Ok, that title does not exactly roll off of the tongue. This post will likely not resonate with lens purists seeking M mount perfection. Understandable. But I had found myself i...
20 January, 2025
Light Lens Lab Nine Element 28mm f/2.8 review
Light Lens Lab surely has been one of the most interesting (to my eyes) lens makers in the recent years. This is for a couple of reasons: they try to replicate some of the most ...
1 January, 2025
Kodak Single-Element Plastic Meniscus Lens – A Quest for the Primitive, Episode 1: The Worst Lens Ever Produced?
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...
12 November, 2024
Thypoch 50mm 1.4 Simera review – A high spec rangefinder lens!
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 are by mo...
26 August, 2024
Light Lens Lab Eight Element 35mm f/2 review
Light Lens Lab is one of the newest Chinese lens manufacturers that started making replicas of legendary lenses in 2019. Their first lens, and best selling so far, is the Light ...
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...
24 May, 2024
Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2 M-Mount Lens Review
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...
22 April, 2024
Thypoch Simera 28mm f/1.4 ASPH review
Those of you who frequently read 35mmc probably already read my recent review of the Simera 35mm f1.4 launched by Thypoch, a newcomer in the lens making business. Their 35mm f1....