lens

Why Viltrox 56mm f/1.4 is quickly becoming my favourite lens

Jun 20, 2023 Mark G. Adams

Regular followers of my photography will know that as a general rule of thumb, I love the Viltrox 23mm F/1.4 and the Olympus 17mm F/2.8…



7artisans releases a teeny tiny 18mm f/6.3 pancake lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds

Jun 15, 2023 John Aldred

7Artisans has announced its new (and tiny) 18mm f/6.3 pancake lens (buy here) for Micro Four Thirds and APS-C mirrorless cameras. In the APS-C mounts,…



Laowa officially releases its Ranger compact cine zoom lens series

Jun 13, 2023 John Aldred

Laowa unveiled its Ranger 28-75mm T29 and 75-180mm T2.9 cine zoom lenses (buy here) at NAB 2023 in May. DIYP had the opportunity to check…



What is vignetting in photography?

Jun 10, 2023 Daniela Bowker

Vignetting: sometimes you love it and sometimes you hate it. Sometimes it creeps into your photographs unintentionally and sometimes you decide that a vignette will…



Sigma’s 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art is a big hunk of glass

Jun 8, 2023 John Aldred

Sigma has officially announced the new Sigma 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art series lens (buy here), and it’s huge. This stonking monster of a lens…



Irix announces native E mount versions of its 15mm f/2.4 and 150mm macro lenses

Jun 7, 2023 John Aldred

Irix has announced two new lenses. Sort of. The lenses are new versions of their popular Irix 15mm f/2.4 (buy here) and 150mm f/2.8 Macro…



Nikon releases super fast NIKKOR Z DX 24mm f/1.7 lens for their mirrorless lineup

May 31, 2023 Alex Baker

Nikon has just released the NIKKOR Z DX 24mm f/1.7 lens (buy here) as part of its lineup for the DX format Z series for mirrorless….



Ricoh has discontinued the HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited silver lens

May 30, 2023 John Aldred

It seems that Ricoh Japan has discontinued production of the HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited silver lens (buy here). The wide-angle HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited…



AstrHori’s second probe lens is an 18mm f/8 2x Macro for APS-C mirrorless

May 30, 2023 John Aldred

Following up on the release of AstrHori 28mm f/13 probe macro lens (buy here), AstrHori has released a second probe lens. This time, it’s the…



First photos of the new IRIX 65mm T1.5 cine lens

May 30, 2023 John Aldred

Things seem to be growing quite nicely for Irix’s cinema lens lineup, with the short-to-standard range covered with five lenses from 11mm to 45mm and…