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A new pancake lens for the Fujifilm X-mount – the Voigtlander Color-Skopar 18mm F/2.8

Jan 16, 2024 Sagiv Gilburd

Cosina announced a new pancake lens exclusively for the Fujifilm X-mount: The Voigtlander Color-Skopar 18mm F/2.8. A direct alternative to Fujifilm’s own wide-angle pancake lens…



What’s the best lens for food photography?

Jan 12, 2024 Alex Baker

It can be difficult to know what equipment you need for the job, especially when you’re starting out or trying a new genre. Food photography…



How good are budget lenses, and can you really tell the difference?

Jan 12, 2024 Roman Fox

Whenever I pick up a new piece of gear, I always want the top-of-the-range option, and even if I clearly don’t need it, I manage…



Yongnuo YN 11mm f/1.8S DA DSM WL AF lens has a wireless follow focus

Jan 9, 2024 John Aldred

Yongnuo has announced its acronym-laden Yongnuo YN 11mm f/1.8S DA DSM WL APS-C lens. It’s currently available in China for Sony E mount, but other…



How to create perfectly sized “Anamorfake” masks for your lenses

Jan 5, 2024 Vlad Moldovean

This article strives to be the ultimate design guide on modifying your spherical lens to produce the type of anamorphic bokeh you can see in…



Laowa’s first autofocus lens is the 10mm f/2.8 for Nikon, Canon, Sony and L mount

Jan 4, 2024 John Aldred

Laowa appears to have broken new ground with the announcement of the company’s first autofocus lens. Not surprisingly, being Laowa, it’s an odd one. It’s…



Nikon tops the lists for Map Camera’s best-selling cameras and lenses of 2023

Jan 3, 2024 John Aldred

Japanese camera retailer Map Camera has released its report on its best-selling cameras and lenses of 2023. Surprisingly, perhaps, Nikon managed to top both lists….



Light Lens Lab releases a new retro-style 50mm F/2 “Rigid-SPII”

Dec 21, 2023 Sagiv Gilburd

You might not have heard of LLL (Light Lens Lab). It’s a niche company that often makes gear in the style of classic film-era equipment….



Brightin Star AF 50mm F/1.4 APS-C is the company’s first autofocus lens

Dec 21, 2023 Sagiv Gilburd

2023 will be the year when lens manufacturers who were focusing on manual focus lenses start to experiment with autofocus lenses. (pun 100% intended). We…



Cosina announces Voigtlander NOKTON 40mm F1.2 Aspherical for Canon RF

Dec 21, 2023 John Aldred

Cosina has announced the new Voigtlander Nokton 40mm F1.2 Aspherical lens for Canon RF mount cameras. Voigtlander’s a name that’s commonly associated with well-made lenses,…