Lenses

Photography lens reviews – In this section of the website, you will find reviews of lenses for all sorts of different mounts. It is often the case that lenses can only easily be used on the cameras they were designed for, so whilst reading through the reviews here, it is worth making sure any lens you might like the look of is compatible with your camera.

That being said, this is not always the case, and in sometimes lenses can be adapted or even hacked to fit on different cameras. This has become increasingly popular in recent years with some digital cameras offering a great platform for adapting some of the lenses listed below.

You can read more about lens adapting and modifications here

As with all the content on this website, if you find something of interest, you can find more similar products by clicking on the tags you will find at the bottom of the reviews.

5 August, 2019

Canon 50mm f/1.5 LTM Review – Exploring the Classic Sonnars Pt.9

By Hamish Gill

I’ve recently got my hands on a Canon 50mm f/1.5 Leica thread mount lens. A Sonnar derived gem with a bit of a mixed reputation, it’s a lens I’ve been interested for a long time...

10 July, 2019

Russian Slide Projector lens modification – By Stuart Jenkins

By Stuart Jenkins

'Sharp lenses' and 'cheap lenses' is a Venn diagram with a very small intersection. In search of such a short-telephoto lens for equestrian photography, I started looking at the...

5 July, 2019

Asahi Pentax 24mm f/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar Review

By Teddy

There’s a certain joy that comes from handling vintage lenses. Whether it’s the well-defined movement of the focus ring, or the generally rugged build, or even the well-defined ...

24 June, 2019

Leica 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon Review / Shooting an elderly symmetrical wide angle on a digital rangefinder

By Hamish Gill

This Leica 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon is the second bit of kit I’ve borrowed from London Camera Exchange (my local camera shop in Worcester) recently. Gareth, the manager there, a...

7 June, 2019

Minolta 28mm f/2.8 M-Rokkor – Shooting and Repairing – by Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

Inertia of mind is sometimes mind boggling. I've started my serious photography life with Sony nex-5 camera which replaced a briefly owned Nikon D40 for the reason of compactnes...

4 June, 2019

Leica 35mm f/2 eight-element Summicron and Leica M240 – Candid Portraits – By Steven Bleistein

By Steven Bleistein

The first generation Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 eight-element lens with attached optics, often called goggles, were made for the Leica M3 to convert its .91x 50mm finder frame, th...

28 May, 2019

7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 & 28mm f/1.4 Reiview – Alternatives or Imposters? – By Jeremy Rata

By Jeremy Rata

I am a published documentary photographer. (www.jeremyrata.com) and have a lifestyle and product photographic business (www.hospitalityphotographic.com). For my business I use N...

4 May, 2019

Minolta Lenses on a Nikon F3 in Iceland – by Simon King

By Simon King

After a recent trip to Amsterdam where I was let down by a combination of my cameras meter and my own ineptitude I decided to part ways with my Minolta XD. Although still a perf...

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