In 2024 Viltrox released their tiny little 28mm F4.5 “Chip” lens. It was about the thickness of a lens cap and, with the right camera, made for a pocketable experience. TTArtisan has adapted the same formula in their new little…
The APS-C space has had a complete dearth of fast (bright) telephoto zoom lenses. There are plenty of slow, variable aperture zooms (typically in the range of F4-F5.6 or F6.3), but F2.8 zooms over 100mm? There has been one across…
It was basically a year ago that I reviewed the Laowa AF 180mm F4.5 1.5x Macro, which was the first of their hybrid autofocus/manual lenses. In the macro range, it was a manual focus lens with a traditional focus ring…
Several months ago Viltrox released the extremely popular full-frame 26mm F2.8 pancake lens (my review here). It was that lens that I was most reminded of while reviewing the new 7Artisans AF 18mm F2. This is essentially an APS-C version…
In August of 2026 I had never seen an 85mm F1.2 lens on Sony E-mount, but here in the middle of September 2026 I am testing not my first but second 85mm F1.2 lens available for E-mount (though I’m testing…
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard people request high performing telephoto prime lenses with smaller maximum apertures, smaller size, and smaller prices. Traditionally there has been a huge gap between telephoto zooms (typically costing $1000-3000) and the…
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard people request high performing telephoto prime lenses with smaller maximum apertures, smaller size, and smaller prices. Traditionally there has been a huge gap between telephoto zooms (typically costing $1000-3000) and the…
The Bluetti Elite 100 Mini blends deep storage capacity (1004.8Wh) with a reasonable inverter (700W) in a unique, upright footprint that is 15% smaller and 7% lighter than Elite 100 V2. The Elite 100 V2 shares the storage capacity but…