NEX 3
Konica Hexanon AR 40mm f/1.8
The 40mm focal length works out to be a nice long standard lens on APS-C or a very short telephoto. This is a great general purpose focal length, so how does this old Konica...
Vivitar Series 1 90mm f/2.5 Macro
I have tested a lot of the old standard focal length macros, but how does a telephoto 90mm macro from the old days stand up? This works out to be a moderately long telephoto...
SMC Pentax A 50mm f/2.8 Macro
Another old standard focal length macro (short telephoto on APS-C); pretty much every manufacturer had a standard focal length macro in the f/2.8-3.5 range.
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G Nikon
The 50mm f/1.8G tests great on the FX D700 camera, but how does it do on a crop sensor body?
Cosina Voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 S.C. Nokton
The issue with using the SLR lenses is that the lens plus adapter sizes makes for a pretty large package. This range finder lens for Leica M mount is compact for a 40mm f/1.4...
Canon 50mm f/1.8 FD
With the excellent resolutionI use the term resolution to refer to the MTF20I use the term resolution to refer to the MTF20 graph. This is how well the lens can resolve fine detail, but...
Canon 50mm f/1.4 SSC
Another from my short telephoto/portrait lens group. The classic Canon 50mm f/1.4 with SSC. How does this lens stack up?
SMC Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4
I have already tested this lens on my Pentax K-5 and K-7, but how does it compare on the NEX 3? Tested for benchmark purposes. I copied the build text from that lens, but...
Tokina 35mm f/2.8 Macro Nikon
Lenses that have been slow to gain acceptance on APS-C format are the standard focal length macro lens. However, this year there are two new lenses in this class, the Nikon 40mm f/2.8 macro...
Sony 30mm f/3.5 Macro SEL30M35
Here is the anticipated (and doubted) 30mm f/3.5 Macro from Sony. It is a wide-standard lens with close focus capability, moderate aperture of f/3.5, and high hopes of image quality since it is a...
