Lens Tests

Russian-made optics are known for being inexpensive yet high-quality and durable. Since I was happy with my first microscope objective, the Lomo 8X, I gravitated—again with no prior knowledge—toward another …

You’re into macro photography and want to try something different… You’ve got lenses of various focal lengths in a drawer: 200mm, 135mm, 90, 50, 35, etc. Or at least let’s …

My first microscope lens was a Russian-made 1970 Lomo 8× 0.20. When I first saw it, I was a bit surprised—I didn’t expect it to be this small. These lenses …

Under the title Using everyday lenses for close-up work, I’ll revisit—one by one as separate posts—the magnification-increasing methods to examine in more detail and provide examples of the techniques I …