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Canon FD 35mm f2 with concave front element. Lens known as radioactive, due to the usage of rare earth element Thorium or Lanthium. Lens is visible yellow, and this can be cured by exposing it to the UV light, but I don't want to, as it makes nice yellow filter for BW. I am mentioning…
Canon FDn 35mm f/2 Crop Areas: Center 100% crops: Zone A - 100% crops: Zone B - 100% crops: Zone C 100% - crops: Canon FDn 35mm f/2 has shown some very good results here. Wide open, it is very sharp in the center with just slightly softer corners. CA is also not significant,…
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 35mm f/2 (Contax G) Crop Zones Center 100% Crops: Zone A 100% Crops: Zone B 100% Crops: Zone C 100% Crops: Carl Zeiss Planar 35mm f/2 has probably weakest reputation among Contax G primes. From the results above, it indeed shows some flaws, especially lack of breath taking sharpness…
Here are some crops from my new ISO 12333 DCR4 test chart. I will first post results for most of the lenses separately, and if there will be interest, I might post some direct comparisons later.SEL 35mm f/1.8 Crop zones: Center 100% Crop: Zone A 100% Crop: Zone B 100% Crop: Zone C 100%…
Here it is - a comparison contest between 20 lenses at 35mm focal length, mounted on Sony NEX 7. Why those 20 lenses? Why many 35mm lenses are missing? The answers is simple - I have those 20 lenses and do not have others. If anyone, who will read this review, have one of those…
It's not often, that I can review 6 lenses at once. But thanks to South Korean producer Samyang, it is possible. Samyang, Rokinon, Vivitar, Bower, Pro-Optics or Wallimex 8mm f2.8 UMC for Sony. Just pick the lens you have, or consider and read further. Truth is, they are all same.What has lens review to do…
Canon EF 50 f1.2 L USM is one of the most controversial lenses in Canons line-up. Some photographers loves it, some hates it, it usually come to who owns it and who don't. Because, those who owns it for a longer period of time, learned about its severe flaws, but loves what they get in…
Canon TS-E 17mm f4 L USM, Metabones Speed Booster (Canon EF to Sony E-mount) and Sony NEX 7. There is ongoing debate on the forums between the "I like NEX because of the small size majority" and me. (Well, maybe few others :-)) The reason why I choose NEX had nothing to do with the…
This is meant to be another rolling review.I just received Metabones Speed Booster for Canon EF lenses on Sony NEX (E-mount). This piece of equipment caused quite some upheaval in the last few weeks, after the official announcement. It won't make much sense to write about the creators and technology behind, everything is described quite…
For a long time now, I wanted to try some of those "Super-Tele" lenses on a tinny NEX 7.By making this brief test, I realized once again, that everything is about compromises. Especially in photography, when it comes to the equipment.So, if you just want to know - which lens is better... don't read further.Here…
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