FAQ

Vintage lens series

• Vintage cameras and lenses – where to buy?
• Glass from the past, aka vintage lenses
• Why choose a vintage lens?
• Vintage lenses – some general FAQ
• Choosing a vintage lens – things to consider
• Choosing a vintage lens – classic focal lengths
• Vintage lenses – Komura
• Choosing a vintage lens – some FAQ

Need more info?

• Aperturepedia – vintage lens database
• More Than Just a Camera Lens Database

Zeiss

• Carl Zeiss Rangefinder Lenses (Photography in Malaysia)

Minolta

• Lens QA Works – Minolta lenses: tests, reviews, comparisons
• Minolta SR Lens Index and Classification
• the rokkor files – Minolta equipment, reviews etc.
• Minolta X Fujifilm – an insight into some Rokkor lenses
• Aperturepedia – Minolta SR (MC/MD) Lens Database

Olympus-OM

• Aperturepedia – Olympus-OM Lens Database
• Table of OM Lenses – by Hans van Veluwen
• Olympus Zuiko Lenses – at Photography in Malaysia

Asahi-Pentax

• Takumar Field Guide – An exception source on M42 and P67 lenses.
• Takumar – The eyes of the Spotmatic – lens index (French)
• Aperturepedia – Pentax K Lens Database
• Aperturepedia – Pentax M37 Lens Database
• The Evolution of the Pentax M42 Mount
• Early Pentax Takumar Lenses
• Early Asahi-Pentax Collection and History

Knowledge bases

• Photography in Malaysia – Canon, Nikon, etc. (a massive knowledge repository)

Analog Lenses

• A list of vintage super-fast 50-60mm f/1.2 lenses
• Are all 50mm lenses equivalent?
• Choosing a vintage lens – classic focal lengths
• Choosing a vintage lens – some FAQ
• Choosing a vintage lens – things to consider
• Diamonds Are Forever – the Nikon F
• Glass from the past, aka vintage lenses
• How a f/0.71 lens helped advance TB screening
• Rear Window – the 400mm lens
• Superfast lenses – the original Noctilux 50mm f/1.2
• The fastest vintage 50mm lenses ever made – light gathering behemoths
• The origins of Asahi’s Takumar
• The other NASA lens – the Angenieux f/0.95
• The Pentax (Asahi) 17mm fish-eye lens – 160 or 180°?
• Ultrafast lenses – the Noctilux 50mm f/1
• Ultrafast lenses – the Simlar 50mm f/0.7
• Ultrafast lenses – the Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7
• Using vintage fisheye lenses on a crop-sensor
• Vintage cameras and lenses – where to buy?
• Vintage lenses – Komura
• Vintage lenses – some general FAQ
• Vintage superfast sub-f/1.4 lenses – big light with a side of skepticism
• Was this the fastest lens ever?
• Why are vintage super-fast lenses so expensive?
• Why choose a vintage lens?
• Why don’t cameras use plastic lenses?
• Why was the 50mm lens considered “normal”?