Welcome to a (very last minute) February Vintage Lens Giveaway. Again almost didn’t happen, but I just had to do it anyway, because I told you guys many times, my goal to do them every month. So this time round I’m giving away a Rikenon 50mm f/2.0 prime lens which is a great lens for low…
Tair 11A 135mm f/2.8 Lens Test Video
Here is yet another video from Mario Suze giving us a detailed look at Tair 11A 135mm f/2.8 prime lens. Tair is an old, but very solid and very unusual Russian lens. I have two of these myself and although I haven’t tested them yet, this video really makes me want to have a ago…
Asahi Super-Takumar 35mm f/2.0 Lens Test
Everyone loves 35mm 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…
Asahi Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4 Lens Test
This is yet another great lens test video I found on youtube that proves how great vintage lenses are. This Asahi Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens test was shot by a filmmaker Stefano Rinaldo with a Sony VG10 camcorder. The VG10 is not considered to be a very popular camera, but with a combination of great…
Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.4 Test Video
My friend Mark from ThatTechShow has recently shot a lens test video with his new Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.4. The video was shot on Canon 5D MKII with a neutral (prolost) picture profile for a filming low contrast look. I personally love the look he has achieved with the combination of this lens, full frame…
MIRANDA 28mm f/2.8 Test & Review
Here is a quick little test video and a review of Miranda 28mm lens by Michelangelo Girardi. This is what Michelangelo had to say about the lens: Since before I switched to my t3i I was the happy owner of a Pentax DSLR (loved it) I kept some of my old lenses in order to…
How to: Re-paint vintage lens numbers and letters
A few weeks ago @car4natic on tweeter shared his method of re-painting letters, numbers and markings on vintage lenses. It’s a very simple method that anyone could use to give their lenses a little paint job. Check it out.
TOKINA AT-X 400mm f/5.6 Telephoto Lens | Test Footage
I’ve been using my Tokina 400mm f/5.6 ever since I bought it as an alternative to my Canon 100-400mm as that lens was getting a bit to expensive for the amount of time I was using it. Here is my test video, which shows how Tokina performs against the 10 times more expensive Canon. In…
SONY LA-EA2 ADAPTER REVIEW | Using A-mount lenses on NEX Cameras
As I said in the video, I really wanted a more sophisticated auto-focusing on my Sony NEX cameras and in theory Sony LA-EA2 adapter was suppose to give this feature by adding phase detection auto-focusing to my 5N and FS100, which is much more sophisticated auto-focusing system than standard contrast-detection auto-focusing on my 5N and…
Ricoh Rikenon 50mm f/2 Test Video & Review
Ricoh Rikenon f/2.0 is quite an interesting lens. It’s probably one of my smallest and lightest vintage lenses, it’s probably just over 2” long. The reasons for it being light are obviously the size and also the fact that it’s plastic. No the later part is not something that I am a fan of. That…
