Kiev Arsat 250mm f/5.6 Reviews

Kiev Arsat 250mm f/5.6

Rating
Reviewed by:

sensencw
( Expert)

Review Date
November 15, 2008

Overall Rating
2 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
2.50 of 5,
2 votes

Review 1 of 2

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

I am very disappointed with this lens for my Pentacon Six, as it vignettes heavily wide open. Given that is an f 5.6, this is not acceptable.

Strengths:

leightweight, cheap

Weaknesses:

vignettes way too much to be a useful lens for 6 x 6 cm format.

Similar Products Used:

Carl Zeiss Jena f 4.0 300 mm

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Rating
Reviewed by: Beemex
(Professional)

Review Date
November 10, 2003

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 2 of 2

Price Paid: $200.00 from Kiev USA

Summary:

Really excellent lens. Very sharp, even wide open. Smooth focusing and aperture. I've not found the small maximum aperture to ba a problem for focusing, other than the split image in my Kiev 60 will black out. I also use it with a Contax 645AF and Kodak 645C 16 megapixel digital back, excellent results again!

Strengths:

Great resolution at all apertures. Light weight. Good construction.

Weaknesses:

Small max aperture will black out the split image rangefinder.

Similar Products Used:

Pentax 67 150mm f2.8, Pentax 67 300mm f4.0

Customer Service:

Hanven't needed it.

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