February 27, 2026 was feeling like a very promising day for photography. It was a warm and sunny Friday in NYC. Between the impending weekend and the slightly unseasonable wea...
I started writing this as just a commentary on how well the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens works on the Monster Adapters LA-FZ1, but as I’ve written it started to unravel into somet...
In a recent article on my website I spoke about a Leica-R Summicron 50/2 (v2) being converted to Nikon F mount, by means of a Nikon F mount ring (Leitax). As far as I know, this...
Across this set, the Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm 1.8 performs as expected: good microcontrast and local separation, reasonably crisp edge definition where focus is placed, and a gene...
This field-test is, as the others I have published here, absolutely subjective, empirical and lacking any scientific basis. Since I couldn’t find anything interesting to photogr...
The Nikon f1.8 50mm lens has always been well regarded. In pre-digital days, a ‘nifty fifty’ would have been the first lens owned by many photographers, mounted on a...
Early this year I had the chance to buy a Canon P for cheap. I had been searching for a fully mechanical rangefinder for a while and this camera popped up during a trip to Japan...
Recent years have seen the rise of numerous new lens manufacturers offering alternatives for Leica M users. Most of these new makers focus on fast, sharp, modern lenses, often b...
