If there was a way to measure the ratio of quality to price of a photographic lens, then the Zeiss Contax Vario Sonnar 80-200 mm…
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The Zeiss Contax Vario Sonnar 35-70mm has a cult-like following. You will be hard-pressed to find any reference to it that is anything short of glowing. You might encounter a sourpuss here and there who may complain about it being a push-pull zoom, somewhat prone to zoom creep. When a lens is this otherworldly (perhaps this adjective has not been applied to the 35-70 Vario Sonnar before?) I could not care less.
20 CommentsFor some, the existence and qualities of the little forty-year-old Minolta MD 35-70mm zoom may come as a shock. But I would venture that, for many other serious enthusiasts, this lens needs no introduction.
15 CommentsThe Minolta MD 75-150mm f/4 is a somewhatr obscure yet outstanding lens.
11 CommentsFor many years during the golden age of slide film I owned a Minolta SRT-100 and a few Minolta primes, all of them thoughtlessly given…
12 CommentsA review of a controversial Leica lens: the Vario Elmar R 21-35mm.
11 CommentsI got acquainted with this lens without intending to. Andreas Buhl, in his compendium of all things Konica, compares it somewhat unfavorably with the more modern and…
27 CommentsI have become very fond of 24mm prime lenses. One reason is that this focal length gives rise to very wide perspectives that look almost…
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The Sony A7s
Almost two years ago I wrote about the Sony A7. Quite a bit has changed since then in my photography world. I sold all of…