Archived collection of reviews of current, vintage, old-school primes and zoom lenses as used on mirrorless and digital SLR cameras.
Features
- Legacy Lens Review, 3 40mm AF / MF Pancake Primes - A retro look at the Konica Hexanon AR 40mm F1.8, SMC Pentax-M 40mm F2.8, and Canon EF 40mm F2.8 STM pancake primes.
- Legacy Lens Review, 3 MF Primes For Digital SLR Cameras - A retro look at the Yashica ML 28mm F2.8, Minolta MD 45mm F2, and Zuiko OM 50mm F3.5 Macro primes as adaptable to digital SLRs.
- Legacy Lens Review, 3 Olympus Pen F/FT MF Primes - A retro look at Olympus Pen F/FT's 38mm F1.8, 100mm F3.5, and 150mm F4 legacy mf lenses as mounted on a Micro 4/3 digital camera.
Canon
- Legacy Lens Review, Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5~5.6 II - A quick look at the Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5~5.6 II, a lens made available only with Canon digital SLR camera kits.
- Legacy Lens Review, Canon EF 35-70mm 1:3.5~4.5 A - A retro look at the Canon EF 35-70mm 1:3.5~4.5 A, a standard autofocus-only zoom lens for Canon EF-mount cameras.
- Legacy Lens Review, Canon EF 40mm 1:2.8 STM - A retro look review of the 2012 Canon EF 40mm 1.2:8 STM, the Canon pancake lens, as mounted on a 2003 Canon EOS 300D.
Hanimex
- Legacy Lens Review, Hanimex 135mm 1:2.8 MC Macro - A retro look at the Hanimex 135mm 1:2.8 MC Macro, an underrated and undervalued medium telephoto lens with a twin-focus ring.
Industar
- Industar 69 28mm 1:2.8 M39 LTM, A Half-Frame Lens - Legacy Lens Review: Adapting a vintage half-frame M39 LTM lens, the Industar 69 28mm 1:2.8 lens to a 2x crop sensor mirrorless digital camera.
- Industar 69 28mm 1:2.8, + An Olympus Attachment Lens - Legacy Lens Review: A retro look at the Industar 69 28mm 1:2.8 M39 LTM lens mounted with the Olympus Attachment Lens F=130cm.
Lumix
- Legacy Lens Review, Lumix G 14mm 1:2.5 Asph. - A retro look at the sharp and sure Lumix G 14mm 1:2.5 Asph., a lightweight wide-angle lens for Micro 4/3 digital cameras.
Minolta
- Legacy Lens Review, Minolta MC Celtic 135mm 1:2.8 - Stellar images with the Minolta MC Celtic 135mm 1:3.5, a lower-cost alternative lens choice from Minolta.
- Legacy Lens Review, Minolta MD Zoom 28-85mm F3.5~4.5 - A retro look at the Minolta MD Zoom 28-85mm F3.5~4.5, a super quality standard zoom lens worth the keep.
Nikon
- Legacy Lens Review, Nikon AF-Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.5~5.6 D - A retro look at a very affordable standard zoom lens from Nikon DSLRs, the 1995 Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80mm.
- Legacy Lens Review, Nikon AF-Nikkor 35-70mm 1:3.3~4.5N - A retro look at the Nikon AF-Nikkor 35-70mm 1:3.3~4.5N, the standard zoom kit lens for Nikon digital SLR cameras.
- Legacy Lens Review, Nikon AF-Nikkor 50mm 1.4 D - A retro look at the Nikon AF-Nikkor 50mm 1.4D on an equally vintage 10.2MP CCD Nikon D200 digital SLR camera.
- Legacy Lens Review, Nikon Nikkor Ai-S 85mm 1:2 - A retro look at the compact and extremely well-made Nikon Ai-S Nikkor 85mm F2 on a 2x crop sensor digital camera.
- Legacy Lens Review, Nikon Series E 35mm 1:2.5 - Doing a body switch with the Nikon Series E 35mm 1:2.5 mounted on a Canon EOS digital SLR camera.
Olympus
- Legacy Lens Review, Zuiko OM Auto-W 21mm 1:3.5 - A retro at the ultra-wide-angle Olympus OM-System Zuiko Auto-W 21mm F3.5, in analog and digital.
- Legacy Lens Review, S.Zuiko OM MC 35-70mm 1:4 - A retro look at the Olympus OM S.Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm F4, a standard zoom, on a mirrorless Micro 4/3 digital camera.
- Legacy Lens Review, Zuiko OM Auto-Zoom 75-150mm 1:4 - A retro look at the Zuiko OM Auto-Zoom 75-150mm F4, an excellent two-touch parfocal tele zoom.
Pentax
- Legacy Lens Review, SMC Pentax-DA 18-55mm 1:3.5~5.6 AL - Image making with an SMC Pentax-DA 13.5~.56 18-55mm AL (2008), the kit lens for APS-C Pentax DSLR cameras.
- Legacy Lens Review, SMC Pentax-A 35-70mm 1:4 - A retro look at the manual focus SMC Pentax-A Zoom 35-70mm 1:4, the 35-70mm zoom lens from Pentax with a fixed aperture.
- Legacy Lens Review, SMC Pentax-A 28mm 1:2.8 - Going for the perfect start, a vintage wide-angle manual focus prime, on a vintage CCD digital SLR camera.
- Legacy Lens Review, SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1:2 - A retro look at the lightweight manual focus SMC Pentax prime with images shot on a 10MP CCD sensor.
- Legacy Lens Review, Takumar-A 28mm 1:2.8 - A retro look at the non-SMC wide-angle prime from Pentax, sharp and sure on a 10MP CCD Pentax DSLR camera.
Sigma
- Sigma Asph. IF Zoom 28-105mm 1:3.8~5.6 UC-III - Legacy Lens Review: A retro look at the 1999 Sigma Asph. IF Zoom 28-105mm 1:3.8~5.6 UC-III, with images captured on a 10MP CCD Pentax K-m.
- Legacy Lens Review, Sigma Mini-Wide 28mm 1:2.8 - A retro look at the Sigma-Mini Wide 28mm F2.8 prime, a retrofocus close-focus wide-angle lens acknowledged for its sharpness.
- Legacy Lens Review, Sigma Zoom-Gamma 21-35mm F3.5~4 - A retro look at the Sigma Zoom-Gamma 21-35mm F3.5~4, the world's first wide-angle zoom lens.
Tamron
- Tamron SP 90mm 1:2.5 Adaptall-2 Macro, A Cult Classic - Legacy Lens Review: A retro look at a cult classic, the Tamron SP 90mm 1:2.5 Adaptall-2 Macro, with images shot on a 10MP CCD Nikon D200.
- Legacy Lens Review, Tamron SP 90mm 1:2.5 Adaptall-2 Macro - A retro look at the Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 90mm 52BB 1:2.5 Macro, acknowledged as being extremely sharp and easy to handle.
- Legacy Lens Review, Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 28-80mm F3.5-4.2 - A retro look at the MF Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 28-80mm f/3.5-4.2 (27A) zoom lens on a mirrorless digital camera.
- Legacy Lens Review, Tamron Adaptall-2 70-210mm 1:4~5.6 - A retro look at the Tamron Adaptall-2 70-210mm 1:4~5.6 with images from a Micro 4/3 mirrorless digital ILC.
Zonlai
- Zonlai Discover 25mm 1:1.8, A Nifty-Fifty Equivalent - Lens Review, image making with a manual focus Zonlai Discover 28mm 1:1.8, a nifty-fifty equivalent on a Micro 4/3 digital camera.
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