Lens Reviews

Archived listing of images and reviews of vintage and legacy camera lenses, a look at what's missing from your camera bag.

Features

• A Trio Of 40mm AF / MF Pancake Primes - Lens Reviews: The Konica Hexanon AR 40mm F1.8, SMC Pentax-M 40mm F2.8, and Canon EF 40mm F2.8 STM pancake primes.
• Three Manual Focus Primes For Digital SLR Cameras - Lens Reviews: A look back at the Yashica ML 28mm F2.8, Minolta MD 45mm F2, and Zuiko OM 50mm F3.5 Macro as primes for digital SLRs.
• Three Olympus Pen F/FT Manual Focus Primes - Lens Reviews: A look back at Olympus Pen F/FT's 38mm F1.8, 100mm F3.5, and 150mm F4 MF lenses on a Micro 4/3 digital camera.

Canon

• Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5~5.6 II - The Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5~5.6 II, a lens made available only with Canon digital SLR camera kits.
• Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM, A Feather In The Cap - With the demise of its production, will the EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM still retain its value as the just about perfect 40mm equivalent?

• Canon EF 35-70mm f/3.5~4.5 A - Canon EF 35-70mm f/3.5~4.5 A, a standard autofocus-only zoom lens for Canon EF-mount cameras.
• Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - Canon EF 40mm f/2:8 STM, Canon's pancake prime, as mounted on a 2003 Canon EOS 300D.

Hanimex

• Hanimex 135mm f/2.8 MC Macro - Hanimex 135mm f/2.8 MC Macro, an underrated and undervalued medium telephoto lens with a twin focus ring.

Industar

• Industar 69 28mm f/2.8 M39 LTM - A legacy half-frame M39 LTM lens, the Industar 69 28mm f/2.8 lens on a 2x crop sensor mirrorless digital camera.
• Industar 69 28mm f/2.8 + An Olympus Attachment Lens - A legacy Industar 69 28mm f/2.8 M39 LTM, a half-frame lens, mounted with an Olympus Attachment Lens F=130cm.

Lumix

• Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 Asph. - Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 Asph., the world's lightest, vintage wide-angle lens for Micro 4/3 digital cameras.

Minolta

• Minolta MC Celtic 135mm f/2.8 - Stellar images with the legacy Minolta MC Celtic 135mm f/3.5, a lower-cost alternative lens choice from Minolta.

Nikon

• Nikon AF-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5~5.6 D - A very affordable vintage standard zoom lens from Nikon DSLRs, the 1995 Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5~5.6 D.
• Nikon AF-Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 D - Nikon Nikon AF-Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 D, a favorite and highly recommended ultra-fast standard prime.
• Nikon Ai Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 -- Nikon Micro-Nikkor Ai 55mm f/3.5, a lens with an excellent reputation for image quality, sharpness, and flat-field qualities.
• Nikon Nikkor Ai-S 85mm f/2 - Nikon Ai-S Nikkor 85mm f/2, compact and extremely well-made, an excellent first-choice telephoto lens.

Olympus

• Olympus S.Zuiko OM MC 35-70mm f/4 - The S.Zuiko 75-150mm f/4, a standard zoom for Olympus OM SLR cameras, on a mirrorless Micro 4/3 digital camera.

• Olympus Zuiko OM MC 21mm f/3.5 - Images with the ultra-wide-angle Olympus OM-System Zuiko Auto-W 21mm f/3.5, in analog and digital.
• Olympus Zuiko OM 75-150mm f/4 - The Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm f/4, an excellent two-touch parfocal telephoto zoom lens.

Pentax

• SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.4 - A look at the SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.4, from the first iteration of Pentax K-mount series lenses.

• SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 - SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, a vintage 28mm wide-angle manual focus prime from Pentax, on the 10MP CCD Pentax K-m.
• SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm f/4 - SMC Pentax-A Zoom 35-70mm f/4, the only 35-70mm Pentax lens with a fixed aperture.
• SMC Pentax-A 50mm f/2 - A compact, lightweight, and handy thrifty-fifty SMC Pentax-A prime with images shot on a 10MP CCD Pentax K-m.

• SMC-Pentax-DA 18-55mm f/3.5~56 AL - SMC-Pentax-DA f/3.5~5.6 18-55mm AL (2008), the AF kit lens for APS-C Pentax DSLR cameras.

• Takumar-A 28mm f/2.8 - A look at the Takumar-A 28mm f/2.8, a non-SMC wide-angle prime from Pentax, sharp and sure images on the 10MP CCD Pentax K-m.

Sigma

• Sigma Asph. IF Zoom 28-105mm f/3.8~5.6 UC-III - The 1999 Sigma Asph. IF Zoom 28-105mm f/3.8~5.6 UC-III, on a 10MP CCD Pentax K-m.
• Sigma Zoom-Gamma 21-35mm f/3.5~4 - Here's looking at the Sigma Zoom-γ 21-35mm f/3.5~4, the world's first wide-angle zoom lens.

Tamron

• Tamron SP Adaptall-2 90mm f/2.5 Macro (52BB) - A look at the Tamron SP Adaptall-2 90mm f/2.5 Macro (52BB), acknowledged as extremely sharp and easy to handle.
• Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 28-80mm f/3.5-4.2 (27A) - Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 28-80mm f/3.5-4.2 (27A) zoom lens, par excellence on a mirrorless digital camera.
• Tamron Adaptall-2 70-210mm f/4~5.6 A look at the Tamron Adaptall-2 70-210mm f/4~5.6, a close-focus friend on a Micro 4/3 mirrorless digital ILC.

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