Overview: MS-Optics Lenses

Introduction

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Especially in the western world it is hard to find any useful information on the MS-Optics lenses, let alone an overview. Having used quite a few of them myself I decided to put such an overview together and collect as much information as I can.

The guys from mkdirect51.com as well as japanexposures.com allowed me to use their product pictures and I also made use of some more from fotoborse.blog.jp. All of these are online shops selling MS-Optics lenses and I already personally bought at least one lens from Japan Exposures as well as MK Direct and had good buying experiences in both cases. Further information comes from the books “The World of Miyazaki Lenses” Part 1 and 2.

You can find pictures of the all the MS-Optics M-mount lenses and scans of their data sheets here. These data sheets are in Japanese, you can use e.g. the Google Translate app on your phone to decipher them, it works reasonably well. Nevertheless, I already collected the specifications from these texts and translated them for you.

I didn’t get a chance to use all of these lenses myself yet. If you are located in the EU, happen to own one of the lenses without a review, and would be willing to send it to me for a few weeks to write one, it would be greatly appreciated. Just leave a comment to get in contact!

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Review: 7Artisans 35mm 2.0 | 50mm 2.0 | 85mm 2.0 Spectrum Cine lenses

Introduction

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7Artisans 35mm 2.0 | 50mm 2.0 | 85mm 2.0 Cine Spectrum lenses

Affordable yet compact cine lenses are a big and interesting market for new lens manufacturers these days, but only few of these lenses cover the whole fullframe area. The guys at 7Artisans decided to enter the market with their Spectrum Cine lens line up consisting of a 35mm, 50mm and 85mm lens, all with a T-Stop of 2.0 and shared mechanics. Let’s have a closer look.

Sample Images

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Sony A7III | 7Artisans 35mm 2.0 Spectrum | T2.0
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Sony A7III | 7Artisans 85mm 2.0 Spectrum | T2.0
7artisans cine spectrum fullframe s35 16:9 35mm 2.0 50mm 85mm bokeh sharpness flare vignetting gears handling build quality
Sony A7III | 7Artisans 85mm 2.0 Spectrum | T2.0

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Review: Cobalt Image Basic Profiles, Film and Digital Emulations

Introduction

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Leica M10 | MS-Optics 135mm 2.4 | f/2.4 | Cobalt Portra 400

I have already been talking about editing pictures with the help of profiles in the past in the articles How I edit my pictures and Emulating Filmlook. This time I will have a look at the Cobalt Image profiles.

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Sony A7III | VM 75mm 1.5 Nokton | f/2.8 | Cobalt Portra 800
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Sony A7III | 28mm | Cobalt Portra 160

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Analogue Adventures – Part 10: Kodak Portra 160

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Portra 160 is the “professional” grade average speed color film from Kodak. This one roll of Portra 160 cost me as much as a triple pack of Gold 200, so was it worth it?
Processing and scanning was done at urbanfilmlab in Germany.

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Leica M6 | MS-Optics 24mm 2.0 Aporia | f/8.0 | Portra 160
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Leica M6 | MS-Optics 35mm 1.4 Apoqualia | f/8.0 | Portra 160 | cropped
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Leica M6 | MS-Optics 35mm 1.4 Apoqualia | f/4.0 | Portra 160
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Leica M6 | MS-Optics 24mm 2.0 Aporia | f/8.0 | Portra 160

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