The Leitz Elmar 10.5cm f/6.3 - Third time's the charm! Read the exciting conclusion of my search for a pocketable telephoto lens. Don't miss the comparison of all three lenses' ...
The Mountain Nikkor covered in part 1 of this short series is a pretty unusual lens but didn't quite fit the bill in terms of compact size. The quest for a pocketable telephoto ...
24 March, 2022
Nikkor-T 10.5cm f/4 – The Mountain, the Berg, and the Molehill – Pt 1 – By Agata Urbaniak
The following article is once again a 3-parter but this time it explores long lenses and how they fit into my pursuit of a small and lightweight kit that covers all bases (withi...
6 December, 2021
Ernst Leitz (Leica) Elmar 9cm f/4 Collapsible – The Near Perfect Slow Lens – By Agata Urbaniak
This is a review of the Ernst Leitz (Leica) Elmar 9cm f/4 Collapsible lens. Hamish recently reviewed the huge and very fast TT Artisan 90mm 1.25. This is perhaps the antithesis ...
22 November, 2021
Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) Nikkor-Q.C 5cm f/3.5 Review – An Odd Duck in the Sea of 50mm Lenses – By Agata Urbaniak
In the early days of my interest in Leica, what I found particularly curious was just how many 50mm lenses its users had. It used to be so simple - at first you want a lens that...
16 November, 2021
Industar-50 LTM (on Fujifilm X-Pro3) Review – The Joy of Flawed Lenses – By Don Goodman-Wilson
I had the good fortune to be wandering the Kazimerz neighborhood of Krakow, Poland, on a Saturday morning, where I stumbled upon a small but very interesting flea market. An Ame...
15 November, 2021
TTArtisans 90mm 1.25 Review – Bonkers, Extreme, but Exactly what you Should Expect!
Sometimes I get a bit stuck when it comes to writing a lens review. This usually happens when there’s something about the lens that stops me from using it as much as I need to. ...
Ebay is a dangerous place. One moment you see a funny-looking lens with an eye-catching chunky focus ring in related searches, the next you’re awaiting a parcel from Japan. Ther...