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2 April, 2025

Viltrox 50mm F2 Air – A Brand New and Very Impressive ‘nifty fifty’

By Matthew Bigwood

Lens manufacturer Viltrox has added an autofocus 50mm f2 to its Air Series of optics, described by the manufacturer as ‘compact, lightweight and versatile.’ It cov...
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Pergear 25mm 1.7

6 January, 2025

Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount Review – A fantastic little jewel of a lens.

By Ibraar Hussain

This is a review of the Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount. I was kindly sent this by Pergear to review, thanks to Hamish and Sabrina for arranging this. It’s listed for s...
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1 January, 2025

Kodak Single-Element Plastic Meniscus Lens – A Quest for the Primitive, Episode 1: The Worst Lens Ever Produced?

By Jonathan Leavitt

If one accepts that no optical design can ever attain perfection, one should also consider that no lens can be so bad as to be totally useless either. When you think of lenses n...
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22 December, 2024

7Artisans 35mm 0.95 – Testing this Fujifilm X Mount Lens in a Demanding Environment

By Andrea Monti

So far I have been very happy with the 7Artisans 35mm 0.95 in X-mount, but I have only tested it in non-demanding conditions. Although the results were promising at first sight,...
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Viltrox AF 35mm 1.7

18 December, 2024

Viltrox AF 35mm 1.7 Z DX – A new nifty fifty prime lens for the Nikon DX system

By Mike Brooks

If you grew up in the analogue age, chances are your first 35mm camera came with a fifty millimeter “kit” lens. These “nifty 50s” were reasonably sma...
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12 November, 2024

Thypoch 50mm 1.4 Simera review – A high spec rangefinder lens!

By Hamish Gill

I don’t often think of rangefinder lenses as being high spec. Being for manual cameras and requiring no electronic communication with the camera to work properly, they ar...
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24 May, 2024

Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2 M-Mount Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

The first I heard of Thypoch was when they got in touch with me about the loan of the subject of this article, the brand new (announced today) Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2. I like to...
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7Artisans 50mm 1.8 AF

16 March, 2024

7Artisans 50mm 1.8 AF – A Brand New Budget Auto Focus Lens

By Hamish Gill

The 7Artisans 50mm 1.8 AF is a brand new full frame autofocus lens. I have been beta testing and playing with pre-release versions here for a while and have been looking forward...
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