Another long awaited lens from the Sigma ART series has arrived – the new Sigma 135mm f ART. It looks nearly identical to the 85 ART, though just a tiny bit smaller in every dimension. Optically it pushes the envelope…
APS-C shooters can be forgiven for feeling like they sometimes get left out in the cold when it comes to quality development for their platform. Canon, for example, has an interesting dichotomy. Many of their lens releases for full…
I’ve already done a full review of the new Tamron SP 150-600mm f VC USD G2 lens in the late fall of 2016, but at that time the lens was just coming to market and my review time was…
So, for the first time I have my hands on an autofocusing Zeiss with image stabilization. Only one problem: it is made for a camera system (Sony E-mount) that I don’t own! That hasn’t cooled my enthusiasm for this beautiful…
There are few lenses more indispensable to photographers as a 70-200mm f lens. Though large, heavy, and expensive, these lenses can be found in the bags of many, many photographers, both professional and amateur. They are just so versatile!…
Tamron 10-24mm f Di II VC HLD Image Gallery Tamron’s newest lens is a replacement for its wide angle option for APS-C (crop sensor) cameras – the Tamron 10-24mm f Di II VC HLD. The new version of the lens…
Tamron SP 70-200mm f VC G2 Image Gallery Ever since the announcement of the new Tamron SP 70-200mm f VC USD G2 lens I’ve been excited to get my hands on one. That was particularly true when I started having…
Ludicrous Mode American automaker Tesla has become one of the darlings of the auto industry with their high performance electric vehicles. One of the ironic aspects of Tesla’s Model S sedan is the ability to unlock “Ludicrous Mode”. Ludicrous…
Korean lens maker Samyang has settled into a certain niche in the past: they develop manual focus only lenses (with a few Sony exceptions) with highly competitive optics, consumer grade builds, and inexpensive prices. Well, a few of those things…
The Carl Zeiss company definitely knows how to make premium lenses with beautiful optics…and very expensive price tags. Few lenses typify this more than the extravagant Otus series. The Otus 1.4/55mm, 1.4/85mm, and now 1.4/28mm are all wide aperture premium…
Before I was a professional reviewer I used to haunt a few popular photography message boards, and in many ways little has changed since becoming a reviewer. I don’t have quite as much time to spend on them, but…
I’ve been very excited since the announcement of a new high end line from Korean lens maker Samyang (Rokinon). Samyang/Rokinon has developed a brand built upon delivering very good optical performance in an inexpensive package. They (like Zeiss) have primarily produced manual…
Canon EF 70-300mm f IS II USM Image Gallery Opinions have wavered on this new affordable telephoto lens from Canon, but I’ve been anxious to test it for myself. The operation of the lens is excellent, and I’m extremely impressed…
New EF-M mount lenses have been fairly few and fair between, but 2016 saw two very solid lenses released: the EF-M 28mm f Macro IS STM lens (my review here) and this lens, the Canon EF-M 18-150mm f-6.3 IS…
Canon’s venture into mirrorless has had mixed success. The EOS M cameras have largely been critical flops despite having some unique strengths largely due to arriving with limited feature sets when compared to the competition. Canon has also really lagged…
New lenses for Canon’s mirrorless system have been somewhat few and far between, but the Canon EF-M 18-150mm f IS STM that launches with the new EOS M5 camera is the second this year (first being the rather excellent little 28mm…
Has Canon finally gotten mirrorless right? That’s the question on all of our minds as the Canon EOS M5 is released. At first glance everything seems mostly positive. The camera now has a rapid burst rate, built in EV-F, and…
I’ve been covering the Sigma ART series since early on (I actually covered the 50mm f before the 35mm f, but I’ve basically only missed the 24mm f in the entire series), but there is one focal length that more…