Laowa AF 200mm F2 C-Dreamer Review
What an interesting year! Earlier this year, when reviewing the Sigma 200mm F2 OS SPORT, I marveled that it had been so long since we had seen a new 200mm F2 lens, and even more so that Sigma had beaten…
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Dustin Abbott has been published in such publications as PhotoPlus, Photo News, Popular Science, American Photo, Pro Photographer, and Photography Week magazines as well as the Globe and Mail newspaper. He has been featured as a guest on many photography blogs and has had either articles or photos published in local magazines in multiple countries. He writes on a regular basis as a free-lance writer for PhotoNewsFlash, Alien Skin Software Blog, CanonRumors, B&H Explora eZine, and has also written for Photography Masterclass Magazine, Henry’s Photography Blog, PhotoNews Magazine, Digital Photography School, the Zeiss LenSPIRE blog, and Pro Photographer magazine. His lens reviews are respected around the world and can be seen on YouTube, too.
Canon RF 50mm F1.4L VCM Review
Canon’s 50mm lineup had perhaps the biggest gap in modern camera systems, with the RF 50mm F1.8 STM (my review here) clocking in at roughly $200 MSRP and with the high-end RF 50mm F1.2L (my review here) carrying a price…
Nikkor Z 24-70mm F2.8 S II Review
It is rare that we see true innovation in camera lenses, but the Nikkor Z 24-70mm F2.8 S II is more than just a second generation professional standard zoom for Nikon Z-mount cameras, but is instead a significant departure from…
Viltrox LAB 35mm F1.2 Z-Mount Review
It has been a long eight months since I released my review of the Viltrox AF 35mm F1.2 LAB FE in April of 2025, leaving a lot of people wondering when and even if the Nikon Z-mount version was coming.…
Meike MIX 24mm F1.4 FE Review
I’ve reviewed a few Meike lenses before, but never one like this one. My early experience with Meike lenses was that they were budget lenses that stood out above all for their bargain price rather the quality of their performance.…
Viltrox Pro AF 85mm F1.4 Z-mount Review
Viltrox’s full frame jump into their “Pro” series took off with a bang in spring of 2025 with the release of the Pro AF 85mm F1.4, a lens that I gave a very positive review. They followed that up the…
Sirui Aurora 35mm F1.4 Z Review
Last year I reviewed the first full frame prime lens in Sirui’s Aurora series last year – the Aurora 85mm F1.4. It fell into a nice budget space of under $600 and added a nice build and features along with…
Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 G2 Z-mount Review
Tamron’s early relationship with Nikon in the mirrorless age was very unique. Nikon, like Canon, was technically closed to third party autofocus lenses, but Tamron’s popular trilogy of fast zoom lenses (the 17-28mm F2.8, 28-75mm F2.8, and 70-180mm F2.8) made…
Tamron 25-200mm F2.8-5.6 VXD G2 Review
The Tamron 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 RXD was one of the lenses from the past five years that really surprised me. I initially reviewed in back in June of 2020, and I was unexpectedly surprised by how good it was optically for…
Viltrox EVO 85mm F2 FE Review
Uh oh! Just when other lensmakers were adjusting to Viltrox’s three pronged approach of budget AIR, upper mid-tier PRO, and premium LAB series of lenses, Viltrox is back with a whole new series of lenses under the label of EVO.…
Viltrox Pro AF 50mm F1.4 FE Review
Viltrox’s Pro AF 85mm F1.4 kicked off the jump of their Pro series into the full frame space with a bang. I gave the lens a pretty glowing review (my review here) as did many, many other reviewers. I’ve liked…
SongRaw Moonlit 50mm F1.2 Review
SongRaw? Who is SongRaw? SongRaw is the most recent lensmaker to rise up in China, and they are starting in a much more ambitious space than most new lensmakers. Their first lens is a full frame autofocus 50mm F1.2, something…
Viltrox Pro AF 56mm F1.2 X Review
It’s been about 3 weeks since I released my review of the Sony E-mount version of this lens, but I wanted to revisit with an X-mount review because A) this is an important lens for X-mount and B) the most…
Sony FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS Review
The number of first party macro lenses on Sony’s full frame E-mount have been limited, with the 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS standing out as the main entry. I belatedly reviewed it back in 2020, but it was already 3…
Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG Review
Sigma has been releasing one hit after another in 2025, and it feels like a full time job just to keep up with all the new lenses. This most recent tranche of lenses has a number of huge releases: the…
Viltrox AF 9mm F2.8 AIR Review
Viltrox’s AIR series has become one of the most fascinating lineups in the lens market today. Not because they are fancy (they aren’t) or feature rich (ditto), but because they are small, light, inexpensive, and, most importantly, optically impressive. While…
Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG II | ART Review
Sigma has been releasing one hit after another in 2025, and it feels like a full time job just to keep up with all the new lenses. This most recent tranche of lenses has a number of huge releases: the…
Viltrox AIR 14mm F4 FE Review
Viltrox’s AIR series has become one of the most fascinating lineups in the lens market today. Not because they are fancy (they aren’t) or feature rich (ditto), but because they are small, light, inexpensive, and, most importantly, optically impressive. While…