Mitakon Speedmaster 35 mm f/0.95
11. Summary
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Pros:
- completely metal casing,
- excellent image quality in the frame centre already after a slight stopping down,
- low level of longitudinal chromatic aberration,
- sensible control of lateral chromatic aberration,
- moderate distortion,
- not very bothersome vignetting.
Cons:
- huge discrepancies between real aperture values and the values you see on the aperture ring,
- unacceptable image quality near the maximum relative aperture,
- weak image quality on the edge of the frame,
- high coma,
- horrible performance against bright light,
- no blackening inside the tube,
- too narrow working range of the manual focus ring.
The number of flaws of the tested lens and its rather steep price don’t make it an especially recommendable instrument. I am not sure whether different botched jobs and cocks-up we saw in the tested specimen are only characteristic for the initial series or the rest of production as well; anyway an implementation of better quality control seems to be necessary in this case. Lack of blackening inside the tube, weak coatings, angular shape of the aperture and discrepancies between the real aperture values and the markings on the aperture ring are easy to improve after all. If you removed those flaws our assessment of the tested lens would be noticeably higher; however in the current situation I definitely don’t recommend the purchase.
