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    Yashica ML 55 mm f/ 2.8
    Yashica ML 55 mm f/ 2.8

    Yashica ML 55 mm f/ 2.8

    55mm · f/2.8

    Overview

    The Yashica ML 55mm f/2.8 macro lens is well-constructed with all-metal build and engraved text, offering smooth focus and aperture rings. Optically, it is sharp from f/2.8 in the center, with soft corners and some chromatic aberration wide open; by f/5.6 CA is gone, and f/8 yields near-uniform sharpness. It achieves 1:2 magnification natively, requiring a 27mm extension tube for 1:1, which loses infinity focus. The lens is praised for clean, CA-free images wide open. It suits collectors, film shooters, or those needing a short macro for copy work, but 90-105mm lenses are better for 1:1 due to working distance.