Tag: Light Lens Lab

Light Lens Lab re-made another classic Leitz/Leica lens: The first Elmarit 28/2.8, also called 9E for its nine elements, comes with an interesting mixture of old virtues and modern improvements.

TTArtisan, 7Artisans, Laowa, Thypoch , Light Lens Lab, Polar, Mr. Ding, Funleader are some of the many new M-Mount lens manufacturers from China. Part 24 of our series, the M Files, gives a unique overview of the market.

The Light Lens Lab 35/1.4 Double Stroke Aspheric Replica takes me back three decades to the time when I decided to buy the original Leica Summilux-M 1.4/35mm Aspherical (11873) which was introduced in 1989. It is a lens I have been eagerly awaiting ever since I set hands on the LLL f/1.2 Noctilux clone…

Welcome to this week's Leica news. We bring news of a new underwater housing for Leica M10 and M11 cameras, an M lens with depth-of-field graphic from 1951 and a white ceramic recreation of the iconic V1 Summicron 35mm from the 1950s. And there is a significant jubilee drawing close…

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

Ed Schwartzreich introduces a remarkable LLL copy of the Cooke Speed Panchro S2 cine lens aimed at Leica M-mount still photographers...