High-quality feel, unmistakable bokehs, low price: lenses like the Trioplan 100 mm or the Pentacon 135 mm are real legends.
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With current system cameras, it is particularly easy to revive old lenses. And it’s worth it, because these lenses offer an atmospheric, unique look that you can hardly find in today’s perfectly calculated original lenses and that can also be used effectively for modern macro and nature photography.
lenses under test
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Testing telephoto lenses for system cameras: long focal length, little money
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Lenses for SLRs in the test: cheap lenses really are that good
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Macro fixed focal lengths for APS-C cameras with and without a mirror
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Comparison of mirror lenses for system cameras
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Macro lenses for the Nikon Z system on test: Nikon Z MC 105mm and Nikon Z MC 50mm
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Mirrorless full-frame system Nikon Z: 9 lenses in the test
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Viltrox AF 85/1.8 for Nikon Z in a short test: Fast AF lens for 400 euros
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Third-party 35mm camera lenses for Sony E-mount tested
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Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 in the test: Fast zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless
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Testing Sony’s new FE lenses: One tube, three fixed focal lengths (24, 40, 50 mm)
For me, the high-quality feel of the oldies is also particularly appealing. They either have a bare aluminum tube or come in a zebra design, which combines unpainted metal adjustment rings with the black tube. In view of this appealing workmanship, one can immediately develop a passion for collecting. If you don’t take pictures with the old glasses, they just look good in a display case.
c’t photography 4/22
Exciting motifs: play of photogenic opposites * full format cameras up to 1500 euros * carefree photography on the water * desert photography * macro specialists from Laowa in the test * vintage lenses with special bokeh * photographing people and their animals * practical test: hip belt systems * photographing slides and negatives * Develop your own image styles with color grading + workshops on color and contrast development * Work faster with the graphics tablet
Four special representatives
Basically, depending on the focal length, such lenses are very well suited for nature and landscape photography, but also for people and street photography. I mainly use them for macro and nature photography. I would like to present four special representatives in more detail in this article:
