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
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 In the mirrorless world we start to see more f/2.0 zoom lenses, a trend that started with the Canon RF 28-70mm 2.0L USM and Sony built upon with their Sony FE 28-70mm 2.0 GM and the Sony FE 50-150mm 2.0 GM. What is easily forgotten here: it was actually Sigma who first made a … Continue reading Review: Sigma 24-35mm 2.0 Art DG HSM
This Harman Phoenix 200 is said to be a newly designed colour negative analogue film that hit the market in early 2024. Many people did not expect anyone except for Kodak and Fuji even being able to produce a (new) color negative film, so it created quite the buzz. I already had this film developed … Continue reading Analogue Adventures – Part 53: Harman Phoenix 200 ECN-2
Introduction At the beginning of the 1990s Nikon released two special portrait lenses featuring a “Defocus Control” mechanism, which allows you to make the bokeh smoother or harsher. This Nikon AF-D 135mm 2.0 DC is the longer of the two DC lenses and in this review I will tell you how it works and if … Continue reading Review: Nikon 135mm 2.0 AF DC-Nikkor