Jörg Krüger
28 mm Lens Comparison
28mm lens comparison
10 lenses, 8 with 28 mm focal length, one with 24 mm and one with 29 mm.
SMC Pentax-FA* IF&AL 2/24
[1991-2004][mount: KAF2][elements/groups:11/9, 1 asph., 1 ED][blades: 8][nearest focus distance: 0.3m][filter thread: 67mm][made in: Japan]
As a Pentax lens with a "*" this should be a very good one, but somehow it hasn't a good reputation amoung digital photographers. Photozone gives only 2 from 5 points for the optics.
SMC Pentax-FA 3.5-5.6/28-80
[1998-2001][KAF2][8/8][6b][0.5m][58mm][Vietnam]
Low-budget kit lens in analog times. I must admit, that it is my best AF full-frame mid-range zoom lens, and I use it when image quality doesn't matter, e.g family meetings :)
SMC Pentax-M 3.5/28
[1977-1985][K][6/6][5b][0.3m][49mm][Japan]
Small lens with a good reputation, like the most f/3.5 wide angle lenses from Pentax around the 70ties.
Sigma High-Speed Wide II 1.8/28
[1994-][KAF2][9/8, 2 asph.][7b][0.3m][58mm][Japan]
My camera displays even f/1.7 for it.
Porst Weitwinkel auto F 2.8/28
[][K][6/?][6b][0.36m][58mm][Japan]
Porst Weitwinkel auto H 2.8/28
[][K][8/?][6b][0.36m][55mm][Japan]
These two Porst are looking pretty much the same, but the optics are different. Would be interesting which is the better one, the one with 6 or with 8 elements.
Hanimex HMC Wide Angle Lens 2.8/28
[][KA][8/7][6b][0.2m][52mm][Korea]
I and some other people have already experiences with this lens, and so I predict that it will be the worst lens of this comparison. I has a KA-mount, which is somewhat rare on third-party lenses, and the Ricoh P-mount; the "Ricoh-pin" is removed of course.
Hanimex Automatik MC 2.8/28
[][M42, A/M][/][7b][0.3m][55mm][Japan]
This one is clearly different from the Hanimex HMC.
Fujinon-SW 3.5/28
[~1971-][M42][7/7][5b][0.4m][49mm][Japan]
Cute little lens with a humble appearance. It should be a very old version, without EBC and with a silver aperture ring. The front element has a lot of tiny scratches. The f/3.5 version was the only 28 mm Fuji offered for their M42 cameras.
Pentacon auto Multi Coating 2.8/29 (Meyer Görlitz Orestegon)
[1976-1990][M42, A/M][7/7][6b][0.25m][55mm][GDR]
Famous lens. Unfortunately I don't have the Meyer Lydith 3.5/30 to compare.
28 mm Lens Comparison
28mm lens comparison
10 lenses, 8 with 28 mm focal length, one with 24 mm and one with 29 mm.
SMC Pentax-FA* IF&AL 2/24
[1991-2004][mount: KAF2][elements/groups:11/9, 1 asph., 1 ED][blades: 8][nearest focus distance: 0.3m][filter thread: 67mm][made in: Japan]
As a Pentax lens with a "*" this should be a very good one, but somehow it hasn't a good reputation amoung digital photographers. Photozone gives only 2 from 5 points for the optics.
SMC Pentax-FA 3.5-5.6/28-80
[1998-2001][KAF2][8/8][6b][0.5m][58mm][Vietnam]
Low-budget kit lens in analog times. I must admit, that it is my best AF full-frame mid-range zoom lens, and I use it when image quality doesn't matter, e.g family meetings :)
SMC Pentax-M 3.5/28
[1977-1985][K][6/6][5b][0.3m][49mm][Japan]
Small lens with a good reputation, like the most f/3.5 wide angle lenses from Pentax around the 70ties.
Sigma High-Speed Wide II 1.8/28
[1994-][KAF2][9/8, 2 asph.][7b][0.3m][58mm][Japan]
My camera displays even f/1.7 for it.
Porst Weitwinkel auto F 2.8/28
[][K][6/?][6b][0.36m][58mm][Japan]
Porst Weitwinkel auto H 2.8/28
[][K][8/?][6b][0.36m][55mm][Japan]
These two Porst are looking pretty much the same, but the optics are different. Would be interesting which is the better one, the one with 6 or with 8 elements.
Hanimex HMC Wide Angle Lens 2.8/28
[][KA][8/7][6b][0.2m][52mm][Korea]
I and some other people have already experiences with this lens, and so I predict that it will be the worst lens of this comparison. I has a KA-mount, which is somewhat rare on third-party lenses, and the Ricoh P-mount; the "Ricoh-pin" is removed of course.
Hanimex Automatik MC 2.8/28
[][M42, A/M][/][7b][0.3m][55mm][Japan]
This one is clearly different from the Hanimex HMC.
Fujinon-SW 3.5/28
[~1971-][M42][7/7][5b][0.4m][49mm][Japan]
Cute little lens with a humble appearance. It should be a very old version, without EBC and with a silver aperture ring. The front element has a lot of tiny scratches. The f/3.5 version was the only 28 mm Fuji offered for their M42 cameras.
Pentacon auto Multi Coating 2.8/29 (Meyer Görlitz Orestegon)
[1976-1990][M42, A/M][7/7][6b][0.25m][55mm][GDR]
Famous lens. Unfortunately I don't have the Meyer Lydith 3.5/30 to compare.