Tag: ★★★★☆
Canon nFD 50mm f1.2 Review
The Canon New FD 50mm f1.2, not to be confused with its more expensive and rare ‘L’ brother, is the more affordable of Canon’s two ultra-fast nFD 50mm lenses released in 1980. Unlike the big brother, it does not have the aspherical elements and commands a much lower price. Canon used a different optical formula…
Canon FL 58mm f1.2 Review
Canon FL 58mm f1.2 is an early fast lens from the 1960s. It is relatively soft at f1.2, exhibits many aberrations, and is radioactive – just how I like it. Nonetheless, it delivers sharp images when stopped down even a small amount, has lovely colours, and produces artistic vintage-looking pictures. I got more out of…
Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f1.5 Lens Review
Voigtländer Nokton 50mm f1.5 is another outstanding lens designed by Albrecht Wilhelm Tronnier and released with the Voigtländer ProminenT rangefinder camera in 1950. It is fast enough to allow shooting without additional light and sufficiently sharp to out-resolve the film. It is still well-regarded today and has even inspired a series of modern Nokton lenses –…
Canon FL 50mm f1.4 Lens Review
Canon FL 50mm f1.4 is a classic lens from 1966. I wanted to try this lens because the early Canon OM 50mm f1.9 gave me excellent results, and I wanted to see if these slightly later lenses would provide similar results. Due to their age, they fly under the radar of most vintage lens hunters,…
Canon OM 50mm f1.9 Lens Review
Canon OM 50mm f1.9 is an unusual, rare lens – created through a unique collaboration between Mamiya, Canon, and Osawa – resulting in a Canon lens for the Exakta mount sold only alongside a Mamiya 35mm SLR camera body. Build, Ergonomics and Radioactivity Canon OM 50mm f1.9 is built like a tank. I have used…