The Mr. Ding Studio 50mm 1.1 Noxlux M has sadly been out of stock for quite some time, but in the meantime the manufacturer updated its design and the lens is now available as this Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Noxlux Z for Z-mount – with electronic contacts, still something rare to see among the manual focus lenses from China. Let’s have a look together.
This lens is in many aspects identical to the Mr. Ding 50mm 1.1 M and Syoptic 50mm 1.1, so I will reuse a few sections of my reviews of those lenses.
Sample Images
Nikon Zf | Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Z | f/1.2Nikon Zf | Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Z | f/1.2Nikon Zf | Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Z | f/1.2Nikon Zf | Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Z | f/2.8Nikon Zf | Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Z | f/4.0Nikon Zf | Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Z | f/8.0Nikon Zf | Mr. Ding 50mm 1.2 Z | f/5.6
Irix 45mm 1.4 Dragonfly via metabones adapter on Sony A7rII
At the end of the DSLR era, Irix set out to compete with Samyang (with their XP series) and Zeiss (with their Otus and Milvus series) in the segment of higher end manual focus lenses. Somehow I didn’t come across reviewing any of those Irix lenses yet, but that is about to change now. Will this Irix 45mm 1.4 Dragonfly be a pleasant surprise? Let’s find out in this review.
Sample Images
Nikon Zf | Fringer EF NZ II | Irix 45mm 1.4 | f/1.4Nikon Zf | Fringer EF NZ II | Irix 45mm 1.4 | f/1.4Nikon Zf | Fringer EF NZ II | Irix 45mm 1.4 | f/1.4Nikon Zf | Fringer EF NZ II | Irix 45mm 1.4 | f/2.0Nikon Zf | Fringer EF NZ II | Irix 45mm 1.4 | f/1.4Nikon Zf | Fringer EF NZ II | Irix 45mm 1.4 | f/1.4
In 1979 Nikon released a lineup of cheaper manual focus lenses called “Series E” instead of “Nikkor”. Today we will have a closer look at the Nikon 50mm 1.8 Series E, probably the most popular lens of that series and definitely the smallest.
Sample Images
Nikon D800 | Nikon 50mm 1.8 Series E | f/4.0Nikon D800 | Nikon 50mm 1.8 Series E | f/8.0Nikon D800 | Nikon 50mm 1.8 Series E | f/4.0Nikon Zf | Nikon 50mm 1.8 Series E | f/1.8Nikon FM2n | Nikon 50mm 1.8 Series E | f/1.8 | Elite Chrome 200 | E-6
The best thing about life is that sometimes there is a cat. A close second is characterful lenses to depict it. The Kowa 50/1.3 is a more common optical design than old Petzvals, thus its rendition is closer to, say, a Canon 50/1.4 M39 or FD, but with busier bokeh.
As many readers asked for and looked forward to a follow-up to the Projector Lenses article—one that explains how Mark carried out the conversion and offers some hints and guidance so you can try it yourself—he kindly put together this second piece on the subject. All photos and text are by Mark; the article design and layout are by me, Martin.
So, I’ll hand it over to Mark…
Meyer Görlitz 50mm f/1.6
Welcome back! This post seeks to introduce you to the possibilities of adapting old 16mm-film projector lenses to Evils, SLRs and even Rangefinders. The aim is using these old treasures for creative photographic expression. But whilst the charm lies in the resulting pictures more than the resulting object, feel free to wake your inner fine mechanic! Mine has definitely been fast asleep, and yet, through immersion, I graduated from first putty attempts to a solid interchangeable mount setup, the recipe of which I’ll share.
Interestingly out of the big camera manufacturers of the (D)SLR era only Nikon ever produced a 28mm 1.4 fullframe lens. They started in 1993 with the world’s first lens with these specifications, the Nikon AF 28mm 1.4D, and then released an updated version in 2017, this Nikon AF-S 28mm 1.4E. It was one of their last f/1.4 primes still designed for DSLRs, so let us find out what it is capable of in this review.
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