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...
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...
In the late 1950s, one of Nikon’s lead designers at the time, Zenji Wakimoto, was handed down an arduous task that would prove to be one of his greatest triumphs: “...
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...
26 August, 2024
Light Lens Lab Eight Element 35mm f/2 review
Light Lens Lab is one of the newest Chinese lens manufacturers that started making replicas of legendary lenses in 2019. Their first lens, and best selling so far, is the Light ...
Working with Chris and Vita Andreyo to setup Omnar lenses has been one of the most enjoyable projects I have been a part of in my working life. It has been really exciting bring...
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...
22 April, 2024
Thypoch Simera 28mm f/1.4 ASPH review
Those of you who frequently read 35mmc probably already read my recent review of the Simera 35mm f1.4 launched by Thypoch, a newcomer in the lens making business. Their 35mm f1....