B&W Fine Art Photography
B&W Fine Art Photography
It is probably worth repeating a few words of advice I gave in the previous review involving a Russian lens. Just skip ahead if you’ve read them already. Disclaimer First a bit of advice. A review is always speaking of a single lens, really, given quality control issues, the previous life accidents in a …
Like I reported in the previous post Battle of the 50s, the two Pentax Takumar currently I own, both 50mm f/1.4, behave in a striking different way regarding the depth of field at any given aperture. The 8-elements in particular exhibit a much more extended sharp field, compared to its sibling. This gives to it …
The 50mm focal is one of the ones I like the most. Besides, it’s really hard to get a bad 50mm, because the manufacturers have found fool-proof recipes since the dawn of time. So even an old lens should perform splendidly, and the biggest differences with more modern designs should be lack of autofocus and …
I received one of this with a Pentax Super-Takumar 50mm f/1,4 I bought some time ago. I warn you, this will be a very short review… This converter, for all intents and purposes, simply sucks. This, of course, at least used with the above mentioned Pentax 50mm f/1,4 Super-Takumar. Really, I’ve never seen anything worst. …
There are a few variants of this lens. The one reviewed here is the first version, that sports 8 elements instead of 7 and does not have a radioactive one (so no yellowing). The legend goes that this is the one with the best bokeh of the various 50/1,4 Pentax, and maybe the sharper. Actually …
The Planar is often overlooked because is the standard lens that almost everyone buys with an Hasselblad. But this does not mean that it is not a great performer. Quite the opposite, indeed! Designing a normal lens is easy, even without resorting to rare earths or others magic ingredients. And this Zeiss does not make an …