Objective Shootout

[ray_parkhurst]

I finally took the time this weekend to do a shootout on a range of objectives in the 4-6x magnification range. I am hoping this will be useful for folks when choosing an objective for shooting variety photos.

All the objectives are RMS mount unless otherwise noted. They require an adapter from your camera mount to RMS.

Here is the list of objectives tested, in no particular order:

Canon 35mm f2.8-f22 Macrophoto
Parco 4 0.15
Made In Germany 5x 0.1
Technical Instruments 4x 0.13
Nikon 4 0.1
Olympus 4 0.1
Nikon 4Plan 0.1
Olympus M5 0.1
Bausch & Lomb 48mm 0.08
Bausch & Lomb 48mm f4.5-22 Micro Tessar
Canon 20mm f3.5-22 Macrophoto at f3.5
Nikon 5x Measuring Microscope (M26 mount)
Zeiss 20mm f3.2-f32 Makrotar
Nikon Plan 4 0.13


Canon 35mm f2.8-22 Macrophoto at f2.8
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/CanonMP35f28_zpsebae7b40.jpg

Canon 35mm f2.8-22 Macrophoto at f4
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/CanonMP35f4_zpseaa78bde.jpg

Parco 4x 0.15
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Parco415_zpsfd7b1890.jpg

Made in Germany 5x 0.1
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/German51_zpsb75b03c3.jpg

Technical Instruments 4x 0.13
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/TechInst413_zps51086989.jpg

Nikon 4x 0.1
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Nikon41_zpsdd59c325.jpg

Olympus 4x 0.1
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Olympus41_zps10cb8aff.jpg

Nikon 4Plan 0.1
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Nikon41Plan_zps5fd105d7.jpg

Olympus M5 0.1
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/OlympusM51_zps4401e6aa.jpg

Bausch & Lomb 48mm 0.08
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/BL4808_zps78a5a819.jpg

Bausch & Lomb 48mm f4.5-22 Micro Tessar at f4.5
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/MicroTessar48_zps1a0922ec.jpg

Canon 20mm f3.5-22 Macrophoto at f3.5
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/MP2035_zps404d1b0c.jpg

Nikon 5x Measuring Microscope
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/5xMM_zps67aa9535.jpg

Zeiss 20mm f3.2-f32 Makrotar
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/Mikrotar2015_zps645d2ba0.jpg

Nikon Plan 4 0.13
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/NikonPlan413_zpsacfcba51.jpg

[jallengomez]

Great shots Ray. Thanks for sharing.

[Maineman750]

Yes, very nice stuff.Makes me want to throw away my camera:sad:

[copperlover]

Very good shots Ray and thanks for doing the work.

Lucien

[jcuve]

Thanks for the pics Ray. I think out of these shots I prefer the ones from the Canon 35mm f2.8-f22 Macrophoto and the Nikon Plan 4 0.13. Both currently out of my budget but worth noting as future options.

[wapa]

Beautiful pictures Ray. Keep up the research.

[ray_parkhurst]

I just received a very inexpensive objective (4x Plan NA 0.1 160/-) off eBay for $10:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140908595857?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

I like it a lot, especially for the price! It's fairly sharp to the corners on APS-C. Here is the same 56-D Cent with the new objective:

http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/NoName204PL0_01.jpg

If anyone has interest in learning how to use such a best to take photos, ask away...