Introduction Meyer-Optik Görlitz produced a series of triplet lenses “Trioplan“, based on the Cook Triplet design from 1893, in different focal lengths after WWII. One of those lenses was the 100mm f/2.8 Trioplan, produced from 1956 to sometime at the end of 70s or beginning of 80s, when Meyer-Optik Görlitz was merged with Pentacon in … Continue reading Review: TTArtisan 100mm f/2.8 – A modern and affordable Trioplan?
Introduction We have seen macro lenses with 1:2 magnification, 1:1 magnification, and even with 2:1 magnification. What if you want to have a lens that goes further and has greater magnification? The cool thing about macro at 3x-5x is that you can take any random ordinary everyday object and make it highly interesting. For a … Continue reading Review: Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5x Ultra Macro
Introduction The M-mount seems to be more popular than ever, thanks to plenty of manufacturers – old and new – from Europe, Japan and China designing and releasing countless of new lenses every year for this bayonet. Super fast 50mm lenses are especially popular here, so many manufacturers designed one as their “flagship” lens. Thanks … Continue reading Comparison: Super Fast 50mm M-mount Lenses
Introduction While the Laowa 9mm 5.6 FF-RL is one of my favorite lenses, I am very well aware that a 9mm fullframe lens is not for everyone and most certainly a niché lens, which is why I was very much surprised to see 7Artisans offering their own 9mm 5.6 lens. Who makes the better 9mm … Continue reading Review: 7Artisans 9mm 5.6
Introduction In 1971 – two years before the Leitz/Minolta CL with its 40mm 2.0 lens – Minolta released the Hi-Matic E, a compact fixed lens 35mm rangefinder camera with a 40mm 1.7 Rokkor-QF lens. While this lens is manual focus its aperture is being controlled electronically, which is why it is very difficult to turn … Continue reading Review: Minolta/MS-Optics 40mm 1.7 Rokkor-QF