Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 Review
Towards the end of 2017 I spent time with my first Kamlan lens – the Kamlan 50mm f compact prime lens. There were things that I praised, including a very nice build quality (all metal and glass) and nice rendering…
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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.
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 ART Review
In the 12 months Sigma has released two ART series lenses with very similar focal lengths but different purposes. Last year Sigma released the 12-24mm f/4 ART lens, which I reviewed here. This year Sigma followed up with the Sigma 14-24mm…
Zonlai 22mm f/1.8 Final Review
A few years ago, my job was simpler. As a Canon reviewer, there were basically only four companies that made most all of the lenses: Canon, Sigma, Tamron, and Zeiss. Three Japanese companies and a German company who produces their…
Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Distagon FE Review
The very first Sony FE lens that I reviewed was not a Sony; it was a Zeiss. When Zeiss approached me about reviewing the Zeiss Batis APO Sonnar 135mm f lens, I actually had no way of doing so as…
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Review
The very first Sony FE lens that I reviewed was not a Sony; it was a Zeiss. When Zeiss approached me about reviewing the Zeiss Batis APO Sonnar 135mm f lens, I actually had no way of doing so as…
Samyang AF 50mm f/1.4 Review
The release of the truly impressive new Sony a7R3 camera (and now the Sony a73!) has caught a lot of our attention. The a7R2 also caught my attention because of a great spec list and an impressive sensor, but when…
Sony Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar Review
The release of the truly impressive new Sony a7R3 camera (and now the Sony a73!) has caught a lot of our attention. The a7R2 also caught my attention because of a great spec list and an impressive sensor, but when…
Sony Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 Planar T* Review
The release of the truly impressive new a7R3 camera from Sony has caught a lot of our attention. The a7R2 also caught my attention because of a great spec list and an impressive sensor, but when I spent time with…
Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/2 Zero D Review
Check me out on:  Google+: | Facebook: | Twitter: | Flickr: | 500px: | Sign Up for My Newsletter : It’s not an easy job to carve out a slice of the competitive camera lens market, but in recent years we…
Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS Review
I’ve noted in previous reviews that there are few lenses more important to a company’s lineup than a good 24-105mm lens. The reason for this is simple: more people are likely to use the lens than just about any other.…
Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Review
Sigma’s approach to mirrorless lenses (DN) has come in two distinct phases. Sigma first released a series of three budget primes with moderately wide apertures (19mm, 30mm, and 60mm f DN lenses). I’ve tested all of these, and they are…
Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM Review
Wow! It has been a long, long time I have received a new Canon L series prime lens. It was two years ago that I reviewed the excellent Canon EF 35mm f II, and since that point I have reviewed…
Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 VC USD Review
Several years back Tamron started a new revolution of affordable supertelephoto zoom lenses with the SP 150-600mm f VC USD. The lens was an instant success and spawned a whole new class of such lenses. About this time last year…
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 SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 Review
There are few lenses more important to a lens makers lineup than the 24-70mm f lens. A 24-70mm is valued because of the versatility of its zoom range, which covers a number of very important focal lengths, including 24mm, 28mm,…
Sigma DN Series Lenses (for Sony) Galleries
After I finished taking a look at the Zeiss Touit series for Sony APS-C mirrorless, I wanted to also take a look at Sigma’s offerings for Sony E-Mount.  These are the Sigma DN lenses, and include a 19mm, 30mm, and…