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The Laowa 9mm f/5.6 is the world’s widest full-frame rectilinear mirrorless lens
Jun 30, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
We shared with you some photos and footage taken with Venus Optics’ insane Laowa 9mm f/5.6 lens. And now it’s finally here! While Venus Optics…
Food photographers, upgrade your modifiers before you upgrade anything else
Jun 25, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
You’ve been into photography for a while, you’ve upgraded your skills, and it’s time to upgrade your gear. If you ask me, that’s always exciting,…
Canon 85mm f/1.2 RF vs. EF: Which one is the winner?
Jun 25, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The 85mm is the favorite lens of many portrait photographers. The 85mm f/1.2 RF was introduced last year, and it has become a choice of…
Tokina has released a new flagship 11-20mm f/2.8 CF lens for APS-C DSLRs
Jun 19, 2020
John Aldred
Tokina has announced its new atx-i 11-20mm f/2.8 CF lens for Nikon and Canon APS-C DSLRs. As an APS-C lens, it offers a full-frame field…
Video shows how badly scratches and dirt on your lens affects your photos
Jun 18, 2020
John Aldred
People are paranoid about scratching their lenses. So much so that they’ll actually put filters over the end of them, intentionally degrading the overall image…
An in-depth review of Meike’s new $159 3.5mm f/2.8 Circular Fisheye lens
Jun 17, 2020
John Aldred
Recently Meike announced their new 3.5mm f/2.8 Circular Fisheye lens. It’s a super low budget extreme wide-angle lens costing a mere $159.99 designed for Micro…
MS Optics Aporia 24mm f/2 pancake lens is as slim as a lens cap
Jun 12, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Japanese lens manufacturer MS Optics has released Aporia 24mm F2, a pancake lens for Leica M-mount. While all pancake lenses are slim and compact, this…
Diffraction made simple – Why your pictures are softer at f/22 than at f/8
Jun 11, 2020
John Aldred
It’s something that all of us have run into at some point or another, particularly when we’re still learning the basics of photography. We learn…
You can remove the IR cut filter on Sigma Foveon cameras – it’s fun!
May 30, 2020
Paul Monaghan
While Sigma is known as a lens company, most people don’t know they also make cameras. That was until the Sigma released the “fp“. The…
Exclusive first look + samples at the newly announced IRIX 15mm T2.6
May 29, 2020
Adam Frimer
Irix has recently expanded their cinema line of lenses by the addition of a new wide-angle lens, the 15mm T2.6. We have received one of…