Camera and Lens Reviews — lens

Stereoscopic imaging was first developed in the early 1800's and it wasn't long before it was adapted to photography through the use of stereo lenses. In the days before moving pictures a stereoscopic photograph was a pretty damned amazing thing. So much so that when Queen Victoria visited the World's Fair in London in 1851 she was reportedly so excited about it that it caused quite the stir and help make it a popular form of entertainment up until the turn of the century. By the 1900's It fell out of fashion for a few decades until a resurgence after WWII with...

What do you get when an optician, an engineer and a business man meet at a bar? The birth of one of the oldest and greatest lens manufacturers in the world. Way back in 1886 Taylor, Taylor & Hobson first opened up shop and began creating some of the worlds best optics. They designed some great optical formulas and created beautiful cinema lenses that helped make Hollywood what it is today. So much so that in 2013 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said they "helped define the look of motion pictures over the last century" and gave them...

I'm a 50mm shooter and I always carry my 28mm lens with my 50mm, but if you need one lens that's wider than 50mm, not too wide, the Leica Summilux-M 35mm is the way to go. Not just any 35mm because the F2 Summicron I find is sometimes too slow. The F1.4 gives it the extra speed and allows me to be creative with the shallow depth of field. I prefer this 35mm 1st version ASPH for a few reasons: The rarity factor: This was the first ASPH 35mm lens that Leica made. Hand ground, hand assembled, and because of...

I have been waiting for this lens for more than a decade. I have always shot with the Leica Noctilux 50mm and the 90mm Summicron APO ASPH. The Leica 35mm Summilux that I have was always too close to the 50mm, so I either took one or the other. The 28mm was the perfect focal length but there just wasn't any faster options then the F2 Summicron version. For darker interiors the F2 didn't cut it. Finally the 28mm F1.4 Summilux-M arrived. The perfect separation of focal lengths in my arsenal of lenses. Also, the 28mm CAN do what the 35mm...

Originally redesigned from the regular Elmarit. This beautiful lens has been perfected with an all new shorter and sweeter mount. No larger then some 50mm. This Mandler 5 element design is all you would need and the true essence of keeping your Leica system small and compact. I particularly like the chrome examples and I especially love the fact that they have all been made in Canada (something to be proud of). The built quality is the best of all the Elmarit design lenses. All brass body, when Leica later went to aluminum bodies on the 2nd version. They just don't...