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Viltrox 85mm f1.8 lens review with Brutalist Architecture
How does the Viltrox 85mm f1.8 e-mount lens perform compared to a 40+ years old Nikkor Ai 85mm classic lens and a modern Sony zoom lens? Following lenses were reviewed 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 …
Why 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 focus Read More …
Directly jump 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 Olympia Read More …
All photos were shot in Karnataka, India in January 2019 with the 35+ years old legendary vintage prime lens Nikkor Ai-S 105mm f2.5 and the modern Sony FE 24-240 f3.5-6.3 zoom 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 …
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 …
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 an interesting Read More …
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 …
In my view, the best shop in the world for vintage cameras and lenses is the one of David Chan in Hong Kong, Kowloon. See this interesting and funny video of Read More …
Want to easily share your photographs made with vintage lenses or do you want to learn from other photographers using vintage lenses? Have a look on following recommended Social Media 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 …
Afraid of paying a monthly subscription fee for commercial software products when you might only need just a good raw editor? Take a look at the free open source software Read More …
Frederick II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1220 – 1250 Frederick II, a Hohenstaufen and grandson of Frederick I Barbarossa, was already referred to as stupor mundi (wonder of the Read More …