Fuji X-E1 and Legacy Lenses

Unscientific tests of Fuji X-E1 and legacy lenses from Olympus, Leica (R, M and LTM mount) Nikon, Carl Zeiss, FED and Cosina Voigtlander. Focal lengths tested 200mm (Olympus), 135mm (Leica), 100mm (Nikon), 90mm (Leica), 85mm (Nikon & FED), 60mm (Leica) 50mm/5cm (Nikon, Zeiss & Leica), 35mm/3.5cm (Zeiss, CV, Leica, Nikon) 28mm (Leica), 15mm (CV) All images jpeg SOOC, handheld; shutter speed was kept above focal length at all times. Magnified view used for focussing. Distance from statue varied with lens used in order to keep the image approximately the same size in viewfinder. All focal lengths are original, multiply by 1.5 for actual. All lenses were shot wide open at their respective maximum aperture. No images have been cropped. Images of camera and lens combinations taken with Ricoh GRDIII.

Conclusions: 1. Handholding and focussing the longer lenses is not easy; more practice needed! 2. The best handling long lens overall was the 135 Elmarit. 3. The best handling short lens overall was the 3.5cm Summaron. 4. The 3.5cm Elmar showed noticable low contrast. 5. The 90mm Collapsible Elmar preformed surprisingly well.

Unscientific tests of Fuji X-E1 and legacy lenses from Olympus, Leica (R, M and LTM mount) Nikon, Carl Zeiss, FED and Cosina Voigtlander. Focal lengths tested 200mm (Olympus), 135mm (Leica), 100mm (Nikon), 90mm (Leica), 85mm (Nikon & FED), 60mm (Leica) 50mm/5cm (Nikon, Zeiss & Leica), 35mm/3.5cm (Zeiss, CV, Leica, Nikon) 28mm (Leica), 15mm (CV) All images jpeg SOOC, handheld; shutter speed was ke…  (read more)

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