The Korean lens manufacturer Samyang has become popular for affordable and optically good lenses in the last few years. The Samyang 2/135 is one of the latest additions to their lineup. It is on the high end of their price scale – does this reflect in high optical performance? Sample Images
The specs of the Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/90 sound great: Small, cheap, it’s from Zeiss so it should be very sharp and with the right adapter it even offers AF on the a7II! So how will it actually perform? Read on if you want to know. Thanks to Uwe for loaning me the lens and Techart … Continue reading Review: Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/90 T* on Sony a7II
Since the introduction of the Contax Distagon 2.8/21 in the early 1990’s, the 21mm lenses from Zeiss have a long and glorious history of being some of the best wide angle lenses in the world. While the Loxia 2.0/35 and the Loxia 2.0/50 are refined ZM-Designs, the Zeiss Loxia 2.8/21 is the first Loxia lens … Continue reading Review: Zeiss Loxia 2.8/21 Distagon T*
under construction Specifications Price: (July 2016): about 50€ in good condition at ebay.de or $ at ebay.com (affiliate links). Versions Minolta made three optically different 1.4/50 lenses. The MC Rokkor 50mm 1:1.4 PG is the oldest one with the nicest built quality and very good image quality The MD Rokkor 50mm 1:1.4 with 55mm filter thread. It is 60gramms … Continue reading Minolta MD Rokkor 50mm 1:1.4
Introduction The Voigtländer 12mm 5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar is actually one of the lenses I bought a camera from the A7 series for in the first place. It is worth to mention though, I am reviewing the old M39 version here. The newer Leica M version is optically the same, although there are other differences … Continue reading Review: Voigtländer 12mm 5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar