Archived collection of reviews of current, vintage, old-school primes and zoom lenses as used on mirrorless and digital SLR cameras.
Featured
- Vintage Lens Review, Three 40mm AF/MF Pancake Primes - A look back at the Hexanon AR 40mm F1.8, SMC Pentax-M 40mm F2.8, and Canon EF 40mm F2.8 STM.
- Vintage Lens Review, Three MF Primes For Digital Cameras - A look back at the Yashica ML 28mm F2.8, Minolta MD 45mm F2, and Zuiko OM 50mm F3.5 Macro.
- Vintage Lens Review, Three Olympus Pen F/FT MF Primes - A look at Olympus Pen F/FT's 38mm F1.8, 100mm F3.5, and 150mm F4 manual focus lenses on a Micro 4/3 digital camera.
Canon
- Canon EF 35-70mm 1:3.5~4.5 A, Vintage Lens Review - A 35-70mm standard zoom on an APS-C sensor digital SLR is a very versatile and useful lens you should consider having.
- Canon EF 40mm 1:2.8 STM, Vintage Lens Review - A look back at the 2012 Canon EF 40mm 1.2:8 STM, the Canon pancake lens, with images shot on a 2003 Canon EOS 300D.
Industar
- Industar 69 28mm 1:2.8 M39 LTM, Vintage Lens Review - Fun of adapting a 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 + Olympus Attachment Lens - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with the Industar 69 28mm 1:2.8 LTM lens mounted with the Olympus Attachment Lens F=130cm.
Lumix
- Lumix G 14mm 1:2.5 Asph., Vintage Lens Review - A look back at the sharp and sure Lumix G 14mm 1:2.5 Asph., a lightweight wide-angle lens for Micro 4/3 mount.
Minolta
- Minolta MC Celtic 135mm 1:2.8, Vintage Lens Review - Stellar images with the Minolta MC Celtic 135mm 1:3.5 short telephoto lens, the lesser to the Rokkor and Rokkor-X primes.
- Minolta MD Zoom 28-85mm F3.5~4.5, Vintage Lens Review - Image making with a Minolta MD Zoom 28-85mm F3.5~4.5, a lens worth the keep, on a Micro 4/3 digital ILC.
Nikon
- Nikon AF-Nikkor 28-80mm 1:3.5~5.6 D, Vintage Lens Review - A look back at the 1995 Nikon AF Nikkor 28-80mm standard zoom lens with images shot on a 10.2MP CCD sensor Nikon D200.
- Nikon AF-Nikkor 35-70mm 1:3.5~4.5N, Vintage Lens Review - Image making with a vintage Nikon AF-Nikkor 35-70mm 1:3.3~4.5N, a wide-angle-telephoto zoom, on a 10.2MP CCD Nikon D200.
- Nikon AF-Nikkor 50mm 1.4 D, Vintage Lens Review - Image making with a vintage Nikon AF-Nikkor 50mm 1.4D prime on an equally vintage Nikon D200 digital SLR camera.
- Nikon Ai-S Nikkor 85mm 1:2, Vintage Lens Review - Image making with the compact and extremely well-made Nikon Ai-S Nikkor 85mm F2 on a 2x crop sensor mirrorless interchangeable lens camera.
- Nikon Series E 35mm 1:2.5, Vintage Lens Review - Doing a body switch, image making with a vintage manual focus Nikon Series E lens mounted on a Canon EOS digital SLR camera.
Olympus
- Zuiko OM Auto-W 21mm F3.5, Vintage Lens Review - A look back at image making with the ultra-wide-angle Olympus OM-System Zuiko auto-W 21mm F3.5, both in analog and digital.
- Olympus OM S.Zuiko MC Auto-Zoom 35-70mm F4 - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with an Olympus OM S.Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm F4 on a mirrorless Micro 4/3 digital camera.
- Olympus OM Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm F4 Lens Review - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with a Zuiko OM Auto-Zoom 75-150mm F4, a two-touch tele zoom, on a mirrorless Micro 4/3 digital camera.
Pentax
- SMC-Pentax-DA 18-55mm 1:3.5~56 AL Lens review - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with an SMC-Pentax-DA 13.5~56 18-55mm AL (2008), the kit lens for APS-C Pentax DSLR cameras.
- SMC Pentax-A 28mm 1:2.8, Vintage Lens Review - A lens worth the keep, image making with a vintage wide-angle manual focus SMC Pentax-A prime on the Pentax K-m, a vintage 10MP CCD digital SLR camera.
- SMC Pentax-A 28mm 1:2.8, On A Pentax K-m (K2000) - Vintage Lens Review, Going for the perfect start, a vintage wide-angle manual focus prime, on an equally vintage CCD digital SLR camera.
- SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1:2, Vintage Lens Review - Image making with a lightweight SMC pentax variant manual focus 50mm prime on a 10MP CCD Pentax K-m digital SLR camera.
- Takumar-A 28mm 1:2.8, Vintage Lens Review - Image making with a vintage non-SMC wide-angle prime from Pentax, on a vintage 10MO CCD Pentax DSLR camera.
Sigma
- Sigma Mini-Wide 28mm 1:2.8, Vintage Lens Review - Image making with a Sigma-Mini Wide 28mm F2.8 prime, a retrofocus wide-angle prime, acknowledged for sharpness, on a Micro 4/3 digital ILC.
- Sigma Zoom-Gamma 21-35mm F3.5~4 Lens Review - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with a Sigma Zoom-Gamma 21-35mm F3.5~4, the world's first wide-angle zoom lens, on a Micro 4/3 digital ILC.
Tamron
- Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 90mm F2.5 Macro Lens Review - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with a cult classic, the Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 90mm 52BB F2.5 Macro on a 2X crop sensor mirrorless digital camera.
- Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 28-80mm F3.5-4.2 Lens Review - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with a manual focus Tamron Adaptall-2 SP 28-80mm f/3.5-4.2 (27A) zoom lens on a mirrorless digital ILC.
- Tamron Adaptall-2 70-210mm F4~5.6 Lens Review - Vintage Lens Review, Image making with a Tamron Adaptall-2 70-210mm F4~5.6 on a Micro 4/3 mirrorless digital ILC.
Zonlai
- Zonlai Discover 25mm 1:1.8, Camera Lens Review - Image making with a manual focus Zonlai Discover 28mm 1:1.8, a nifty-fifty equivalent prime on the 2x crop Micro 4/3 digital camera.
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