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...
17 February, 2026
Pentacon 50mm 1.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test
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...
18 November, 2025
Nikon 50mm f1.8 AI Lens – No. 1761389
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...
8 October, 2025
Canon 50mm 1.2 LTM First Impressions – Wading Through The Fog
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...
22 September, 2025
Omnar Bertele 50mm f/2 MC FLB Review
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...
(Depending on what you think makes a good picture) The elusive Mr. Miyazaki Sadayasu Miyazaki started a small business in Japan in 2007 that produces new lenses based on re-imag...
11 August, 2025
Light Lens Lab 50mm f2 rigid review
Light Lens Lab is now a pretty established player in the third party Leica lens manufacturer, specialized in the “replica” genre. They successfully released beautifu...
Specifically the Leitz 50mm f3.5 and the 135mm f4, both LTM and both are late coated versions. Tony Warren recently wrote an excellent review of the 90mm Elmar should you wish t...