Hi Jannik, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and why you use manual Lenses? Jannik: I am an automotive engineer from Wolfsburg, Germany. I started out with an Sony Alpha 200 in 2008 but I discovered photography as my passion when the first Sony A7 came out. I preordered it and was … Continue reading The Manual Photographers Series Part 0.3: Jannik Peters
Introduction We have gathered 180/200mm primes ranging from f/4.0 to f/2.0 with used prices between 40$ and 3000$ and put them up against each other on the 42mp A7rII. Read on to find out more about our findings!
Hi Bastian, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and why you use manual Lenses? Bastian: I am a bridge engineer from Germany and my lovestory with manual lenses began with the 50mm 0.95 Mitakon and the 12mm 5.6 Voigtlander used with the Sony A7. I couldn’t believe it being possible to get … Continue reading The Manual Photographers Series Part 0.2: BastianK
In todays post I compare two super fast lenses from the late 60’s. The Minolta MC 1.2/58 is a legend and priced as such while the Canon isn’t to popular and one of the most affordable f/1.2 lenses out there. Sample Images The following three images are processed with identical settings. Full resolution: Minolta | Canon … Continue reading Comparison: Minolta MC 1.2/58 vs Canon FD 1.2/55
This is the first part of a new series in which we portrait amateur photographers just like us who inspire us and who share our passion for photographing with manual lenses. We decided to test our concept on ourselves first, initially we didn’t intend to publish it but since we liked the product we decided to publish it. … Continue reading The Manual Photographers Series Part 0.1: Phillip Reeve