Tag: lens review

Viltrox Air 40mm Review: Leica Q3 43 field of view on a budget

Viltrox Keith James -
The Viltrox Air 40mm f/2.5 offers an impressive optical performance for a budget lens, and an inexpensive way for L-Mount shooters to add the unusual focal length of the Leica Q3 43 to their kit.

Viltrox AF 50mm f/2 Air L: Is this the niftiest fifty you can buy?

L-Mount Mike Evans -
Viltrox's tiny AF 50mm f/2 Air L undercuts every L-mount rival on price, yet still delivers sharp, colour-accurate results across two weeks of real-world testing on a Leica SL3-P.

The M Files (29): C for compact, classic, characterful – Zeiss ZM C lenses Sonnar 50/1.5, Biogon 21/4.5, and Biogon 35/2.8

Lenses Jörg-Peter Rau -
Episode 29 of the Macfilos series, The M Files, reviews the Zeiss ZM C lenses, Biogon 21/4.5; 35/2.8; 50/1.5. Basis is real life experience with Leica digital rangefinder camera M10.

M Files (28): Voigtländer VM duo 28/1.5 and 90/2.0 APO — the new travel dream team?

M-Mount Jörg-Peter Rau -
The Voigtländer Nokton 28/1.5 and APO-Ultron 90/2.0 lenses are a capable kit for travelling. Episode 28 of the M Files takes them through their paces.

LLL 50mm f/1.2 review: The march of the Nocticlones

Leica Ed Schwartzreich -
Ed Schwartzreich reviews the first pre-production version of Light Lens Lab's recreation of the classic f/1.2 Leica Noctilux...

Review: The Voigtländer 50mm f/1.2 Nokton VM for M-Mount

Leica Dirk Saeger -
Dirk Säger compares the value-for-money 50mm Voigtländer f/1.2 Nokton-VM with Leica's workhorse f/2, the Summicron

The M Files Encore: five particularly recommendable M-Mount lenses

Feature Articles Jörg-Peter Rau -
One of the major attractions of Leica's venerable M system is the astonishingly wide range of lenses, not just from Leica but from some of the best-known names in the history of lens technology...

Review: Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-70 mm f/2.8 ASPH for L-Mount

L-Mount Jonathan Slack -
Jono Slack reviews the latest 24-70 mm f/2.8 Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL, a smaller and lighter constant-aperture alternative to the original 24-90 zoom...