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17 February, 2026

Pentacon 50mm 1.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

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...

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