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Sankyo Kohki Komura 500mm f/7

Sankyo Kohki Komura 500mm f/7

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In my last lens review for the Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 135mm f/3.5 in April 2021, I mention that I do not try, nor do I want, to review lenses.  However, in this hobby, sometimes a lens shows up in a box, or in the deep bowels of the online marketplace that…

October 20, 2022 October 20, 2022 Photography / Reviews  Japan / Komura / Lens
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KMZ MTO 500mm Mirror Lens

KMZ MTO 500mm Mirror Lens

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“Donut bokeh”…. …once you see it, you instantly know you’re talking about an image shot with a catadioptric lens.  Catadioptric lenses are as unmistakable themselves as the images they make with their large dimeter barrel with a noticeable round obtrusion right smack in the center of the front element. Catadioptrics…

October 21, 2021 March 3, 2023 Photography / Reviews  KMZ / Lens / Soviet
Continue Reading"KMZ MTO 500mm Mirror Lens"
Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 135mm f/3.5

Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 135mm f/3.5

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In my quest for cameras to review for this site, I’ll occasionally stumble upon some interesting lenses that I pick up to pair with the film cameras they are designed for, but sometimes I like to see what they can do digitally. There are a huge number of sites filled…

April 22, 2021 April 22, 2021 Photography / Reviews  Germany / Lens / Schneider
Continue Reading"Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 135mm f/3.5"
KMZ Rubin-1 37-80mm f/2.8

KMZ Rubin-1 37-80mm f/2.8

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In October 2018, I reviewed the KMZ Zenit-E, one of the most well known and identifiable cameras to ever come out of the former Soviet Union.  Millions of Zenits were produced from 1952 – 1996 and many of them were the Zenit-E. When they were first released, the Zenit used…

July 16, 2020 June 14, 2021 Photography / Reviews  KMZ / Lens / Soviet
Continue Reading"KMZ Rubin-1 37-80mm f/2.8"

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