Introduction 50mm lenses have been one of the staple horses of Cosina/Voigtländer for a long time and – as of the time I am writing this review – the Voigtlander 50mm 1.5 II Nokton Vintage is one of the latest additions to this ever growing line up. It would best be described as their “most … Continue reading Review: Voigtlander VM 50mm 1.5 II MC Vintage
Introduction The TTArtisan 50mm 1.4 M is one of my favorite affordable modern manual focus lenses, now after the M-mount version we are getting a native (and cheaper!) E-mount version. What has changed? Optically: nothing, mechanically: a bit, MSRP: a lot. So let us have a closer look which makes more sense to get as … Continue reading Review: TTArtisan 50mm 1.4 E
Introduction The MS-Optical 50mm 1.1 Sonnetar is probably Miyazaki’s most famous lens. While it wasn’t his first lens it was to my knowledge the first one that was produced in “greater” quantities and widely recognized across the globe. As is still typical today for his lenses it is small, fast and quirky, so let us … Continue reading Review: MS-Optical 50mm 1.1 Sonnetar
Introduction Miyazaki Sadayasu is known for making small and fast 50mm lenses. He started with a 50mm 1.3, followed by the famous 50mm 1.1 Sonnetar, the 50mm 1.5 Prasma and his latest (and fastest) creation is this MS-Optics 50mm 1.0 ISM reviewed here. Despite the staggering maximum aperture it is smaller and lighter than most … Continue reading Review: MS-Optics 50mm 1.0 ISM
Introduction Back in 2018 Samyang – mostly known for cheap manual focus lenses like the 14mm 2.8 and the 85mm 1.4 at that time – wanted to show what they are capable of and released the first lens of their “Premium MF XP Series”, the Samyang 50mm f/1.2 XP. These faster XP lenses are only … Continue reading Review: Samyang 50mm 1.2 XP