lens

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…



Full specs and sample photos of Tamron’s new Sony FE mount lenses leaks ahead of official announcement

Oct 22, 2019 John Aldred

Tamron first teased a collection of four new lenses back in August. There wasn’t really any information about them back then, but they were expected to…



What it’s like to shoot portraits with Canon 50mm f/0.95 dream lens from 1960’s

Oct 18, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Remember the beautiful weird lens paradise that Mathieu Stern recently visited? During this visit to Camera Rescue in Tampere, Finland, he got to test out…



Nikon adds 13 new lenses to their Z Mount roadmap including 60mm and 105mm macro lenses

Oct 10, 2019 John Aldred

Lens roadmaps never used to really be a thing. A company developed a lens, then they announced it, then you could buy it, and that…



Leaked photos show NiSi is taking on Nikon with a 75mm f/0.95 lens

Oct 10, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Judging from recent reports, we’ll see Nikon’s 58mm f/0.95 S Noct lens very soon. But it looks like Nikon isn’t the only company introducing a…