Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8cm f8 – lens review
The Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8cm f8 is a wide-angle lens manufactured in the 1930ies for the Contax Rangefinder camera system. It represents one of the earlier attempts of a very compact wide angle...
Vintage Photography from Analog to Zeiss
The Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 2.8cm f8 is a wide-angle lens manufactured in the 1930ies for the Contax Rangefinder camera system. It represents one of the earlier attempts of a very compact wide angle...
I rarely buy new gear anymore. Most prices have become too crazy to justify spending that much. Luckily I have amassed most of my vintage gear about a decade ago and hundreds of lenses...
The Carl Zeiss Planar 2/45 was manufactured from 1994 until 2005. It was the kit lens of the illustrious Contax G series of cameras. Known for their sharpness and lack of distortion, all Planar...
The Pentacon Prakticar 1.8 50mm was the prime lens for the ‘Praktica B’ system. The ‘Praktica B’ system was introduced in 1979 and was the last big push of the East German camera industry....
Asahi Pentax Takumar / Carl Zeiss / Flektogon / Lenses / Meyer-Optik Görlitz / Pentacon
by bollywoodmovie · Published December 23, 2018
Most lens manufacturer made a broad variety of wide angle lenses. Choosing the right one can be tricky. This is a subjective list of affordable vintage wide angle lenses in no particular order. Wide...
by bollywoodmovie · Published July 22, 2018 · Last modified September 18, 2020
The Takumar 35 3.5 is a wide angle prime lens manufactured by Pentax. It was introduced in 1959 and was produced for several decades. These lenses were built for their Pentax-K and Spotmatic cameras....
The Carl Zeiss Distagon 25 is a highly sought after wide angle lens. The distagon lenses are retrofocus lenses that are renowned for their remarkably short minimum focusing distance, sharpness and minimum distortion. The Distagon...
Leica / Leica M lenses / Lenses
by bollywoodmovie · Published May 5, 2018 · Last modified December 31, 2021
The Summicron 35 1:2 was introduced in 1958. It was initially designed by legendary Walter Mandler – who was responsible for a range of other groundbreaking lens designs. The 35 Summicron is still in...
by bollywoodmovie · Published April 26, 2018 · Last modified January 5, 2021
The Leica Elmarit-R 135 2.8 is a prime lens manufactured for Leica R film cameras. The Elmarit was manufactured for a total of 34 years until production was discontinued in 1998. Over 60 000 lenses...
Leica / Leica M lenses / Leica m39 screwmount lenses
by bollywoodmovie · Published February 11, 2018 · Last modified June 28, 2019
The Summaron 3.5cm 3.5 was introduced in 1945. It was manufactured both for Leica screwmount cameras and Leica M cameras. It was manufactured until the 1960ies and over 100 000 units were produced, making...
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