Your favorite imperfect lens

[Reuben Evans]

Leica R 19mm v1 - crazy flares

 

[Alan Peterson]

The Tokina 90mm f/2.5 Macro. It's sharp, has gorgeous out of focus rendering and has a strong but appealing veiling flare.

 

[George A.]

Ill chime in as well for Leica R (but I would not say they are imperfect) and espescially the Angineaux 70-210 zoom. There is just something about that lens.

If anyone wants one, I have it for sale here:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...and-70-210MM-ZOOMS-(Parfocal-and-FF-Coverage)

The 35-70mm matches it perfectly and it's equally interesting!




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[soren k jensen]

Contax 28/2. Nervous, shimmering bokeh, can focus crazy close. Nice falloff.

 

[John Barlow]

Take a look at the lenses from Meyer Optik Gorlitz, in particular the Domiron 2/50 and the Trioplan 2.8/100, for painterly bokeh and soap bubble bokeh respectively.

The Berogon 3.5/35 is extremely low contrast and low colour response

If your looking for fantail flares the Rodenstocks (Heligon ) are worth a look and also the Roeschlein Luxon 2/50

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

This is a new product from Lomography:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/the-lomography-daguerreotype-achromat-29-64-art-le