Cyclop 1 H3T-1 1.5 / 85mm Helios
The Cyclop 1 H3T-1 nightvision with the 1.5/85mm Helios lens is a very interesting piece of kit. The lens of the Cyclop 1 H3T-1 nightvision is detachable. The nightvision lens generally has a M42 mount...
Author: vintage camera lenses
Meyer Görlitz Trioplan 1:2.8 F=10,5cm
Trioplan – that word alone is able to send collectors of photographica and users of manual lenses into a frenzy. The old Trioplan 100 2.8, with its soap bubble bokeh is such an adored...
Shutter-Chatter #1 – Florian Lang is shooting India
vintage-camera-lenses has grown tremendously since I started the website. I thought it might be a good idea to go beyond gear reviews and historical background. Hence I would like to present the new subsection...
Leica Summarit 50 1.5
The Summarit 50mm 1.5 is one of the fastest classic Leica lenses, specially targeted towards photographers who wanted to shoot in dim light. It was introduced in 1949 as the successor of the Leica...
Voigtänder Prominent 6×9 folding camera
The Voigtländer Prominent is a special and very rare camera. It really was not a particularly successful camera and fewer than 4000 were manufactured during its rather short production run between 1933 and 1935....
Industar-26M 2.8 5cm ИНДУСТАР 50mm
The Industar-26M is a prime lens manufactured in the former Soviet Union in the 1950ies and 1960ies. It was the standard lens of the FED cameras (Leica screwmount copies) among others. The lenses were...
Leica Summicron 90 1:2 Leitz
The Summicron 90 f2 is an outstanding tele lens that was introduced in 1957 and was produced both for the Leica screwmount cameras and for the Leica M cameras. The Summicron 90 has one...
A brief history of camera cases & the best modern bags
Camera bags as we know them today are a rather new development. In the old days,before cameras had interchangeable lenses, they were simply protected and carried in a tight fit camera case made out...
Elmarit 1:2.8 / 90 Leitz Wetzlar Leica
The Elmarit 1:2.8 / 90 is an outstanding lens manufactured in Germany by Ernt Leitz for the Leica srewmount & Leica M rangefinder cameras. It was produced from 1959 until 1975. The Elmarit was...
Carl Zeiss Planar History – Part 3
After the ups and downs of the partnership with Rollei, Zeiss found stability in the Contax project, launched in 1974 with the Japanese Yashica company. After years of struggling and of coming out beaten...
