>>2980459>>2980436>>2980429>>2980407>>2980405That seems like an absurd price for plastic trash, indeed.
You got meme'd, paid terry tax.
Much like people who paid the takumi tax, in about a week's time (about as long as it takes to develop your first roll/lose your first "race" to a loaded taxi) the realisation will hit that you paid $15000 and are now driving around a 30 year old Corolla with a 1.6L NA 4 cylinder.
Tessars have relatively high contrast owing to their 4 element design, thus giving fewer air/glass interfaces, and low field curvature, which again gives them good on paper performance in resolution testing. The thing is, they are not *that* sharp until they're stopped down to f/5.6 or f/8.
There is nothing unique about it either; every other prime-lense'd compact has a similar design, except for wide angles like the GR, or the L35AF.
