News & Reviews on New Camera Lenses
At only 116 grams, the Fujinon XF 18mm f/2 R is very light weight, but still feels really solidly put together. The perfect combination of high quality plastics and metal makes the lens barrel looks properly constructed. At closest focus, the lens extends only by a couple of millimeters, which most photographers would consider as […]
Sigma, a 3rd party lens manufacturer from Japan has unveiled availability and pricing details for its new lens, the 60mm F2.8 DN | A. It is a prime lens that’s the part of the Art family, there are a couple of mirror-less mounts available for the lens: The Sony E-mounts and Micro Four Thirds. The […]
The Fujinon XF 14mm F2.8 R is designed for Fujifilm’s mirror-less cameras. As a premium wide-angle prime lens and it is one of those prime designed for APS-C cameras. The letter “R” indicates that the lens uses a dedicated ring for controlling the aperture. Users can pull the ring back to engage the manual focus […]
The Olympus Body Cap Lens 15mm F8.0 does perform well optically with surprising sharpness in the center. Obviously, corners and edges are different story, which can be rather smeary in certain situations. It is likely caused by the limited optical correction capability as the lens has only three non-aspherical elements. However, sharpness can still be […]
The Sigma 1.4x EX DG Tele Converter offers build quality similar to the more professional lineup, Sigma EX. It should be noted that this teleconverter work with only Sigma lenses. Lightweight and relatively compact, the teleconverter can add longer focal-length to standard Sigma lenses. There are about a dozen of compatible lenses to choose from, […]
