Phenix 205 Reviews
Posted by Bengt Köhler Sandberg 2013-09-14 This camera can also have the name Seagull 205 Specs: Lens: Phenix 50mm f/2.8 Closest Focus: 0.8m (2.6ft) Aperture: f/2.8 - f/22 5 bladed aperure Shutter: 1/300 to 1s + B (Bulb) Leaf shutter Light meter: None Battery: None Flash: Yes, PC sync connection Weight: 675g Coupled rangefinder Self-timer Takes 135 film 24×36 mm negative size. Viewfinder: A great one which have good size and brightness. Info: Rangefinder that is easy to read. Image quality Build quality All metal and solid as a rock. The feel of the camera is for the most part very good. One exception could maybe be the film advance lever which I feel is a bit to stiff and springy at the end. Conclusion Nice rangefinder which is all manual and all mechanical! It have for the most part nice feel plus great build quality. Does also look quite nice which is always a nice plus. It is quite easy to operate but I do find the setting rings on the lens to be in a little odd order. And it did happen one or two times that I turned the shutter instead of the focus in the beginning. But this is something one quite easily gets used to. The aperture ring also have little space between the shutter and focus ring. This makes it quite easy to change the focus or shutter by accident when you turn this. Image quality is also fairly nice and sharp. Renders very well with good contrast, bokeh and flare. You do however have some corner softness and it gets a little soft wide open. Thumbs up: Build quality, look and feel Image quality, renders, bokeh and flare Thumbs down: Corner softness at bigger apertures Bit soft wide open Want to help
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