Canon lens Archives

Canon 50mm ƒ/1.4 LTM Lens – A Mini-Review of 1960s Optical Excellence – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy / March 11, 2020 / Lenses / 22 Comments

Long-term 35MMC readers recall that I have used my dad’s Leica IIIC rangefinder camera for decades. He bought it at the Post Exchange in Guam in 1949 and used it for family photos in Asia and Europe. It was equipped with a Leitz Summitar 5 cm ƒ/2.0 collapsible-barrel lens. The Summitar was a remarkable 7-element …

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Canon 50mm F1.8 LTM on A Leica T – by Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb / January 11, 2020 / Digital Cameras, Lenses / 11 Comments

As much as I enjoy shooting film, I still take the majority of my photographs with digital cameras. That said, I prefer to use cameras and lenses which give me as much simplicity and control as my film cameras. Key to me is to have the option to set the aperture and focus manually. This is why I prefer using and adapting old manual lenses on my digital cameras. They tend to be more compact, and certainly cheaper than trying to buy the modern, native lenses available for my cameras of choice. For the camera bodies, I typically shoot on aperture-preferred on both film and digital, so having shutter speed dials is not a requirement.

Canon 28mm f/2.8 LTM – A Short Review – By Atanas Grozdev

By Photo-g-rap-her / November 14, 2019 / Lenses / 14 Comments

I started to shoot on film in a cold winter of 2014. I used to shoot mainly with compact film cameras with color negative film, were I tried to test as many as possible of them. In the summer of 2018 I bought my first Olympus XA and them become in love with rangefinders and black and white photography. I then began to dream for of buying a Leica, and soon found myself with an M7 and 7Artisans 35mm f/2. Then a month ago, I picked up this Canon 28mm f/2.8 ltm.

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

By Hamish Gill / August 5, 2019 / Lenses / 17 Comments

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. So when the opportunity to buy this less-than-perfect copy cropped up, I decided to take the plunge.

Canon 50mm f/2.2 Leica thread mount lens review

By Hamish Gill / August 5, 2018 / Lenses / 8 Comments

I’ve had this little Canon 50mm f/2.2 for a while now – I bought it attached to a Canon P. Both camera and lens were items I’d eyed up on eBay a few times, so when I saw the combo for sale on one of the Facebook groups, I snapped it up. I’ve mentioned this lens a few times on my social media – as a rarity, it always seems to garner interest from people, so I thought I’d cobble together a mini review.