lenses

Say you didn't have any foreign lenses or adapters for your APS-C body. You want to invest in one good speed-boosted 0.71x adapter. Is there any particular direction you'd take? Why? Note: Nikon G covers all Nikon F lenses.

The walk home by Harry Cutts, on Flickr

Pentax M 135 f3.5 by Harry Cutts, on Flickr

Couldn't find a thread for this one so here goes. Taken on an Olympus EM10 mk2 at f5.6, looks quite decent to me. Vivitar 17mm copy by Harry Cutts, on Flickr

I have a Carl Zeiss Jena 58mm f2 Biotar in M42 mount that I use with my Sony A7II and I'm very happy with the images. So a couple of weeks ago, I saw a 1950's Pentacon SLR on eBay, with a "CZ" lens that looked exactly like my Biotar. The description was lousy and the photos on eBay were poor...

I bought this lens 5 years ago, for 15 eur. At the time, I thought it might surprise me with image quality. It did.. Not necessarily in a good way. At that time, I had a Samsung NX1000, mirrorless camera. I wanted to test the lens, and see what the images would look like. Wide open, there isn't...

Stopped by the camera store today, have not been there for a while looking for anything in particular...but I wanted to see if they had a manual focus 200/4 or 135/2.8. They had both! I was hoping that the 200/4 would be the AI version, but not today. Price seemed OK and I wanted to try it...

HI, I picked up this lens from a charity shop (thrift store) the other day for 10 Danish Kroner or $1.50/£1.20 . At first I thought it was some kind of CCTV lens I could use with an adapter on my Pentax Q or Fuji camera but I can find nothing about it. It is called Coyal f3.5 and looks like...

There's a new player on the market, and it's looking good! TTArtisan has some new designs that tickle my interest better than what they currently have. A really good looking and capable 35 f/1.4 for ~$400 https://www.35mmc.com/24/09/2019/ttartisan-35mm-f-1-4-asph-review-by-vincent-bihler/ A...

When I left the m43 world, I wanted something that was similar to the Laowa 7.5mm f/2 but in Fuji X mount. I feel this is it!!

One of the legends! This lens is what first pulled me into the manual focus lens rabbit hole.

I'm not too into macro, but it is nice to have the option available when needed. Love this 55/3.5. It is not an AI lens, so limited on the cameras it can be used on. Not a bad all arounder lens either if you can get past the very long focus throw.

My version of this lens is cosmetically in less than optimal shape, but the glass is fine. Another lens where the rendering and sharpness are just how I like it. I might some day get the AF version, but until then, this is a great manual focus alternative. Works great on the Nikon Df and I've...

I love the rendering of this lens as well as the sharpness. I often fight with myself between whether to take this lens or the awesome 105mm f/2.5 AIS.

Limited in which cameras can use this lens because it does not have the AI notch cut out of the aperture ring, it does quite well, especially when stopped down a bit. Lovely on the Df and admirable on the Z6.

Only had this for a little while and got rid of it because I had more 85mm lenses than I needed. Still, a great little, compact 85mm. A bit dreamy wide open, but nice for portraits.

Got this thing dirt cheap at a local camera store. Performs excellently on the Nikon Df and the Z6 with the FTZ. I may throw it onto some Fuji X cameras on day, but here are a few to get this lens thread going! Feel free to add your images taken with this lens here too!

Greetings, everybody . . . I shoot a lot of infrared with my Kolari-converted X-E2 (720nm native, but I use an 850nm filter much of the time). And most of my Fuji lenses have from annoying to unbearable hotspots. Even the 18-135, which I got specifically for IR because it was said to be...

Instead off going off topic in another thread, I’ll start a new one. Bill coined the term “Fujicron” and just for yuks I called the 16mm 1.4 (which I am planning to purchase) a “Fujilux” I was watching some reviews for the 16mm 1.4 in youtube and came across a video by bigheadtaco and he did...