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A beautiful lens from East Germany: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 80mm f/2.8 T – full review
A full review of the Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 80 mm lens. A beautiful vintage lens made in East Germany the 1950s. With example photos and videos.
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Aftermath of typhoon Soudelor (from a personal point of view)
Introduction Soudelor (Hanna) was a Category 5-equivalent...
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The leaning post boxes of Taipei 小紅 & 小綠
Taipei has a new tourist attraction:...
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A simple, yet fantastic lens: Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm
Full review of the Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens, made in East Germany during the 1950s and 1960s. With many example photos and videos.
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Better Than You Might Think: Meyer-Optik Görlitz Lydith 30mm F/3.5 Lens – Full Review
Full review of this unexpectedly great lens made in East Germany in the 1960s. With lots of example photos and videos.
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Photo fun in the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan
Recently I had the chance to visit...
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Zons: A beautiful medieval town between Cologne and Dusseldorf
Zons a medieval city in Germany hosts a number of picturesque historic buildings. It is a great alternative to the typical medieval tourist towns in Germany.
The mysterious water forest: Spreewald in Germany
In my previous post about Augustusburg...
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It mustn’t be always Heidelberg: Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl
This time in the Locations series...
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Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 and 80mm f/2.8T (Introduction)
In a previous post, where I...
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Meyer-Optik Görlitz Lydith 30mm f/3.5 (Introduction)
A few weeks ago I traveled...