Protected: Zeiss Olympia Sonnar from West Germany vs. East Germany adapted to Sony e-mount, which is the best? (COMING SOON)
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Protected: Dream team for travel, outdoor and sports: Sony a6400/a6100 camera and Zeiss Batis 85mm f1.8 lens (COMING SOON)
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Protected: NASA favourite lens which shot the Earth rising over the Moon: Zeiss Hasselblad Sonnar 250mm f5.6 adapted to Sony e-mount (COMING SOON)
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Bokeh)
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous novel by English writer Jerome K. Jerome, about three friends embarking on a Read More …
Gregor’s Guerrilla Macro Photography
My aquaintance Gregor took some extraordinary macro photos, with a setup of low cost photo equipment. This is very much in the spirit of Guerrilla Photography, which is characterized by Read More …
Zeiss Olympia Sonnar 180mm f2.8 lens adapted to Sony a7ii camera
Jump directly to the DIGITAL GALLERY of photos shot with the full frame digital Sony a7ii camera and the ANALOG GALLERY of photos shot with the medium format analog Pentacon Six camera The Read More …
Afghan Girl with the Green Eyes and the legendary Nikkor 105mm f2.5 lens
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years, from December 1979 to February 1989. During that period the Soviets had attempted to eliminate civilian support for the mujahideen’s guerrilla forces by bombing and depopulating rural Read More …
Nikon, Zeiss Jena, Carl Zeiss and Canon classic lenses for Macro Photos at Schäftlarn abbey
How to make a macro lens out of a legendary classic lens? Take a legendary sharp classic lens like the Nikkor Ai-S 105mm f2.5 from the 80s (newer and sharper Read More …
Incredible India and the legendary Nikkor 105mm f2.5 lens
I shot all photos in and around the Kabini River Lodge in Karnataka, India in January 2019 with the over-35-year-old legendary vintage prime lens Nikkor Ai-S 105mm f2.5 and the Read More …
Viltrox 85mm f1.8 lens review on Sony a6000 APS-C camera at Octoberfest in Munich
Sitting in an Oktoberfest beer tent in Munich when it’s raining at night? Let’s get out of the tent for 30 minutes with the Viltrox 85mm f1.8 lens on a Read More …
Bokeh hunting with the “Lord of the Red Rings” Canon 135mm f2 vs. Carl Zeiss and Nikon classic lenses
Why going bokeh hunting with fast 135mm telephoto lenses? For a maximum of subject separation and a creamy bokeh, a fast 135mm lens is a good choice. Lenses with longer Read More …
Sunflowers and the Bokeh of classic lenses from Carl Zeiss, Nikon, Raynox and Canon
Bokeh has been defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. You can get more information Read More …
Viltrox 85mm f1.8 lens review on a Sony a7ii full-frame camera with Brutalist Architecture
How does the Viltrox 85mm f1.8 e-mount lens perform compared to an over-40-year-old Nikkor Ai 85mm classic lens and a modern Sony zoom lens? The following lenses were reviewed for Read More …
Classic Tokina superzoom lens vs. modern Sony superzoom lens review
Can a classic superzoom lens from 1987 for EUR 50 beat a modern superzoom lens for EUR 1,000? The following lenses were reviewed for center and corner sharpness at 28mm, Read More …
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE: Cheap classic lenses sharper than Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS full-frame kit lens?
I dare! Shooting with 2nd-hand lenses and reducing my CO2 footprint — Greta would love Classic Lenses! The Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS is the standard kit lens for all Read More …
FACT or FAKE: Cheap classic lens sharper than Canon EF 50mm f1.8 STM?
Is an approx. EUR 30 classic prime lens sharper than the sharpest modern Canon EF 50mm lens? Let’s compare the center and corner sharpness of the 40+ years old Minolta Read More …
“van Gogh Bokeh” of the Canon FD 200mm f2.8 vintage lens
Twelve Sunflowers is one painting out of two series of sunflower paintings by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. It’s one of the most valuable paintings in the world and demonstrates Read More …
Telegram to Johnny Sisson: Sharpness turned up in shots with “The Butter Knife” Raynox 135mm lens
Comparing the sharpness of the Raynox M42 135mm f2.8 with the vintage Canon FD 135mm f2.5 lens The Raynox 135mm f2.8 vintage lens was a discussion topic in the Classic Read More …
Wet on Wet Bokeh! – Revenge of the Raynox 135mm f2.8
At the end of 2018, I wrote a podcast listeners e-mail to the editors of the Classic Lens Podcast, promoting the inexpensive and unknown Raynox 135mm f2.8 vintage lens as Read More …
Recommended Photography Podcasts
Tony and Chelsea Northrup The informative and entertaining videos about all kind of photography topics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ Especially Tony’s explanation of the DXOMarks for checking which new lenses to buy or not Read More …