Reviews – JAPB

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September 1, 2023

July-August 2023 Update

This Post holds a list of every new content that’s been added to JAPB in April-June 2023.

July 1, 2023

April–June 2023 Update

This Post holds a list of every new content that’s been added to JAPB in April-June 2023.

March 31, 2023

March 2023 Update

This Post holds a list of every new content that’s been added to JAPB in March 2023, including 5 articles and 11 lens data sheets.

February 28, 2023

February 2023 Update

This Post holds a list of every new content that’s been added to JAPB in January 2023, including an article about the Rollei QBM mount and 29 new lens data sheets.

January 31, 2023

January 2023 Update

This Post holds a list of every new content that’s been added to JAPB in January 2023, including an article about the Rollei QBM mount and 29 new lens data sheets.

December 22, 2022

December Update

This Post holds a list of every new content that’s been added to JAPB in December – always one of the (otherwise) busiest months of the year.

November 3, 2022

The (positive) effect of (positive) change…

To celebrate the occasion of the 100th new article in roughly as many days …

July 17, 2022

Comparisons, Reviews, Walk-arounds, and data sheets

Dear readers, In a few paragraphs, I will describe a slight policy/strategy change for JAPB, but first, let me tell you why… For me,…

June 30, 2022

JAPB has recently published its first comparison of legacy fast fifties, and while some lenses were unsurprisingly good, others were surprisingly decent, one was refreshingly different, and one contender managed to produce a real surprise. Read more here.

March 13, 2021

The real effect of a scratched lens

… I can now offer visual proof of what I said earlier, namely that scratches and dents in a lens’ element do not show up as such, but that they have an effect on the lens’ sharpness, contrast, and flare-proneness.

JAPB is a website centred on photography and photo gear, with a special interest in using old lenses on modern cameras.

We (currently, I) are not trying to push you to buying new, expensive gear. Instead, our approach is the opposite (in all aspects). Instead we want to help you made informed decisions, and if we can be said to ‘push’ anything, that would be relatively cheap, old gear.

JAPB is non-profit, in fact this is a loss generator. Some day that might change, but we’ll make sure that does not happen at the expense of the audience.

You can read more here.

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