Ebay is a dangerous place. One moment you see a funny-looking lens with an eye-catching chunky focus ring in related searches, the next you’re awaiting a parcel from Japan. Ther...
11 October, 2021
Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) W-Nikkor.C 2.5cm f/4 LTM – Nikon’s Tiny Gems, pt 3 – By Agata Urbaniak
In this last part my mini-series looking at wide angle Nikkor LTM lenses, I'm going to look at the W-Nikkor.C 2.5cm f/4. At first glance the W-Nikkor.C 2.5cm f/4 is a similar st...
4 October, 2021
Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) W-Nikkor.C 2.8cm f/3.5 LTM – Nikon’s Tiny Gems, pt 2 – By Agata Urbaniak
This review is going to look at the W-Nikkor.C 2.8cm f/3.5.The W-Nikkor 3.5cm f/2.5 I covered in part 1 of this short series exceeded expectations. Reading about a lens is one t...
27 September, 2021
Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) W-Nikkor.C 3.5cm f/2.5 LTM – Nikon’s Tiny Gems, pt 1 – By Agata Urbaniak
Over the lockdown period I moved away from shooting concerts towards a more casual kind of photography, scoping out locations in the neighbourhood, using photography as a pretex...
16 February, 2021
TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 ASPH review – by Vincent Bihler
This is a review of the TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95, both on film and digital. Those interested in affordable alternatives to German brands probably already know about TTArtisan. This...
This Tokyo Optical Co. (Topcon) Topcor 50mm f/1.5 ltm is a bit of a rarity. It’s also something of an oddity inasmuch as it has been described to me by Perry Ge (off of the Clas...
29 June, 2020
Konica 17mm f/16 Hexagon Lens Review – Plastic Fantastic or a Poor Man’s Hologon? – By Simon Kimber
I recently bought a Konica Hexagon 17mm f/16 on Ebay. Maybe you haven't heard of this lens before? I hadn't either. It's not the perfect lens, that's for sure, but I've been hav...
I received my new Voigtlander 35mm Nokton f/1.2 VIII two days ago, on Monday (March 13, 2020), an expedited delivery from cameraquest. I have been using Leicas (among other came...