Nikon D850 Image Gallery
A friendly subscriber (who wishes to remain anonymous) offered to loan me his hot new Nikon D850 and some lenses that I personally own in Canon mount so that I can do some direct comparisons with the Canon 5D Mark…
Dustin Abbott
EF Lens on Sony – Adapter Galleries
One of the great things about Sony mirrorless is the ability to use lenses adapted from other systems like Nikon F or Canon EF. It allows me, for example, to continue to use my extensive collection of Canon EF mount…
Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM ART Review
Sigma has done a fairly amazing job of reinventing themselves as a company in the past five years. It can be easy to forget that Sigma was known as a maker of mostly “cheap” lenses not all that long ago,…
SainSonic Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 Review
For a long time the landscape of lenses has been concentrated on a few major lens makers. The first party players, making lenses for their own cameras, and a few established third parties like Zeiss, Sigma, and Tamron. In the…
Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 VC Image Gallery
Earlier this year Sigma released a relatively affordable 100-400mm lens that delivered excellent optics competitive with the much more expensive first party options from Canon, Nikon, and Sony. I was impressed by the Sigma 100-400mm f OS Contemporary when I…
Sigma 14mm f/1.8 ART Image Galleries
One of Sigma’s most hotly anticipated lenses of the year is this one – the Sigma 14mm f DG HSM ART. It sets the new record for maximum aperture at such a wide angle (this is a full frame compatible…
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Image Gallery
The Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM replaces a lens that is probably the most popular “L” series ever, but it has scarcely gotten any attention and has received relatively few reviews. Why? Photographer Dustin Abbott believes he knows…
Sainsonic KamLan 50mm f/1.1 Image Galleries
Today’s lens is a very unique one: a small manual everything prime lens for mirrorless systems (Sony, Canon, Fuji, and M43), but with a “killer app” up its tiny sleeves – a huge maximum aperture of f/1.1. The KamLan brand…