Manual Focus Lenses and Cameras - General Interest

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Please place in this thread links that are of general interest for manual focus photography and equipment (that is, not dedicated only to a specific lens or camera model).
The links must be only of non-commercial nature. Exception is made only for the official websites of lens companies. For all other kinds of commercial links, please use the Marketplace section.
If you post a reply with some links and wish to add more later, please do not add a new reply, edit your first reply instead.
Thank you.

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

MF Lenses: new life in digital age
Our Attila's web site exclusively dedicated to manual lenses:
http://www.mflenses.com

Povlab
The largest web site dedicated to manual lenses with M42 mount:
http://m42.povlab.org/ -> Server change -> new address http://m42.artlimited.net/index.php

Lens Survey And Subjective Evaluations
by Bjřrn Rřrslett, the largest online resource of Nikkor lenses evaluations:
http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_surv.html

Veijo Vilva's Retro Photography
A very competent website section with evaluations and samples of many manual focus lenses:
http://www.galactinus.net/vilva/retro/index.html

Using Manual Focus Lenses on Canon EOS bodies
by Bob Atkins:
http://forum.mflenses.com/posting.php?mode=reply&t=5

Using manual lenses and telescopes with EOS cameras
by Photonotes.org:
http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses/

Alfred's Camera Page
A good resource on Russian film cameras (especially the FED, LOMO, Zenit and Zorki series):
http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/

Russian Logos and Factories
On the same site as above, it is worth to link separately to this very useful page on Russian Logos and Factories - all in English:
http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/logos/

Russian Logos
This page is more complete, but it's in Russian:
http://www.zenitcamera.com/qa/qa-logos.html

Zenitcamera.com
The largest resource on Russian Zenit cameras (alas, in Russian language!):
http://www.zenitcamera.com/

Radioactive Lenses
A long and quite comprehensive forum message (Italian Language)
http://www.photo4u.it
English translation

Pebble Place
This very useful web site has just recently got back online after a period of absence.
Here's the direct links to the resources:
Contax (Zeiss) lenses on EOS cameras compatibility database:
http://www.pebbleplace.com/Personal/Contax_Lens_db.html
Leica-R lenses on EOS cameras compatibility database:
http://www.pebbleplace.com/Personal/Leica_01.html

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

All about Tamron lenses
http://www.adaptall-2.com
One of the most useful information source on the Internet from Tamron lenses.
This web site provides information about vintage Tamron manual focus T mount, Adapt-A-Matic, Adaptall, F-system, Adaptall-2 and SP Adaptall-2 lenses. Currently this web site primarily focuses on Tamron SP and Adaptall-2 lenses which were introduced from 1979 to 1989 but also includes a wealth of additional information and links to other related and interesting web sites. In a compulsive fit of nostalgia, we have tried to present this Web site in a fashion which is reminiscent of Tamron's catalogs from the early to middle 1980s, and have tried to use themes and colors which are similar to the engraved colored markings found on vintage Adaptall-2 and SP lenses. This web site is relatively new and will be expanded in the future to include additional out-of-production Tamron products.

Classic cameras
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index.html
Most of it is dedicated to old cameras and photography.

CameraMentor
http://www.cameramentor.com
Very nice, cool looking site , just started these days.

Compatibility list of M42 and manual lenses
on Canon EOS 5D DSLR
http://www.panoramaplanet.de/comp
Recommended site for all Canon 5D owners.

Nikkor 35mm SLR Lens History, Terminology and Technology
http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikortek.htm#f

Olympus OM System
Unofficial information pages from Olympus OM System
http://esif.cjb.net/

CF/SD performance database
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007

Digital Cameras
www.digicamclub.de

Macro Lenses
www.macrolenses.de

Free camera manuals
http://www.lensinc.net/freeuser.html

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Update announcement:

There is a very good news, the Pebble Place web site is back online.

http://www.pebbleplace.com

It is a very useful resource as it contains detailed databases about Contax (Zeiss) and Leica-R lenses and their compatibility with Canon EOS cameras (and the full frame models in particulars, such as the 5D).

You will find in the first post of this thread the direct links to the resources, I just added them to my listing.

Nesster · Expire: 2014-02-20

While this is Canon, there is plenty of general interest as well, namely the Optical Terminology chapter

http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Documents/digital_slr_educational_tools/en/ef_lens_work_iii_en.asp

Nesster · Expire: 2014-02-20

Medium Format (120/620) Camera / Lens Resolution Testing

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/MF_testing.html[/b]

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/test/fourcameras.html

Comparison of Hasselblad, two Rollei, and a Mamiya 7

guardian · Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 1746

This family tree is more about cameras than it is about lenses. If this link already has been posted elsewhere I apologize:

http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Family-Tree/Camera-Manufacturing-Companies-Family-Tree-v2.10.pdf