The original lens was introduced as a double Gauss design in the 1940s. One of the company’s latest projects is the recreation of the Cooke Speed Panchro II cinema lens. They have produced replicas of Leica’s eight-lens element 35mm f/2 Summicron and Elcan 50mm f/2 lenses.
It’s a unique business model, unlike most other lens manufacturers that strive to create the latest in aberration-free optics for use with high-resolution digital cameras. Light Lens Lab, a new specialty lens manufacturer in China, has been recreating sought after lenses of the past that are hard to find in good condition or are incredibly expensive. And if you want to learn the imaging personality of a lens, focus it manually and use it at its widest aperture.
Learning to shoot with a 50mm lens can teach you a lot.
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