There are many good reasons to adapt manual lenses to the Sony A7 series cameras. To do so you need an adapter and this article will help you to choose the right one. We are three guys from Germany who have adapted manual lenses for many years now. By using several dozen adapters over the years … Continue reading Guide to Adapters for Manual Lenses on the Sony a7 series
B: Hi Simeon, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you came to use manual lenses? S: Hi! I will start with what I do for a living: I am a graphic designer and photographer based in Bulgaria. I started editing photos long before I had my first experience with a camera … Continue reading THE MANUAL PHOTOGRAPHERS SERIES PART 6: Simeon Kolev
The Zeiss Loxia Planar 2/50 offers all the benefits of manual lens: a great focusing ring, very solid build quality and a small size but it gets rid of most disadvantages like outdated coatings, adapters and you get full exif info. 09/07/17 Update by Bastian: I have just recently been looking for a fast standard … Continue reading Review: Zeiss Loxia Planar 2/50 T*
Introduction I do own a macro lens (Sigma 150mm 2.8) that I use for most of my product shots on this blog, but I rarely take it out for shooting as it is quite bulky and heavy. Nevertheless I like to take a close up shot from time to time so I decided to try … Continue reading Extension Tubes for Fullframe E-mount cameras
Introduction The Voigtländer 10mm 5.6 Hyper Wide Heliar E aspherical is the second native E-Mount lens by Voigtlander and it is also the widest rectilinear lens ever produced. I am a wide angle junkie so I was eagerly awaiting this lens. Read on to find out what one can do with such a wide lens! … Continue reading Review: Voigtländer 10mm 5.6 E Hyper Wide Heliar