Olympus E-Zuiko Auto-T 135mm f/3.5 : Specifications and Opinions

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Nico Lunes

sent on 30 Giugno 2019

Pros: Small, light, compact, beautiful blur. Extremely finely made in metal and glass.

Cons: I did not have the 2.8 version but I think it is always nice to have this extra 2/2 of a stop of light available (especially on film cameras).

Opinion: I think this was one of the best lenses I ever used. It gave amazing half person portrait images that I still remember today. I think it cost back then (around maybe 1990 or 2000) about 100USD - an amazingly inexpensive lens compared to the prices we pay today for ridiculous lenses from some big brands. In fact I may buy an adapter soon and try the lens with our digital cameras.

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Shot

sent on 31 Dicembre 2024

Pros: color, low weight, bokeh

Cons: nobody

Opinion: Used on full frame, it will certainly give different results, compared to the sensor of my current olympus. My specimen is like new, paid a foolish, and, solves a dense sensor (micro4/3) very well, having said that, its attitude is the portrait. Gorgeous is the only word that sums it up, not contrasted, very delicate tone passages and extreme acuteness make it perfect, the manual focus in this lens is instinctive, as if the first time was the millionth time you shoot with it. If you intend to buy this lens you will not regret it, compared to its cousin 2.8 it is irrefutably superior.

AlfioLadisa

sent on 13 Maggio 2022

Pros: Compactness and lightness like all Zuiko optics, sharpness and bokeh

Cons: Nobody

Opinion: When I talk about the OM system I am biased, there is little to do. I bought this lens as a portrait lens in a hurry to do a workshop, and I didn't even have high expectations, being the cheap version of the 135/2.8. However, I was pleasantly surprised, already at full aperture it returns an excellent engraving that is appreciated even more on 30x40 prints. The compactness and construction are at the same levels as a Telyt with a red sticker

Darp

sent on 08 Febbraio 2022

Pros: Construction, colors, sharpness in the center, weight and dimensions

Cons: Resistance against light, bayonet clip

Opinion: There are lenses that probably have no age, this 135 small and compact and slender, and is built really well both in terms of quality of the materials used (metal) and to see my specimen on the glasses; it is not a modern lens and does not have modern treatments, in short, it does not keep the backlight but it is also beautiful for this reason, appreciable in certain portraits with its marked tendency to lose contrast; it is sharp enough already at 3.5 in the center with a bit of astigmatism at the edges that goes to reduce closed 5.6, the optimal range of uniformity center edge f8-f11, with infringement to f16 (But not even so much); the colors are beautiful and natural, micro contrast right, in short, balanced; the bokeh suffers from the ungenerous opening and the minimum focusing distance of 1.5m, in any case it is pleasant with a good blur; if you can find a defect is in the bayonet attachment, internally the closing spring of the clip is held firm by 2 pins of the only hard plastic element that I found, perhaps the age maybe just the choice in the specimen that I found (immaculate for everything else) one of these 2 pins had broken making the spring go off-site, for now I have solved by creating a thickness to hold the spring in place, alternatively you can think of creating 2 holes to the bayonet and screw the spring to the same with 2 small glasses screws.

Alexander52

sent on 30 Aprile 2020

Pros: Compact, well-built, sharpening, blurred

Cons: I don't know

Opinion: Great goal,well built,metal and glass as Olympus knows how to do,great sharpness already at full opening, even blurry not bad, I do not feel the need of the AF focuses well ,very precise and fluid, f8 and very sharp .I use it on MC Nikon from d200,d7000,d610,d750 with much satisfaction, after replacing the bayonet. (pixco ). If you happen to try the 75/150 f4 zuiko on the forums is not appreciated. but personally I have to say the opposite especially on FF great, and well built. try to believe. and hard to find a shoddy zuiko. good photos

Gsabbio

sent on 04 Aprile 2020

Pros: Small and with great performance

Cons: is no longer produced, deterioration of anti-glare treatment

Opinion: With a vast Olympus past, I've always snubbed this lens, sinful of arrogance. It is a grandiose lens, crisp already open from edge to edge and with a very rich contrast. I got my specimen for free because the front lens is veiled. I tried to disassemble it and then discovered that veiling is not an internal fungus but a probable oxidation of the anti-glare treatment of the anterior lens right on the outer side. I tried with a bit of everything but it was not possible to remove the veiling. I then replaced the bayonet by mounting a Nikon F adaptor and did the first tests on a D850 and a D200 comparing it to the 135 f2 DC and the 80-200 f4 AI-S two illustrious and out-of-the-question lenses. Well, little Zuiko 135 immediately showed his whole class playing it on par with the two sacred monsters mentioned above. Unfortunately, the veiling is seen a little with a slight nebulous effect that barely penalizes its contrast (already good even with this handicap), but this does not prevent you from using it, because the results are still respectable. Rating: a nice 9 to 10 over-deserved. To the admirers of 'vintage' I say: 'never again without' MA... ATTENTION: referring to the veiling mentioned above, I have verified, also on other specimens, that this lens has a certain tendency to point on the lower -inner- top of the front lens. It's NOT repairable. On a positive side, even if it affects the whole lens, it does not spoil the quality of the image but in the backlight. Personally, after trying in vain to eliminate it, I cannibalized another 135 who did not have the defect.