Month: April 2017

  • Review: Sony FE 85mm f/1.8

    Review: Sony FE 85mm f/1.8

    The Sony full-frame E-Mount lens lineup is beginning to get crowded at the 85mm focal length, but Sony’s latest entry, the FE 85mm f/1.8, is the first to come in at a relatively affordable price: $598.  The lens joins the existing Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 ($1199), the Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 ($1399) and the Sony…

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  • Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR

    Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 R WR

    Today’s review: the new Fuji 50mm f/2 R WR. This is the third lens in Fuji’s new compact f/2 prime series, joining the 23mm f/2 and 35mm f/2.  All three of these lenses offer slower apertures than similar faster primes in the Fuji lineup, but Fujifilm has maintained high optical quality with these slower lenses,…

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  • First Impressions – Sony FE 85mm f/1.8

    First Impressions – Sony FE 85mm f/1.8

    So, I just got my copy of the new FE 85mm f/1.8, and I’ll be putting it through the usual paces over the course of the next week or two, but I wanted to get out some initial impressions from my first day with the lens. This lens is the fourth 85mm lens created for…

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