…mm lenses. Especially with so many crop censor cameras 35mm became the new 50mm. I absolutely love the Samyang 35mm f/1.4 lens and while it’s cheap for a modern lens, it’s quite a bit more expensive than vintage lenses. There are a lot of vintage 35mm lenses, but the faster one are not crazy cheap either. The Asahi Super-Takumar 35mm f/2.0 lens is one of the faster vintage lenses, but reasonably priced to, which makes it quite desirable choice. Th… Continue Reading
…camera like the t2i, t3i, 7D, 60D etc a 28mm lens will give a result of a 50mm on a full frame body. I bought it from Mike366 – http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/mike366/&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2754 The lens its in excellent condition so I encourage you to buy from this guy. Took it out for a test in my backyard. I’m impressed about the result… are you? Certainly great results for the lens costing under $30/£20. That is what vintage lenses are all about: g… Continue Reading
…good news is that the most noticeable vignetting is found between 15mm and 50mm focal range, with the lens set the closest focusing distance. Even at 2.5m focusing distance, vignetting is very manageable throughout the zoom range and if you focus towards the infinity, you could almost mistake this lens for a Super16 zoom as vignetting becomes very mild even at the most difficult focal lengths. Most importantly though, there is almost a perfect cov… Continue Reading
…has similar un-amusing specs. F2 wide open is not impressive at all for a 50mm lens, but as proved by Helios, specs don’t always matter and sometimes slower lenses actually are just as good if not better than faster alternatives. While Helios is bursting with character including dreamy flares & swirly bokeh, Takumar is a little bit more conservative, but still has a very pleasant look. It’s certainly more suitable for every day shooting where Hel… Continue Reading
