This is a review of the Pergear 25mm 1.7 lens in MFT mount. I was kindly sent this by Pergear to review, thanks to Hamish and Sabrina for arranging this. It’s listed for s...
22 December, 2024
7Artisans 35mm 0.95 – Testing this Fujifilm X Mount Lens in a Demanding Environment
So far I have been very happy with the 7Artisans 35mm 0.95 in X-mount, but I have only tested it in non-demanding conditions. Although the results were promising at first sight,...
If you grew up in the analogue age, chances are your first 35mm camera came with a fifty millimeter “kit” lens. These “nifty 50s” were reasonably sma...
16 December, 2024
Samyang Remaster Slim – a 3-for-1 Pancake Lens Review
The Samyang Remaster Slim is possibly one of the most unusual lenses I have reviewed on this website – it’s a lens that I was more intrigued by than a great deal of...
27 September, 2024
Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 Pancake Lens Review and Indigogo Launch
This is the Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 Pancake Lens, it is soon to be launched on Indigogo, but I’ve been playing with the copy I have here for the last week or so. I am, I admit...
This is a review of the TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 AF in Fuji X Mount. For a long time now I have been a manual only lens user. I spent years shooting Leica film cameras almost exclus...
6 May, 2024
Lomography Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Review – Beyond The Blur – My Time With The Bokeh Control Art Lens
In the world of photography and its current emphasis on sharpness, the quest for a lens that not only captures lovely images, but also adds an artistic touch is never-ending. Th...
After a few years of trying different film labs, with the never-ending pondering about the quality of their developing process and scanning setups, I finally decided to simply d...