Okay. Raise your hand if you wanted/expected this lens to come with an image stabilizer? In a day when many people use DSLRs as hybrid stills/video cameras and when Canon offers camera bodies with 30 and 50 megapixels, one would…
The first generation of Tamron’s affordable supertelephoto zoom took the world by storm when it was released less than three years ago. Never before had the market seen such incredible reach (up to 600mm on a full frame DSLR) in…
The first generation of Tamron’s affordable supertelephoto zoom took the world by storm when it was released nearly four years ago. Never before had the market seen such incredible reach (up to 600mm on a full frame DSLR) in such…
Canon EF 16-35mm f III USM Image Gallery The new Canon EF 16-35mm f Mark III may be the most important lens release of the year for many professional photographers. The 16-35L lenses have been the staple for event photographers,…
A Happy Medium? In the midst of Zeiss’ second wave of Milvus lenses come an entirely new lens: the Zeiss Milvus Distagon T* 2.8 The Milvus 18mm replaces a classic Zeiss 18mm lens that had a maximum aperture of f…
A Little Bit of Perfect…For Some When the Milvus line launched in 2015 there were six concurrent lens releases. Of those six, two were brand new lenses replacing very different lenses in the “Classic” lineup (1.4/50mm and 1.4/85mm). Four others…
This week I began my review of a camera that I’m really excited – the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (5D4). The 5D4 merges a lot of what I’ve liked about the 6D (low light performance, High ISO performance, GPS…
Don’t Call Me Makro Until this point my coverage of the Milvus line from Zeiss has focused on the the lenses with new optical formulas, namely the 50mm f and 85mm f lenses. Over this past year, however, I’ve gotten…
I’ve had a great opportunity to get an early look at the just announced today Zeiss Milvus Distagon T* 18mm f (2.8/18mm). I love the look of this lens, love the focal length, and now I get to find out…
I’m delighted that Zeiss has released a new Milvus version of one of my favorite Zeiss lenses – the Milvus APO Sonnar T* 2/135mm. This lens is pretty much optical perfection, though now in an improved build that includes weather…
The photography business has changed. When I got married in 1997, wedding photographers were relatively rare, expensive, and were shooting film. It was the latter (film) that kept the breed of professional photographers separate, as for many people unlocking the…
I’ve got the opportunity to review another lens from the exceptional Zeiss Milvus line. I never had a chance to review the original Makro-Planar 2/100mm, so getting a chance to review it in the new and improved Milvus build is…
Is the age of wired earbuds and headphones coming to an end? Many of the current rumors say that Apple is considering removing the traditional headphone jack from future itinerations of its iPhone, meaning that the world of Bluetooth headphones…
Why the Tap In console? When rival third party lens maker Sigma introduced their USB dock in 2013 it was heralded as a great move. The Sigma Optimization Pro software allowed users to customize certain aspects of lens behavior (like…
Canon EF-M 28mm f Macro IS STM Review Intro: A 28mm Macro? Wow! It feels like a very long time since I’ve held a new Canon EF-M lens. Canon’s release schedule of lenses for its mirrorless system has been, ahem,…