Tag: lens review

  • Review: Canon RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM

    Review: Canon RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM

    As Canon’s RF mount lens lineup continues to grow, we are finally starting to see some of the staple lenses for advanced amateurs come forward. While Canon released the compact and excellent RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS last year, many enthusiasts were hoping for a similar treatment for the very popular f/4 telezoom line. Well it’s…

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  • Review: Voigtländer 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar

    Review: Voigtländer 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar

    Today I’m reviewing the Voigtländer 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar – an all manual lens for Sony E-Mount. In 2021, you wouldn’t think that fully manual lenses would be gaining much of a foothold in the photographic world, but Voigtländer has managed to create a wonderful line of E-Mount lenses that have been largely successful. I’m sure…

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  • Review: Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM

    Review: Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM

    When Canon began the EOS R system, they started with three L series lenses and one affordable prime lens: the versatile 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS. As they have fleshed out the system, they’ve added a few other affordable lenses, but if you wanted a faster lens for portraiture, you were somewhat limited to the exceedingly…

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  • Review: Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art (Sony E Mount)

    Review: Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art (Sony E Mount)

    Sigma has recently jumped into the full-frame E-Mount system by creating new native E-Mount versions of many of their very well received Art series lenses. Today I’m looking at one of those well regarded lenses, the Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG Art for Sony E-Mount. The Sigma 135mm f/1.8 is a monster of a lens, with…

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  • Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R

    When Fujifilm first created the X-System, they came out of the gate with three outstanding prime lenses…a unique decision in today’s world where zooms are considered the bread and butter of a system, especially in the consumer market.  It set a note for what the X-System would become. As Fuji fleshed out the system, shooters…

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