Light Lens Lab 1966 50mm f/1.2 and SPII 50mm f/2 Review: Rare Lenses Recreated

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This article will review two prototype lenses from Light Lens Lab: the “1966” 50mm f/1.2 lens and the SPII 50mm f/2 multi-coated rigid design lens. Light Lens Lab based in China has an interesting business model. Instead of designing new highly corrected camera lenses, they re-create special lenses from past decades. Modern camera lenses have made tremendous strides in reducing optical aberrations resulting in sharper images. In many instances, modern lenses produce photographs that look similar. As a result, many photographers use editing software or filters to alter their images giving them “character” to make them look different from everyone...