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This little known vintage 135mm telephoto lens is an absolute gem and delivers a shocking amount of image quality. You can anticipate very good sharpness, striking tonal contrast, and very pleasing bokeh. For a 135mm lens, the f/2.8 aperture offers a razor thin depth of field and with 8 rounded aperture blades the bokeh is pleasing enough even for most bokeh snobs. The build quality is top notch and the manual adjustment rings are smooth as silk and highly precise. That long ring throw comes at the slight cost of slower manual focusing, which might be a turn off to some who are trying to use this for action photography.
Soligor 135mm F/2.8 Tele-Auto Vintage Lens at a glance
- Excellent sharpness, colors and contrast
- Top notch all metal body construction
- Virtually no barrel distortion
- Relatively fast and bright f/2.8 maximum aperture allows for shallow depth of field and for good results in low-light photography
- Quite sharp at center wide open at f/2.8
- Excellent image compression for a superb bokeh effect
- Ideal for weddings, portraits, and other close up work
Soligor 135mm F/2.8 Tele-Auto Vintage Lens (Images)
Technical Specifications
| Focal Length (35mm format): | 135mm |
| Maximum Aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Minimum Aperture: | f/22 |
| Mount format: | M42 Universal Screw Mount |
| Format: | 35mm Film |
| Angle of View (35mm format): | 18.2° |
| Focusing Distance: | 1.4m to Inifinity |
| Elements/Groups: | 5 elements in 5 groups |
| Number of Blades: | 8 (rounded) |
| Focus type: | Manual Focus (MF) |
| Filter size: | 55mm |
| Manufacturer: | Soligar |
| Country of Manufacture: | Japan |
| Weight: | 418g |
Where to buy
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Equipment
The sample images in this post were captured using a Sony A7r, Mark III
The product images were captured using a Samsung Galaxy Note 9
SUMMARY & RESULTS
Featuring a superb build quality, good sharpness, a thin depth of field, and dreamy bokeh, it's hard to go wrong with this lens.
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For the price, you'll have a very hard time finding anything even close to this good in the 135mm range
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