the hit, it was hurt by a filter bezel and it clearly struck the front lens and at least the bleach was damaged and the glass looked like the same scratch remained somewhere around 2mm 3mm (it’s clear that nothing good). But at the same time, he paints simply wonderfully conveys some warm colors, as if he were taking pictures on film, and the colors look natural and attract the eye. I had quite a lot of different lenses, including lima and star and ceise, but I didn’t meet such color shades in general Beroflex probably comes across masterpieces (I mean artistry and this is personally my subjective opinion)