Resources
Reviews
- JAPBjapb.net opens in a new tabA real treasure trove - extremely detailed data sheets for lenses and camera mounts. You can also find lens reviews and very interesting articles.
- Phillip Reevephillipreeve.net opens in a new tabReviews with remarkable photographs, and a lot of articles on adapting lenses.
- Ken Rockwellkenrockwell.com opens in a new tabDetailed reviews that go in depth on many different lenses and systems. Covers both digital and analog.
- Vintage Photovintage-photo.nl opens in a new tabGreat reviews covering different film cameras - both 35mm and medium format, with a sprinkle of history.
- 16:916-9.net opens in a new tabGreat reviews on a variety of lenses, with nice frame comparisons. Really good content about adapting enlarger lenses.
- Delta Lensesdeltalenses.com opens in a new tabVery detailed spec sheets for enlarger, industrial and projector lenses.
Forums
- MFLensesforum.mflenses.com opens in a new tabA long-running forum where you can find info on manual lenses, adapters, and more.
- Pentax Forumspentaxforums.com opens in a new tabOne of my favorite forums for manual lenses. I love the community-driven reviews and ratings.
- Photo.net forumsphoto.net opens in a new tabA great forum with a lot of useful threads and information.
General Reference
- Orphan Camerasbutkus.us opens in a new tabMike Butkus’s library of film-camera, flash, and meter manuals. One of my first stops when I buy a new (old) camera.
- Canon Camera Museumglobal.canon opens in a new tabYou can learn a lot from Canon's official Camera Museum.
- Camera-wikicamera-wiki.org opens in a new tabAn encyclopedia of cameras, lenses, and the companies that made them.
- Aperturepediaaperturepedia.com opens in a new tabLens databases by mount, set out so you can compare specifications. I love the database tables!
- Photography in Malaysiamir.com.my opens in a new tabThey cover a ton of systems, lenses and cameras. Really detailed information and history.
Mount and Brand Specific
- Nikon Museumnikonmuseum.com opens in a new tabGreat resource for all things Nikon.
- Minolta.eazypixminolta.eazypix.de opens in a new tabThe Rokkor, MC, and MD index. Amazing resource for identifying different variants of Minolta lenses.
- Rokkor Filesrokkorfiles.com opens in a new tabOne of the best websites I've used for all things Minolta.
- Olympus OM lenses (ESIF)esif.world-traveller.org opens in a new tabOlympus OM spec sheets and optical schemes. I really like those.
- Buhla.debuhla.de opens in a new tabEverything you might need for Konica.
- M42 Lens Databasem42lens.com opens in a new tabA catalog of M42 screw-mount lenses: Takumar, Helios, Carl Zeiss Jena, and others.
Adapting lenses
- The Lens DBthelensdb.com opens in a new tabSpecifications for thousands of lenses and bodies, and which mounts fit them.
- Mountlens flange chartmountlens.com opens in a new tabA flange-distance table for checking whether a lens will adapt.
- Mounts by registergraphics.cornell.edu opens in a new tabCamera mounts sorted by flange distance, from William-Jan Markerink’s data.
- Flange focal distanceen.wikipedia.org opens in a new tabA short public reference for mount registers.
- Adapter compatibilityreferencesource.org opens in a new tabFlange distances and throat diameters, for a plain adapter or one with glass.