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...
6 June, 2025
NEWS: Omnar Bertele FLB 50mm f/2 – Finally Announced
Those who follow what I get up to will know I am half of Omnar Lenses. Well, today we finally announced the Omnar Bertele. I will save you all the waffle, as it can all be read ...
20 December, 2024
NEWS: Introducing the Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa FLB (YS35-35FLB)
The Omnar 35mm f/3.5 Pantessa (short for pancake-tessar) is a limited-edition rehousing of the Carl Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 optics found in the Yashica T, T3, T4 and T5 Super cameras. ...
Working with Chris and Vita Andreyo to setup Omnar lenses has been one of the most enjoyable projects I have been a part of in my working life. It has been really exciting bring...
Hamish asked me recently to write an article about my findings on the Carl Zeiss 38mm f/2.8 Sonnar (/Omnar CX38-28) when mounted on Hasselblad XCD and Fuji GFX cameras. Wait… 38...
21 February, 2024
5 Frames with an Omnar Lenses CX38-28 – Contax T/T2 M-Mount Lens Conversion – on a Leica M10-P
We are finally nearly there. The Omnar Lenses conversion of the Contaxt T/T2 38mm 2.8 Sonnar will be released for purchase off the website around Easter time. The lens will be c...
Most of my other lens reviews have been pretty straightforward. I’d offer a little bit of their history followed by physical characteristics, compatibility issues, and finally m...
As some (many?) of you might know, in recent years I have been working on two brands of photography products, Omnar lenses and pixl-latr. I have little bits of news about both b...