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How to create autofocus with a 120 year old lens

Dec 14, 2016 John Aldred

Mathieu Stern’s at it again with his crazy experiments. This time, he’s taken the lens off a 120 year old folding camera, and attached it to…



Tearing down the $2,200 Nikon 105mm f/1.4

Dec 6, 2016 John Aldred

When I see the phrase “for those of you following along at home” in a teardown article, I know it’s going to be a good…



Nikon 14mm vs Nikon 16mm Fisheye + Lens Correction

Nov 25, 2016 JP Danko

I have been using both the Nikon 14mm f/2.8 and the Nikon 16mm f/2.8 fisheye for a while now, and I have been noticing that…



This 3D printed lens produces amazing results

Nov 24, 2016 John Aldred

In the past, the thought of making your own lens would probably seem like a fairly impossible mission. For most of us, it still seems…



Extreme lens modding with the Helios 44-2

Nov 15, 2016 Tito Ferradans

I’m Tito Ferradans and today we’re here to work on a few upgrades to the Helios 44-2 Extreme mod. You probably watched the original video,…



Taking sandpaper to M42 lenses to get that anamorphic look on the cheap

Nov 9, 2016 Tito Ferradans

Tito Ferradans here for a lengthy video involving some serious modding and unique looks. Summer is here and DIY projects are up. A few weeks…



The new Sigma 85mm f/1.4 and 12-24mm f/4 Art lenses explained and tested

Nov 3, 2016 TJ Hansen

Recent announcements from Sigma have made a lot of portrait and landscape photographers very happy- the question is, can the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art and the Sigma…



Shooting with a 50+ year old Russian lens on a Sony A7RII

Oct 28, 2016 John Aldred

The Helios 44-2 is one of my favourite old lenses. This, along with the Jupiter-9 are my two most used manual focus lenses for stills…



This 250° fisheye lens is so wide it can almost see behind itself

Oct 20, 2016 John Aldred

Entaniya’s fisheye lenses for GoPro cameras have proven to be quite popular since they were initially released. They led to the creation of something Entaniya…



The new Lensbaby Trio 28 combines the Sweet, Twist and Velvet lenses into one + exclusive first look

Oct 5, 2016 John Aldred

If you wanted to buy the Lensbaby Sweet, Twist 60 and Velvet separately, you’d be spending over $1,000. Now, you can get all three for…