When I bought my first Leica M4 back in 2014, I decided to couple it with a Nokton 35mm f/1.4 S.C that I bought new (first time of my life I bought anything new). It was a great...
29 May, 2020
Leica 90mm f/2 APO Long Term Review – by Simon King
Out of all the gear and films I've written about over the last few years, none has provided me with a more daunting task to review than this lens, the Leica 90mm f/2 APO. There ...
I got home and flopped onto the couch, regarding my newest folly with apprehension and growing regret. A flipping 21mm lens sat in its box in my lap. A lens some would place int...
11 March, 2020
Canon 50mm ƒ/1.4 LTM Lens – A Mini-Review of 1960s Optical Excellence – by Andrew Morang
Long-term 35MMC readers recall that I have used my dad’s Leica IIIC rangefinder camera for decades. He bought it at the Post Exchange in Guam in 1949 and used it for famil...
14 February, 2020
TTArtisan 21mm f/1.5 ASPH review – by Vincent Bihler
We are currently living a very exciting period of time. The lens market has been rencently opened with third party producers that are becoming better and better, often at a very...
10 February, 2020
Minolta 28mm f/3.5 G-Rokkor Review – Another Gem I’m Parting With
I’ve owned this Minolta G-Rokkor 28mm f/3.5 for quite a while now - I had Bellamy find me one after I sold my Minolta TC-1 (also bought from Bellamy), the camera from which the ...
16 December, 2019
TTArtisan 11mm f/2.8 M-Mount Fisheye lens Review
Now I must admit, I’m not particularly into fisheye photography. Nor is a fisheye lens the first type of lens that I think of as being particularly compatible with Leica rangefi...
9 December, 2019
7Artisans 75mm f/1.25 Review – a confusion of “want” over “need”
I thought it might be interesting to follow up my post about my “need” for Zeiss ZM lenses in my life with a post about a lens I don’t “need”, but do “want” - at least for the t...