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.
About five weeks I reviewed the new Viltrox 15mm F1.7 from their AIR series, and while I was researching competitors for that lens I realized that Sigma didn’t have anything wider than 16mm in their APS-C prime lenses specifically designed…
In 2024 TTArtisan released their first full frame lens in the form of the AF 75mm F2, which I gave a largely positive review here. It offered a compact size, nice build, and good performance in an inexpensive package. Autofocus…
Sigma is on a roll. They have essentially saturated the market with both traditional focal lengths and then more extreme prime and zoom lenses, often releasing focal length and aperture combinations previously unseen on Sony E and Leica L. But…
Viltrox’s AIR series has become a favorite of a lot of APS-C photographers for a very good reason. These lenses have all punched way above their weight optically, and while the build formula is simple, these have all been very…
Samyang is back…but now they are LK Samyang. My first LK Samyang lens in over two years was of the Schneider-Kreuznach x LK Samyang 14-24mm F2.8 FE. Just two months later, however, LK Samyang reached out to me to look…
It was just a few months ago that I happily gave the Schneider-Kreuznach x LK Samyang 14-24mm F2.8 FE a positive review. It had been two full years since I had done a Samyang review. That was long enough that…
Tamron has proven to be one of the most successful designers of zoom lenses in the modern era. They are the largest third party lensmaker in the world (in 2025), and part of that is because there are actually a…
The very first lens I reviewed from Laowa was their 12mm F2.8 Zero D wide angle prime, which I reviewed at the end of 2016 on Canon EF mount. I ended up buying that lens later on, though actually to…
All of Nikon’s Z-mount F1.2 S lenses are extreme instruments. They are big, heavy, and expensive…not for the faint of heart. But if you’re interested in premium performance (and you have a strong back), they are delivering uniquely amazing results.…
The company Kase has long been known as a filter maker, with a wide variety of filters and filter systems. But they have just released their first lens, and it is a surprisingly ambitious one. The Kase AF 85mm F1.4…
I noted in my recent review of the Nikkor Z 50mm F1.8 S that Nikon’s marketing strategy at the typical prime focal lengths (35mm, 50mm, and 85mm) is a bit unconventional. In the past the usual strategy was entry level…
Sigma’s 18-35mm F1.8 that was released ten years ago became a cult favorite, particularly with the video crowd. Even full frame users often used it to help mitigate crop factors and because of the flexibility of having a zoom range…
The launch of the APS-C specific Viltrox AF 75mm F1.2 Pro for Fuji’s X-mount platform was the moment I realized that Viltrox was moving to a whole new level of optical design. I gave that lens a glowing review because…
I’ve praised Yongnuo over the past few years for being innovative rather than derivative. My first exposure to Yongnuo is when they started making cheap versions of Canon optical designs (very derivative), but more recently they’ve found their footing in…
It has a been a long time since I’ve reviewed a Samyang lens (two years, to be exact). Samyang seems to have gone through a bit of a restructuring during that time, rebranding as LK Samyang. The LK Group is…
In 2024 7Artisans not only embraced autofocus but also a series slightly more upscale full frame lenses that are physically larger, have more features, and also have higher (but still inexpensive) price tag. The 7Artisans AF 50mm F1.8 lens was…
Nikon’s marketing strategy with the common prime focal lengths is a little odd. They started with a series of premium S-Line primes…but with the uncommon maximum aperture of F1.8. They then followed those with the extreme F1.2 options. Everything made…
Sony’s new 50-150mm F2 GM has created a lot of buzz for being the first full frame zoom to reach to 150mm with a constant maximum aperture of F2. Tamron was the first genre boosting zoom like this back in…