Category: Lens Sample Images

  • Review: Pentacon 50mm F/1.8

    IntroductionContentsIntroductionSample ImagesSpecificationsHandlingVariationsOptical FeaturesSharpness (infinity)Sharpness (Portrait)Sharpness (Close-up)Lens DistortionVignettingFlare ResistanceChromatic AberrationsComaSun StarsFocus BreathingBokehAlternativesConclusionMore Sample Images Pentacon 50mm f1.8 (or Pentacon auto 1.8/50 MULTI COATING) is a manual vintage lens that was shipped as standard kit lens with all Praktica cameras during 70s and 80s. It was produced in East Germany in millions and is available quite cheap […]

  • Review: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50/2.8

    IntroductionContentsIntroductionSample ImagesSpecificationsVariations and handlingOptical FeaturesVignettingSharpness (Infinity)Sharpness (Close-up)Sharpness (Portrait)Chromatic AberrationsLens DistortionFocus BreathingBokehAlternativesConclusionMore Sample Images Tessar being a very old design (1902), actually one of the oldest optical designs of all consumer lenses, was produced before WWII for among other cameras the first Contax rangefinder cameras and early Exakta cameras and post-war both in East and West […]

  • Review: Meyer-Optik Görlitz Domiplan 50/2.8

    IntroductionContentsIntroductionSample ImagesSpecificationsVariationsHandlingOptical FeaturesVignettingSharpness (Infinity)Sharpness (Close-up)Sharpness (Portrait)Flare Resistance and Chromatic AberrationsLens DistortionFocus BreathingBokehConclusionAlternativesMore Sample ImagesSupport us The Meyer-Optik Görlitz Domiplan is a very small and compact lens, a classical anastigmatic triplet lens. It was the standard kit lens on EXA II cameras but was also sold as kit with many EXA I & Praktica cameras. Opinions […]