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The History and Science of Lenses; Or Why Lenses Aren’t Named Anymore

Dec 15, 2015 Liron Samuels

Despite being as important as the camera body, lenses seem to get less attention. Sure some extremely large or expensive lenses are mentioned every once…



DIYP’s 2015 Complete Holiday Gift Guide

Dec 15, 2015 Gannon Burgett

Over the past week we’ve rounded up some of our favorite products this year, all of which make great gifts for the photographer in your…



Future Samsung smartphones could have interchangeable lens mounts

Dec 11, 2015 Gannon Burgett

Samsung might be looking to exit the mirrorless camera market, but a recent patent suggests they’re far from exiting the photography market as a whole….



Teardown Of a Canon 35mm f/1.4 Mk II Shows Its Tank-Like Build Quality

Dec 10, 2015 Roger Cicala

As soon as we optically tested the Canon 35mm f/1.4 Mk II lens we couldn’t wait to tear into one for a couple of reasons. One…



2015 DIYP Gift Guide – Lenses

Dec 9, 2015 Gannon Burgett

With our camera gift guide taken care of, we’re on to the next piece of gear you’ll be needing – lenses. For part two of…



You Can Now Own a Super-Rare Nikkor 10mm Fisheye Lens With 180º Field of View for Only $10K

Dec 2, 2015 Gannon Burgett

Are you a Nikon shooter? Do you have $10,000 laying around? Do you like to shoot REALLY wide? If you answered ‘yes’ to all three…



An Inside Look at the Japanese Factory That Produces Fujifilm Lenses

Nov 28, 2015 Gannon Burgett

Billy and Marc, known as The Fuji Guys online, recently made a trip to Sendai, Japan to get an inside look at the Fujifilm factory…



A DIY Guide For Fixing The Rokinon/Samyang MFT Fisheye Focus Issue

Nov 22, 2015 Oliver Hanka

The internet has quite a bit of reports that the Rokinon/Samyang/Walimex MFT Fisheye has some issues with its focus scale. The reports range from the annoying”Infinity…



Photojojo Has Announced a Brand New Lineup of Smartphone Lenses

Nov 19, 2015 Gannon Burgett

Moment, Olloclip, Manfrotto. Those are just three of the many brands that have developed lenses specifically for smartphones. Now, you can add another name to…



Super Fast And Ultra-Wide: First Look At The Sigma 20mm F/1.4 Art Lens

Nov 3, 2015 TJ Hansen

I have written before on the highly respected Sigma Art Series lenses (here and here) and I haven’t been let down yet. Sigma is now set to…