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A simple trick to help you adapt any lens to your camera
Aug 24, 2016
John Aldred
Photographer Mathieu Stern tests out a lot of weird lenses. From modern CCTV to 135 year old large format lenses, nothing is too large a challenge. Many modern lenses have…
Nikon’s new 105mm f/1.4E out in the wild and sample photos
Aug 16, 2016
John Aldred
Nikon’s new 105mm f/1.4E ED isn’t officially available until the end of the month. A few lucky people have managed to get their hands on one, though. On that…
5 Reasons why you need a 70-200mm lens
Aug 1, 2016
John Aldred
There was a time when the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8VR was the lens I used most often. I was mostly shooting portraits on location. Once I started moving…
The new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 is designed for full frame and almost distortion free
Aug 1, 2016
John Aldred
Ultrawide angle lenses are practical and fun. Almost every landscape, architectural, wedding or event photographer has one, as do many filmmakers. I have one, too….
9 Lenses with very special bokeh
Jul 24, 2016
Nitsan Simantov
I have played with photography a little bit since I was a boy, first with an old Olympus 35mm film point-and-shoot, then with a GameBoy…
Photographer makes the world stand still with an engagement shoot on a road bridge
Jul 21, 2016
John Aldred
Shooting portraits in the middle of a road isn’t something that many photographers do. Some roads, though, are worth it, especially when they have such good looking surroundings. For…
Canon patents 40-800mm F4.5-5.6 lens, it would be great if it’s made, but I am skeptical
Jul 21, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Canon just patented a 40-800mm lens. Isn’t this just incredible. In old point and shoot terms the box would have been marked X20. You have to…
Here is a look at the f/0.7 lenses that Stanley Kubrick used
Jul 17, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Have you ever seen an f/0.7 lens? Stanley Kubrick used one regularly. If you are lucky enough to be in San Francisco right now, you can…
Tokina’s 24-70 vs Nikon’s – Half the price, better quality
Jul 6, 2016
John Aldred
I’m not one who generally tends to pay much attention to DXOMark scores, but this one quite surprised me. Released in 2014, Tokina’s AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8…
Review: Voigtländer 10mm f/5.6 Hyper-Wide Heliar (Sony E-Mount)
Jun 30, 2016
Jordan Steele
How wide can an ultra-wide go? It’s a question you’ll find yourself asking when you get ready to mount the Voigtländer 10mm f/5.6 Hyper-Wide Heliar:…