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Geeks have their fads. The Apple i-Cult. The Thinkpad cult among the laptop crowd. The… […]Carl-Zeiss Pancolar 50mm f1.8 M42 Zebra: a classic never to betray you
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Finally managed to get my hand on one of these. For a lens unit of… […]Pentax SMC-M 50mm f1.4, or who does the heavy lifting
This time I am after something classy: the Carl-Zeiss Tessar 50mm f2.8. One of the… […]Carl-Zeiss Tessar 50mm f2.8: zebra moods
One of the sharpest manual lenses ever came into my hands. Very small, typically for… […]Pentax SMC-M 35mm f2.8: under a Sofia rain, and beyond
A walk with my all time favourite, ever: the Pentax SMC-M 50mm f1.7, produced from… […]Pentax SMC-M 50mm f1.7, spring around the corner
This time my sentiment calls me to a walk around with the Soviet pancake lens:… […]Industar 50-2 50mm f3.5: socialism does hipster photos
I rarely use zooms, and long focus lenses; my preferences go from ultra wide to… […]Pentax SMC 75-150mm f4: reaching from afar