Category: Reviews
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Review: Olympus M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO
2014 is shaping up to be the year of the professional grade telephoto zoom lens. Sony started off the year with their full frame 70-200mm f/4 for E-mount, and Olympus, Fuji and Samsung all announced new f/2.8 zooms at Photokina this year. Today we’re looking at Olympus’ brand new M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens, which…
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Review: Panasonic Lumix LX100
Panasonic has had a long line of premium compact cameras in their LX lineup. Previously, these cameras featured fast lenses, premium construction and fairly good image quality, considering the relatively small sensor. However, with the rise of high-end compact cameras with large sensors, such as the Sony RX100 series and Canon’s G1X lineup, Panasonic felt…
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Review: Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN Art (Sony E-Mount)
Sigma’s mirrorless lens lineup at the moment consists of a trinity of prime lenses, from wide-angle to short telephoto. We take a look at the widest of the current Sigma DN lenses for mirrorless lenses, the 19mm f/2.8 DN Art. The Sigma 19mm has been around for a little while, but, along with the 30mm…
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Review: Fujifilm VG-XT1 Vertical Battery Grip
One accessory that is common among most manufacturers is an add-on vertical grip with duplicated controls and space for one or two extra batteries. Fuji didn’t provide one of these vertical grips for any of the rangefinder-styled X-series cameras, but with the SLR-styled X-T1, the vertical grip has followed. I’ve had the VG-XT1 vertical battery…
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Review: HandeVision Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 (Sony E-Mount)
Speed. It used to be than an f/1.4 lens was considered quite fast and f/1.2 was the pro-grade ultra-fast aperture. Very, very rarely, a manufacturer would produce a lens at f/1.0 or very slightly faster…the elusive f/0.95. Until recently, f/0.95 was an exceptionally rare aperture lens, only produced by Leica with their 50mm Noctilux. However,…
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Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
Fuji has done a great job in building a robust lineup for their X-Series mirrorless cameras, but despite releasing the weathersealed X-T1 earlier this year, they hadn’t created a weathersealed lens until now. The XF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R OIS WR is a wide range super-zoom lens that features Fuji’s new Weather Resistant tag, with rubber…
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Review: Rokinon (Samyang) 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS (Sony E-Mount)
Samyang Optics has been around for over 40 years, but has gained recent acclaim in the past decade by releasing some truly outstanding lenses for SLRs and mirrorless cameras that provide high-end image quality at bargain prices, under a variety of brand names including Rokinon, Bower, Walimex and a few more. The company has been active in…
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Review: Sigma 60mm f/2.8 DN Art (Sony E-Mount)
Today I’m taking a look at the newest member of Sigma’s trio of lenses for mirrorless cameras, the 60mm f/2.8 DN Art, which is available for Sony E-mount and Micro 4/3. The 60mm keeps a similar body style and the same f/2.8 maximum aperture as the 19mm and 30mm lenses that preceded it. The DN…
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