Sakar 135mm f/2.8. If you’re looking to purchase this lens I always check Adorama and Ebay for good deals. It helps me if you purchase it through one of these links here in this review. When you purchase through these links it financially enables me to devote time to develop this site further. Thanks for the help! -Todd

Barrel
Metal.

Weight
15.2 oz (433g)

Focus Type
Manual focus

Focus Ring
Rubber on Metal.
A little stiff.

Close Focus
8 feet (2.5 meters).

Filter Threads
55mm, Metal.

Aperture Ring
Metal.

Diaphragm
6 blades stopping down to f/22.

Mount
My copy came in Nikon Metal Mount.

Made in
Korea.

 

 

Sharpness
f/2.8: Very soft with low contrast and a fair bit of spherical and chromatic aberration.
f/3.5: Sharpens right up with lots of contrast and only a little bit of spherical aberration.
f/4: Sharp all over with nice contrast and only a very tiny bit of spherical aberration.
f/8: Sharp all over with nice contrast.

Vignetting
A little bit of vignette at f/2.8 which quickly leaves by f/3.5 and almost all gone at f/4.

Bokeh
The blur is not very good and a bit harsh and distracting in contrasty areas.

Distortion

It has a little bit of pincushion distortion but not too bad.

Recommendations
On MF Camera
Optics:          ★ ★
Mechanics:   ★ ★ ★ ★
Ergonomics: ★ ★ ★ ★
Usefulness:   ★ ★
Availability:    ★ ★
Overall:          ★ ★

On AF Camera
Ergonomics:  ★ ★ ★
Overall:          ★ ★
Out of 5

This lens is better than I expected and would be fine for shooting landscape photos when stopped down. For portrait work it’s not the greatest at f/2.8 and the background blur is fairly harsh and distracting.

It’s a really well built lens and mine was in a M42 mount which is nice. The focus was a little stiff but it could be from not being used much since it still looked new. If you stumble upon one for under $50 then it might be worth considering.

 

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