Introduction When you start getting more involved with photography – and especially when you prefer using prime lenses – at some point it makes sense to spend some thoughts on building a lens kit. In this article we want to give you a few ideas of what to consider when building your own lens kit … Continue reading Building a lens kit
Introduction It seems every two years we see an interesting ultra wide angle FE lens by Laowa. First the Laowa 15mm 2.0 Zero-D FE at Photokina in 2016 and now 2 years later the Laowa 10-18mm 4.5-5.6 C-Dreamer FE at Photokina 2018. The Voigtländer 10mm 5.6 E held the crown for being the widest rectilinear … Continue reading Review: Laowa 10-18mm 4.5-5.6 FE C-Dreamer
The Contax Zeiss 4.5-5.6/100-300 T* MM is a telephoto lens that hit the market in the mid 1990’s. It was also one of the last lenses that were designed for the Contax/Yashica mount. It is rare because it was very expensive in a time when autofocus telephoto lenses were already available. Lets have a closer … Continue reading Review: Contax Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 4.5-5.6/100-300
Introduction The Canon TS-E 45mm 2.8 hit the market in 1991. It is now one of the cheapest Tilt/Shift lenses you can find, but is there still a place for this lens in today’s world of high resolution sensors? Let uns find out in this review! Sample Images
Pentacon auto 50 mm f/1.8 Multi Coating The Pentacon auto 50 mm f/1.8 Multi Coating is a small and very cheap 50 mm lens with an unusually close focus distance of 33 cm. Is this “nifty fifty” worth adapting to a modern full frame camera?