My very first barn-find Yashica T5 had proven itself to be a stinker. First it made a heck of a racket every time it took a…
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Macro Converter Lens – for “Broadening Photography Skills on the Cheap” – By Salman Rameli
September 15, 2020“Here, your father bought you this at the airport during transit” said my uncle one evening way back in 2013. My father, my uncle, and my…
Not so long ago I picked up the Pentax 77mm Limited f/1.8 lens on a bit of a whim. I’d bought the 43mm f/1.9 Limited a…
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Sony 135mm STF ‘Smooth Trans Focus’ – A Bit of Lens GAS Come Good – By Vincent Ferrier
September 10, 2020I am an amateur photographer, shooting family and friends and also doing outdoor / travel photography. I don't think I suffer from GAS but I like…
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Skyllaney Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 Single Coated Sonnar Review – Exploring Classic Sonnars pt.12
August 17, 2020This Leica thread mount modified Skyllaney Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 single coated Sonnar lens is third I’ve reviewed from the hands of Chris Andreyo from Skyllaney this…
This Tokyo Optical Co. (Topcon) Topcor 50mm f/1.5 ltm is a bit of a rarity. It’s also something of an oddity inasmuch as it has been…
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Konica 17mm f/16 Hexagon Lens Review – Plastic Fantastic or a Poor Man’s Hologon? – By Simon Kimber
June 29, 2020I recently bought a Konica Hexagon 17mm f/16 on Ebay. Maybe you haven't heard of this lens before? I hadn't either. It's not the perfect lens,…
Another Skyllaney lens to recently pass through my hands was this wonderful restored Jupiter-3. My past experiences with Jupiter-3 lenses - at least apart from the…
I received my new Voigtlander 35mm Nokton f/1.2 VIII two days ago, on Monday (March 13, 2020), an expedited delivery from cameraquest. I have been using…
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Leica Summicron 35mm v4 vs Voigtlander Nokton 35mm v2 – By Vincent Bihler
June 1, 2020When I bought my first Leica M4 back in 2014, I decided to couple it with a Nokton 35mm f/1.4 S.C that I bought new (first…
