Fujinon XF 8mm F3.5 WR Review
A prime lens with a maximum aperture of F3.5 rarely gets anyone excited, but the rules change when you are talking about a compact lens with an angle of view of 120°! The Fujinon XF 8mm F3.5 R WR is…
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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.
Tamron 11-20mm F2.8 RXD for Fuji X-mount Review
In 2022 Fuji began to really open up their platform to third party development, and that has opened a floodgate of both new and “ported” lenses from Tamron, Sigma, Samyang, Viltrox, and more. It was that move along with the…
Sigma 14mm F1.4 DG DN | ART Review
Sigma has got guts. I’ve repeatedly see them tackle projects that stretch the limits of what’s possible at a certain focal length, and they’ve done that again with their latest project – the Sigma 14mm F1.4 DG DN | ART. …
Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | ART Review
Sigma Swings for the Fences Sigma has been on a tear in the past two years. At some point the brain trust in the corporation realized that being a third party manufacturer didn’t mean always having to produce a cheaper,…
Viltrox AF 16mm F1.8 FE Review
Viltrox has been crushing it. The last two lenses from them that I reviewed were designed for APS-C, including the Viltrox AF 13mm F1.4 STM, a lens I considered perhaps their best yet in my review. That was, until the…
Samyang V-AF 75mm T1.9 Review
Modern cameras are almost equally as capable as video recording devices as they are at capturing still images, and Samyang (also sold as Rokinon) has launched an interesting new lineup of lenses that are really targeted at that hybrid audience…
Fujinon XF 33mm F1.4 LM WR Review
One of the biggest advantages for APS-C is the ability to have large aperture prime lenses that are still compact and lightweight. The Fujinon XF 33mm F1.4 R LM WR weighs only 360g while boasting an extremely nice build quality,…
Samyang V-AF 35mm T1.9 Review
Modern cameras are almost equally as capable as video recording devices as they are at capturing still images, and Samyang (also sold as Rokinon) has launched an interesting new lineup of lenses that are really targeted at that hybrid audience…
TTArtisan 100mm F2.8 2x Macro Tilt/Shift Review
Talk about ratcheting up the complexity! I’ve reviewed a number of TTArtisan lenses before, and they have mostly fallen into the categories that are filled by a lot of what I call “Boutique Third Parties”. These include various manual everything…
Sigma 23mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary Review
It has been four years since I last reviewed a premium Sigma DN prime lens designed specifically for APS-C. The last one that I tested was the Sigma 56mm F1.4 DN, which impressed me as a portrait/short telephoto lens that…
Sigma 17mm F4 DG DN (iSeries) Review
Over the past four years Sigma has easily been the most prolific lens developer on Sony FE and Leica L. We went from no full frame options from Sigma on Sony’s mirrorless platform three years ago to 30+ lenses today. …
Samyang V-AF 24mm T1.9 Review
Modern cameras are almost equally as capable as video recording devices as they are at capturing still images, and Samyang (also sold as Rokinon) has launched an interesting new lineup of lenses that are really targeted at that hybrid audience…
Samyang V-AF Lenses Overview
Photography continues to evolve.  When I started using DSLRs, video recording wasn’t really an option.  The Canon EOS 5D Mark II was a breakthrough camera for having some decent video capabilities…if it was hacked!  The idea of getting decent autofocus…
Sigma 50mm F2 DG DN C (iSeries) Review
Over the past three years Sigma has easily been the most prolific lens developer on Sony FE and Leica L. We went from no full frame options from Sigma on Sony’s mirrorless platform three years ago to 30+ lenses today. …
Laowa 28mm F1.2 Argus Review
28mm is often the forgotten focal length in modern photography. During the film era 28mm lenses were extremely popular, but the focal length has grown less popular in modern photography. There are near 10 autofocusing 35mm options in Sony E-mount,…
Sony FE 50mm F1.4 G Master Review
When I did my review of the Sony FE 50mm F1.2 G Master (an exceptional lens!), I concluded that Sony had gone the F1.2 route to help incentivize owners of the already good Sony Zeiss Planar 50mm F1.4 (my review…
Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2) Review
I just finished up reviewing the Sony 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (my review here). I looked at both of these new MK II GM lenses together because A) these two types of lenses will often be paired together by professional…
Sony 24-70mm F2.8 GM II (SEL2470GM2) Review
The Sony 24-70mm F2.8 G Master was one of the earliest G Master lenses that I reviewed (in summer of 2018), as I was fairly new to the Sony space. While I found a lot of positives with the lens,…