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25 May, 2020

Sony 135mm STF ‘Smooth Trans Focus’ – A Different Compromise for Sharp Focus and Smooth Bokeh

By Hamish Gill

Months back, I talked myself (quite easily I should add) into buying a Sony/Minolta A-mount 135mm STF lens of regular reader Rollin Banderob. I was beyond intrigued by this unus...
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24 May, 2020

Zeiss Otus 55mm and 85mm Lenses on 35mm Emulsions – Owls on Film – By Bent_Brent

By Bent_Brent

After posting 5-Frames with a Zeiss Otus 55mm sometime ago, a few people asked whether I’d mind sharing the results on other emulsions - so I thought 'great idea!', then got tot...
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9 December, 2019

7Artisans 75mm f/1.25 Review – a confusion of “want” over “need”

By Hamish Gill

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...
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11 October, 2018

Sony 135/2.8 [T4.5] STF Mini-Review – By Rollin Banderob

By Rollin Banderob

As a photojournalist - in the vein of William Albert Allard, Eugene Richards and Alex Web - I strove to layer content in many parts of my images, and as such find obsession with...
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29 December, 2017

7Artisans 55mm f/1.4 aps-c lens – Mini-review

By Hamish Gill

The 7Artisans 55mm 1.4 is so inexpensive that I decided to add one to my own collection. I’ve not been using it that long, and haven’t taken a huge amount of shots with it, but ...
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10 June, 2017

Leica 90mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M Review – closing the door on modern Leica lenses (in favour of Zeiss)

By Hamish Gill

I've gone off Leica glass - the newer stuff at least. I touched on this in a roundabout way in my 28mm Elmarit-M review, but since then it's become ever more clear to me that it...
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8 December, 2015

Canon 85mm f1.8 LTM Review – James Fox-Davies

By jfd

My choice of short telephoto lens is slightly out of the ordinary. In the past I’ve tried a few Leica lenses (90mm f4 Elmar etc) but haven’t been too impressed with ...
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