Introduction Fisheye lenses are not exactly hugely popular and the fact that we haven’t seen a fullframe fisheye lens designed for mirrorless yet – in more than 60 years of the Leica-M system we haven’t seen a single one – only supports this. So maybe this 11mm 2.8 from TTArtisan is a welcome surprise, being … Continue reading Review: TTArtisan 11mm 2.8 Fisheye
Introduction I try to be as objective as possible when reviewing lenses, but I am not always free of preconceptions. When it comes to this Funleader 18mm 8.0 I didn’t really want to review it at first. Funleader sounded more like a name of a company for adult toys to me and with the fixed … Continue reading Review: Funleader 18mm 8.0
Introduction Having reviewed a lot of things this year I thought it might be a good idea to mention this year’s highlights, giving them some well deserved spotlight. Unfortunately there was also a noticeable amount of junk I reviewed, so this list ended up being a bit short.
Introduction 35mm lenses just keep coming. Recently I reviewed the good performing but huge TTArtisan 35mm 2.0 AA, now I get to review this 7Artisans 35mm 2.0 from the Wen series, which is significantly more compact but also features a simpler optical design. Let’s find out in this review which is the more appealing lens … Continue reading Review: 7Artisans 35mm 2.0 Wen M
Introduction When the original Techart LM-EA7 adapter had been released it was a revelation: turning your manual focus lenses into autofocus lenses, how great is that? But there were also quirks to overcome, some reliability issues and incompatibilities with later camera models. Now 5 years later there is a fully reworked, improved version. Does it … Continue reading Review: Techart LM-EA9 Leica-M to Sony-E Autofocus Adapter