Zeiss Milvus Distagon T* 1.4/50mm Review

“Dressed to Impress” Let me be candid: doing Zeiss reviews are always a treat for me. I’m happy to review consumer grade lenses and budget options because I know that these are the lenses that more photographers can afford, but…

Laowa STF 105mm f/2 (T3.2) Image Gallery

Laowa STF (Smooth Trans Focus) 105mm f/2 (T3.2) Image Gallery I’ve just received a very unique lens, the Laowa STF (Smooth Trans Focus) 105mm f/2 (T3.2) from Venus Optics, a new lens company from China.  This lens is manual focus…

Zeiss Milvus Distagon T* 1.4/50mm Image Gallery

Zeiss Milvus Distagon T* 1.4/50mm Image Gallery It’s always a pleasure to begin a new Zeiss review.  Zeiss lenses have that intangible “it factor” for me, from the beautiful construction with its vintage manual focus sensibilities to the always unique…

Canon EOS 80D Review

No Paper Tiger Canon is what you might call a “conservative innovator”. I read a lot of virtual ink spilled over a lack of innovation on Canon’s part with people lamenting all the ways where Canon is falling behind. And…

Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM ART Review

Utterly Unique Sigma has become the company that pushes the envelope of what is viable in maximum aperture lenses. They have put larger maximum apertures than what was historically possible (or at least feasible) in a number of lenses, from…

Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD Review

The One We’ve Been Waiting For? Tamron made a splash last year when they announced and then released the 35mm and 45mm f VC lenses in their new line of SP (Super Performance) primes.  The photography community is programmed to…

Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Image Gallery

Small but Deadly Canon’s little EF-S 24mm f STM is an incredible little weapon for your APS-C (crop sensor) arsenal.  It is less than inch long but is one of Canon’s sharpest EF-S lenses (second only to the excellent EF-S…