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$1000 Carl Zeiss “Mini-Cine” Set | The Buyer’s Guide
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Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm F1.8 “Zebra” | REVIEW
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Cheapest CARL ZEISS Lens | 50mm F/2.8 | In-Depth Review
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Fast Lenses VS Slower Equivalents
When we buy lenses, most of us generally try to get the fastest model in every focal length we go with. Like many others I generally believe that the faster lens will give me better performance! My argument is that if I stop down a faster lens by a stop, I will get nicer images…
Introduction to LEICA-R lenses | Budget Buyer’s Guide
This website has been in existence (at the time of writing) for well over 3 year, but until now there hasn’t been a single proper mention of any Leica lenses, which is clearly not right because Leica-R Lenses in particular are incredibly popular for video use. I can’t try them all, but thankfully a fellow…
Carl Zeiss Super Speed S16 Cine Lenses | In-Depth Overview
Ever since I got into video/filmmaking, I’ve been dreaming about owning a set of cine lenses, however as you’ll know, they are not exactly affordable, which is partially why I got into vintage lenses as I find them to share a lot of qualities found in cine lenses. Fortunately, the release of BMPCC allowed me…
Using “Krasnogorsk” Lenses on BMPCC | In-depth Review
Krasnogorsk lens review has been a long time coming. I first discovered them in 2013 when I reviewed their little brothers, the Kiev-16U trio. At the time there were no adapters that would allow Krasnogorsk mount lenses to be used on any modern cameras, but shortly after I bought my set, RAFcamera released the Krasnogorsk…
PENTAX-A SMC 50mm F1.2 Review
Pentax-A SMC 50mm F1.2 is an interesting lens. It’s one of those lenses that you either love or hate. Being an F1.2 prime, it’s not the cheapest vintage lens out there and even in comparison to other 50mm F1.2 vintage primes it’s quite pricey (average price is around $550), so it’s better be good, right?…
E.Ludwig Meritar 50mm F2.9 REVIEW
There are a few reasons why people choose vintage lenses over the modern equivalents. One of them is that organic, film-like character that is missing in most modern lenses. The E.Ludwig Meritar 50mm F2.9 is one of such lenses, bursting with character that many of us really love! The only lens I’ve tried so far…
