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The Giant Sunflower was shot with the legendary Carl Zeiss Olympia Sonnar 180mm f2.8 lens for the Contax/Yashica mount, Made in West Germany in 1987. The Sunflower was partly shot Read More …
When German and Russian Biotar type 58mm lenses are used on a Sony a6100 camera with an APS-C sensor, a crop-factor of 1.5 applies. That makes the field of view Read More …
All photos were shot 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 …
Article abstract How does this well-preserved copy of the legendary Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f2 lens made in 1953 compare with a Russian Helios 44M-4 58mm f2 lens in MINT Read More …
The Double Gauss lens, the origin of the Planar, Biotar and Biometar lens designs Already during his lifetime, Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 – 1855, born in Braunschweig, Germany, many years Read More …
Abstract In this article about two classic lenses I will address the following: After World War II, Zeiss was separated into two co-existing corporate entities for over 40 years: Zeiss Read More …
My gifted acquaintance Gregor took some extraordinary macro photos, with a setup of low cost photo equipment. Look at all macro photos in the 3 photo galleries below! TOP-10 Tips Read More …
Emrich Lichtenfeld, inventor of the self-defence system Krav Maga (Hebrew for “contact combat”), was born in Budapest in 1910 into a Hungarian Jewish family, and grew up in Bratislava (Slovakia). Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …