Vintage Photography from Analog to Zeiss
Part 3 of the Shutter-Chatter series delves into the past and looks ahead into the future. Throughout the eventful history of photography many companies came and left. It is the outcome of evolution that...
The Enna München Lithagon 3.5 35mm is a wide angle lens manufactured in West Germany by the ENNA company from Munich. The lens was produced in the 1960s and 1970s. The ENNA company was mainly famous...
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...
The Olympus 35 2.8 was manufactured in the 1970ies for the ground breaking Olympus OM SLR cameras. It was actually one of the prime lenses that was launched when the Olympus-OM camera system was...
The Schneider-Kreuznach Curtagon electric 2.8 35 is a superb wide-angle prime lens. It was manufactured during the 1970ies in West Germany by the very reputable Schneider-Kreuznach company (which is one of the few classic...
The Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primagon 35mm 4.5 was manufactured in East Germany from 1952 to 1964 by Meyer-Optik Görlitz (who are more renowned for fast telephoto lenses than wide angle lenses). At f4.5 it is...
Carl Zeiss Skoparex 35mm 3.4 was manufactured in West Germany by Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen). This wide-angle lens was manufactured mainly for the Zeiss Ikon Icarex range of cameras which were manufactured under different brand...
The Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm 2.4 is an outstanding vintage lens that is highly appreciated both by photographers and videographers. Its’ image quality, bokeh, very short focusing distance and build quality really set...
The Leitz 35mm (3,5cm) f3.5 Elmar lens was the first wide-angle 35mm interchangeable lens introduced by Leica. It was presented in 1930 and produced until 1949 with a total production of 40 000 lenses....
Used by many famous photographers throughouth the 20th century – the Leica screwmount is the source of many iconic images. Some argue it has been an over priced collectors item and a useless gimmick...
