The Zeiss Contarex line was Zeiss’ last attempt to produce a competitive camera system in Germany; after that production moved to Japan. Zeiss put a lot of effort into those lenses and cameras. You can read on the internet that they created a line of lenses which is considered by some “the best ever, optically and … Continue reading Review: Carl Zeiss Contarex Planar f=50mm 1:2
Classic 50mm lenses are rather small, affordable and not very good wide open. The new Zeiss Milvus 1.4/50 is very big, very expensive and very good from f/1.4. For this review I used the Milvus on my Sony a7. All images in this review are processed from raw unless I mention otherwise. I did nothing … Continue reading Zeiss Milvus Distagon 1.4/50 – Review
There is a vast amount of affordable and very good 1.4/50 lenses out there and I think the Canon new FD 50 1.4 is one of the sharpest and most affordable. Sample Images
The Minolta MD 50mm 1:2 is one of the smallest and cheapest Minolta lenses and most importantly it is also an excellent lens for landscape photography. Specifications Diameter 64 mm Length 36 mm Filter Thread 49 mm Weight 150g Max. Magnification 0.15 Close Focusing Distance from the sensor 45cm Number of aperture blades 6 Elements/ Groups 6/5 Price (June 2015): … Continue reading Minolta MD 50mm 1:2 Review
Introduction One of the first reviews I wrote here was for the Nikon AF-S 20mm 1.8G in 2016. A lot has happened since: Nikon now has its own mirrorless system, many new ~20mm lenses have been released in the meantime and also my testing methods have improved. A lot of reasons, to have another look … Continue reading Review: Nikon AF-S 20mm 1.8G