News & Reviews on New Camera Lenses
Pentax 02 is a standard zoom lens with 3 times zoom range and 5 to 15mm native angles. The aperture is f/4.5 at full zoom and f/2.8 at the widest setting. At any focal range, photographers can focus on an object as close as 12 inches. The lens itself weighs nearly 3.5 ounces and about […]
The Sigma 2x EX DG Tele Converter is intended for Canon cameras only. The TC allows photographers to maintain AF throughout the whole range of focal lengths as advertised. Given the f/12.9 maximum aperture, the images produced may not be too spectacular at 500mm. Nevertheless, they still look adequately bright and color saturation is acceptable. […]
Camera engineers are taking their cue from Mother Nature by designing a lens that scans the surrounding like insect’s compound eye. It is consisted of many very small lenses like what we could find in beetle, ant and fly. This allows the camera to take exceptional wide angle FoV at nearly 180 degrees with uniform […]
This is lens a with a number of attractive features including compact size, reduced weight and faster autofocus thanks to the quiet Piezo Drive motor. It also has one of the longest focal ranges in the market, although not as long as those 18-300mm super zoom lens models. As expected, the lens offers integrated optical […]
The Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM is easily among the best lens at 16mm focal length. It may struggle at larger aperture settings, but the lens has very well controlled lateral chromatic aberrations. However, users may notice some barrel distortions and vignetting at 16mm. Thanks to the precisely assembled metal and high quality […]
