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    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…

    What it’s like to use a 200-600mm lens for street photography
    Nov 14, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    When you think of street photography, a super-telephoto lens probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But Evan Ranft thought: why not? He…

    This pancake lens is so slim that it looks like a lens cap
    Oct 28, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Scrolling through my Facebook feed, I stumbled upon a sponsored post for an interesting Kickstarter campaign promoting Funleader Cap Lens 18mm f/8.0. It’s a very…

    This is what Canon’s “Defocus Smoothing” coating does to bokeh
    Oct 25, 2019 John Aldred

    Canon recently announced the new RF 85mm f/1.2L USM DS lens for the EOS R mirrorless system. But what exactly does DS mean? Sure, it means…

    Samyang’s 14mm f/2.8 autofocus lens is now available for the Canon RF mount
    Oct 25, 2019 John Aldred

    Samyang has today announced the new Samyang 14mm f/2.8 RF Autofocus lens. Designed specifically for mirrorless cameras, it’s technically the same Samyang 14mm f/2.8 autofocus…

    Tamron has now officially launched their new 20mm, 24mm and 35mm f/2.8 lenses for Sony E
    Oct 23, 2019 John Aldred

    Everything leaked early yesterday, but Tamron has now officially launched their new 20mm f/2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2, 24mm f/2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2 and 35mm…

    When is it a bad idea to use lens adapters?
    Oct 22, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Lens adapters sure are super-handy and they allow you to combine lenses with one mount to a camera with another. This sure has a lot…