Tag: ultra-wide
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Review: Nikon Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S
In 2007, Nikon made waves with their F-mount 14-24mm f/2.8. At the time, most major manufacturers wide zooms were limited to the 16mm range on the wide end. The 14-24mm became known as a legendary lens that not only had extreme width, but was also simply excellent optically. 16 years later, 14mm ultra-wide zooms are…
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Review: Pergear 14mm f/2.8 II
In recent years, there has been a rise in the production of mirrorless lenses from smaller companies in China. The early efforts were sometimes a bit spotty, but over the years we’ve seen brands like Laowa, TTArtisan, 7Artisans and Viltrox produce more and more high quality lenses at reasonable prices. Pergear is a company that…
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Review: Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift (Canon RF)
Today I’m taking a deep look at the new Laowa 20mm f/4 Shift lens. As a photographer who shoots quite a lot of architecture, I have always enjoyed shooting with shift lenses. Shift lenses allow for the control of perspective distortion, often shown as converging vertical lines, by allowing you to keep the camera perfectly…
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Review: Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM
When the first details about the Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM leaked in 2021, the lens sounded intriguing: the RF system could certainly use a mid-range ultra-wide prime. When later leaks suggested that the lens would cost only $299 and would be the same size as the nifty-fifty RF 50mm f/1.8, I thought there was…
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Review: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art
Sigma has slowly morphed over the past several decades from a budget lens maker into one of the premier lens makers in the industry. Their Art series lenses have continually raised the bar for high quality, yet reasonably priced lenses, and their first few mirrorless-specific entries have also been outstanding. Today I’m looking at one…
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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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Fuji 10-24mm vs Fuji 14mm f/2.8 and Fuji 23mm f/1.4
With the release of Fuji’s latest zoom lens, the ultra-wide angle 10-24mm f/4 R OIS, many Fuji shooters are having a difficult time deciding between this lens or a two lens combo with Fuji’s outstanding 14mm f/2.8 and 23mm f/1.4. Since I own the two primes, and I have the 10-24mm in for review this…
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Review: Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Distagon (Fuji X-Mount)
Carl Zeiss, AG has been one of the premier optics companies for over 150 years. The name is synonymous with optical quality, and their lenses carry high expectations. The majority of interchangeable lenses made by Zeiss have been manual focus lenses, from their extremely highly regarded Contax line of the 70s and 80s to the…
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