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Nikon’s new 120-300mm f/2.8E zoom is a beautiful monster of a lens
Jan 8, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this one’s come just in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, huh? While Canon seems to be dumping EF, Nikon isn’t abandoning the F…
70-200mm f/2.8 finally comes to Nikon Z mount and it’s cheaper than F mount
Jan 7, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this is one all the Z mount shooters have been waiting for. Nikon has now finally announced the Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR…
Hands on with the Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III – A landscape perspective
Jan 6, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
My main objective isn’t to provide an in-depth ‘review’ of the lens, but I hope to offer the reader a few insights in terms of…
Adapting industrial lenses for extreme macro photography
Jan 1, 2020
Peter Lin
If you ever visited some industrial surplus shops, very often you would see some cameras and lenses used in industrial automation. But you probably do…
The history of the fisheye lens and why it’s used for album covers
Dec 18, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Fisheye lenses are useful for different purposes, from scientific to artistic. But there’s one field where their unique look has been consistently popular from the…
Leica has finally released the $12,995 Summilux-M 90mm f/1.5 ASPH lens
Dec 12, 2019
John Aldred
It’s been a long while since the Leica Summilux 90mm f/1.5 ASPH lens was first rumoured way back in 2017. Finally, last week, things looked…
Venus Optics expands their Z-Mount and RF-mount range with 12mm f/2.8, 25mm f/2.8 and 100mm f/2.8 lenses
Dec 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Earlier this year, Venus Optics launched two wide-angle lenses for Nikon Z. The company is now expanding its Z-mount line, along with the Canon RF…
New Mitakon 85mm f/2.8 is a super macro lens with 1-5x magnification and long working distance
Nov 28, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Zhongyi Optics has released Mitakon 85mm f/2.8 1-5x, a new super macro Lens for full frame cameras. It features a wide magnification range for photographing…
Wildlife filmmaker comes face to face with a leopard
Nov 25, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Wildlife filmmakers and photographers sometimes have scary close encounters with wild animals. This is exactly what recently happened to Kim Wolhuter. While he was exploring…
What are parfocal lenses? Are they important? And why do filmmakers want them?
Nov 18, 2019
John Aldred
The term “parfocal lens” has only really come into common usage amongst the general population over the last decade or so as our DSLRs and…