8 June, 2026
Viltrox 55mm f/1.8 EVO APO Review
The Viltrox 55mm 1.8 EVO APO will be the third lens I have reviewed from the Viltrox EVO range. The first was the 85mm EVO which I was incredibly impressed by. The second, the 3...
13 May, 2026
Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” Day Two – Summicron vs. Summitar…
For me, a good photo outing starts before I pick up a camera or leave the house. Of course, I’d never go out shooting without a loaded camera, and depending on how ambiti...
13 April, 2026
Leica 50mm Lenses – The “Goldilocks Leica Lens Challenge” Day One – Summilux vs. Summarit…
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...
12 April, 2026
Nikon 50mm 1.4 AF-D Mini-Review
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...
11 April, 2026
Leica-R Summicron 50/2 on Nikon F3
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...
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...