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Lens Adapting & Modification

14 October, 2022

How I made a focus-free lens for Micro 4/3 – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

I have a plan to go on holiday to Paris with my daughter the year of her 10th birthday. I know exactly which (film) cameras I will bring. I have prepared a gift for my daughter ...
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27 April, 2022

Fun With C-Mount Lenses on Mirrorless Cameras – By Frankie Bina

By Frankie Bina

Some people get the one amazing lens and spend years learning how to use it to its maximum potential. Others carefully plan out their lens purchases, making sure they get the be...
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17 February, 2022

Learning To Lean Into Life’s Unknowns – by Brian Cox

By brian m cox

This project started as a way to get back to basics and mend my sometimes volatile relationship with photography. I love photography and camera’s equally. They are like childre...
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14 June, 2021

PPP Cosmic Lomo T-43 to Leica M-Mount Lens Conversion Review

By Hamish Gill

Some people might question the logic of mounting a Lomo lens to a Leica camera. Not me though, I think it’s a great idea and I am all the more enthralled when someone goes out o...
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3 November, 2020

Skyllaney 50mm f/1.4 Planar – Zeiss (C/Y) to M-mount Modified Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

Skyllaney have just announced the MKII version of the Skyllaney 50mm f/1.4 Planar M-mount lens. These lenses are based on the very popular C/Y mount Zeiss 50mm f/1.4, are stripp...
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22 September, 2020

MS-Optics Converted Yashica T4 35mm f/3.5 Tessar – The Hunt for the Commute Camera pt.1 – By Hern Tan

By Hern Tan

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 picture, and the lag between pressing the shutter but...
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12 August, 2020

Artefacts of a Laboratory – Adapting an enlarging lens to a Sony DSLR – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

This story began when a few days ago I looked for the entry “Photography” in the well-known DUDEN thematic dictionary (Bildwörterbush of Duden - Leipzig 1940 - also published in...
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2 July, 2020

The Impact of Air Bubbles in the Optics of Old Lenses – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

Tell me something that is heavy, hard, old and almost unbreakable. Is it a stone? No, it's a prewar Contax. I say "almost unbreakable", as these poor specimens have seen better ...
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