Tag: Sony

  • Review: Voigtländer 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar

    Review: Voigtländer 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar

    Cosina, the manufacturer behind the modern Voigtländer brand, has been producing outstanding optics for the Sony E-mount for the last several years. I’ve reviewed several of these lenses, and have been regularly impressed.  Voigtländer has managed to produce high-end manual focus lenses that rival the very well received Zeiss Loxia line in many ways for…

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  • Review: Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD

    Review: Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD

    Tamron had great success with their first full-frame Sony E-mount lens, the 28-75mm f/2.8. The lens was affordable, had very good image quality, a solid yet lightweight build and made for a very nice alternative to the Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM.  Now they are targeting the ultra-wide zoom segment with the new Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8…

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  • Review: Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary (Sony E-Mount)

    Review: Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary (Sony E-Mount)

    Sigma has had two distinct strategies when it comes to mirrorless lenses.  On the full-frame side, they simply ported their DSLR lenses to Sony E-Mount (and later the L-mount) by basically building in their mount adapter logic into the lens and extending a tube to make up the flange distance, though this is beginning to…

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  • Review: Sony a6400

    Review: Sony a6400

    With Sony’s recent emphasis on full-frame cameras and lenses, many users of Sony’s original APS-C E-mount cameras have begun to feel a bit left out. While Sony still has a long way to go with regards to native APS-C lens selection, the APS-C camera line got another injection of technology with the brand-new a6400.  While…

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  • Review: Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G

    Review: Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G

    Today I’m looking at Sony’s extreme wide-angle zoom, the 12-24mm f/4 G. As photography has progressed, more and more exotic lens designs have become possible.  Decades ago, a 24mm lens was considered extremely wide and 20mm was an almost unheard of ultra-wide angle.  Now, the standard ultra wide zoom starts at 16mm, and more exotic…

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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: Voigtländer 40mm f/1.2 Nokton

    Review: Voigtländer 40mm f/1.2 Nokton

    Voigtländer has been steadily releasing a rather full complement of lenses for the Sony E-Mount, from their ultra-wide 10mm and 12mm offerings, to the classic rendering 35mm f/1.4 to extremely high-end macro lenses like the 65mm f/2 and the new 110mm f/2.5.  Today we’re looking at one of their newer designs, the Voigtländer 40mm f/1.2…

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  • Review: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD (Sony E-Mount)

    Review: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD (Sony E-Mount)

    As the full-frame Sony E-Mount system matures, the available lens selection has continued to grow year after year. While Sony and Zeiss have created a wide variety of lenses from 12mm through 400mm, third-party lens makers have yet to fully embrace the system, save perhaps for Voigtlander, which has released a fair few lenses for…

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