Canon FD 200mm f/1.8 – Ultimate Vintage Portrait Lens

November 18, 2025
Blog / Modeling / Vintage Lens

According to Google's AI search, Canon never made a 200mm f/1.8 lens! I must have been dreaming, because not only does this lens exist, it is one of the most amazing portrait lenses I have ever used! The Ultimate Vintage Portrait Lens sounds like good book title, so let's dive deeper into that story. Chapter 1 Portraits with the Ultimate Lens Nataly and I met in Kaukauna on a beautiful late Summer evening. I brought two lenses to test out this evening - the 200mm and my new Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2. More on this lens Here. I used my…

Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 – Vintage Portrait Lens

September 5, 2025
Blog / Model Portfolio / Portrait Photography / Tutorial / Vintage Lens

One of the joys of modern mirrorless cameras is they can be adapted to use the millions of old 35mm film lenses out in the world. Some of these old lenses have can produce amazing portraits with a depth and character that most new designs lack. The Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 lens is a hybrid of vintage design and modern touches. It is being manufactured today and has a Canon RF mount and electronics that communicate with the camera. It is a manual focus and manual aperture control lens and fits directly on my Canon R5 camera. But is the…