Vintage Lenses Reviews

18 Jan 2023 09:29AM by John Riley

John Riley has been putting a classic, 1970s Tair 3C 300mm F/4.5 vintage lens to the test on the much more modern Sony A7R III.

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5 Oct 2022 10:31AM by John Riley

John Riley has been combining the old with the new, putting the Minolta AF 28mm F/2 vintage lens to the test on the 42MP Sony A7R III mirrorless camera.

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20 Sep 2022 08:00AM by John Riley

John Riley has been putting the vintage Olympus Zuiko 75-150mm F/4 lens to the test on a much more modern Sony A7R III camera to find out how good it performs in the more modern world.

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29 Mar 2022 12:45PM by John Riley

The Sony A350 camera has been partnered with the Sigma AF 400mm f/5.6 to find out how this vintage lens from the nineties performs.

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8 Nov 2021 15:57PM by John Riley

Jonh Riley has been playing around with the vintage Minolta AF 50mm f/1.4 lens on the modern Sony A7R III 42MP to find out if it can still capture decent photos.

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10 Mar 2021 08:37AM by John Riley

John Riley has been putting the vintage SMC Pentax-FA 70-200mm f/4-5.6 Power Zoom lens to the test that he purchased for under £50.

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16 Sep 2020 13:03PM by John Riley

John Riley reviews the SMC Pentax-FA 24-90mm f/3.5-4.5 AL [IF] vintage lens for full-frame SLR/DSLRs.

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4 Jun 2020 09:48AM by John Riley

John Riley reviews the Pentax 05 Toy Lens Telephoto 18mm f/8 lens for Pentax Q cameras. A budget toy lens for a compact mirrorless camera system, is it worth a second look?

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3 Dec 2019 12:30PM by John Riley

John Riley reviews the vintage Yashica Auto-Yashinon 5.5cm f/1.8 lens, a manual focus 55mm f/1.8 prime lens from the 60s, how does it perform in the digital age? Find out here.

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30 Oct 2019 10:44AM by John Riley

John Riley reviews the Tokina SZ-X SD 28-105mm f/4-5.3 Vintage Lens, a full-frame film-era lens, that fits quite nicely onto a modern mirrorless camera.

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20 Sep 2019 12:30PM by John Riley

John Riley reviews the Pentax SMC P-FA 20-35mm f/4.0 AL "Vintage" lens, with the full-frame Pentax K-1 DSLR.

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3 Sep 2019 13:11PM by John Riley

John Riley takes the vintage Vivitar 28-200mm f/3.5-5.3 lens on a trip to Wales to find out how it compares with zoom lenses of today.

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