Major companies in the industry, including Ricoh, Nikon and Sony have taken the direct step to fit fast lenses into very small bodies. But with 28-200mm-equivalent F2.0-5.9 lens and LF1 camera, Panasonic is competing on different ground. Priced at $500, both products go for convenience by adding a built-in electronic viewfinder. Available wireless connectivity options […]
Metabones’ Speed Booster Lens for Micro Four Thirds is Delayed
The innovative Speed Booster lens by Metabones could eventually slip to the 2nd half of this year. The lens is designer for micro four thirds. It will allow the increase of maximum aperture by 1 stop, reduction of focal length and use of full-frame lenses. With the 1.4x overall crop, the lens offers similar field […]
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens Review
The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM is a lens with superb hybrid image stabilization feature. The IS system perfectly handles tilt and pan, but it doesn’t seem to fully compensate object movement and distance changes. It has very thin depth of focus, which requires users to be really careful with distance changes when at […]
Hartblei Superrotator 40mm F4 IF TS Review
For some photographers, the $10,500 price tag would be a huge deterrent for owning the Hartblei Superrotator 40mm F4 IF TS lens. Compared to other lenses in the market, this is a lumbering beast. Naturally, there are a few counterbalancing positive points, such as inherently high performance and the immense flexibility brought by the proprietary […]
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens Review
The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM is an excellent lens with good build quality, incredible sharpness and lightning fast AF. It also has superb IS and hood design. Among its few drawbacks are high price tag and big dimension. The image quality produced is generally top notch, cropped images can be printed large […]