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Sigma 105mm f1.4 Art review
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The Sigma 105mm f1.4 ART is one of the brightest portrait lenses available, undercutting its only rival from Nikon on price, while giving it a run for its money on performance. Find out if the Bokeh Master is the best portrait lens in our Sigma 105mm f1.4 review!…

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Tamron 100-400mm VC review
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Tamron’s 100-400/4.5-6.3 VC is a long telephoto zoom that’s corrected for full-frame sensors and available in Canon and Nikon DSLR mounts. It’s the first 100-400mm from Tamron and comes hot on the heels of Sigma’s 100-400mm Contemporary. Find out how they compare in our review!…

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Sigma 135mm f1.8 Art review
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The Sigma 135mm f1.8 ART is a mid-length telephoto lens with a bright aperture, available in Canon, Nikon or Sigma mounts. It’s corrected for full-frame DSLRs and works on Sony’s mirrorless bodies with an adapter. Find out why Thomas reckons it’s Sigma’s best ART lens to date in his in-depth review – one of the first published!…

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Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 VC G2 review
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Tamron’s SP 70-200mm f2.8 Di VC USD G2 is a 2.9x telephoto full-frame zoom available in Canon and Nikon DSLR mounts. It’s the second generation (A025) model with closer focusing, improved AF and stabilisation, and compatibility with Tamron’s USB “TAP-in” console. In his review-in-progress, Thomas finds out if it’s worth spending the extra.…

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Sigma 85mm f1.4 Art review
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The Sigma 85mm f1.5 Art is a short telephoto prime lens designed for full-frame bodies and available in Canon EF, Nikon and Sigma mounts. It’s a highly anticipated update to the previous 85mm f1.4 from Sigma and anyone following the Art series won’t be disappointed as Thomas declares it the best 85mm f1.4 with autofocus he’s tested!…

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Tamron 150-600mm G2 review
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The Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 is a super-telephoto zoom lens available for Canon, Nikon and Sony A-mount bodies. Announced in September 2016, it’s the second generation model from Tamron and identified by the A022 code compared to the A011 for the original version; the new model is also known as the…

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Samyang 135mm f2 review
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The Samyang 135mm f2.0 ED UMC is a top-performing lens. It delivers beautiful-looking images with excellent contrast and sharpness on a high resolution full-frame camera, even with the aperture opened to f2.0. In addition it has the very low longitudinal CAs of an apochromatic lens and offers a beautiful background Bokeh. And this all at…

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Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II USM

If you want a quality telephoto zoom with longer reach, consider the EF 100-400mm IS USM, now available in a Mark II edition. Compatible with both cropped and full-frame bodies (and delivering equivalent coverage up to 640mm on the former), it’s ideal for capturing distant action or wildlife. The ‘L’ build quality is superb and…

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Canon EF 70-300mm f4-5.6L IS USM

Canon’s EF 70-300mm f4-5.6L IS USM brings L quality to this popular zoom range. You get tough build quality, quick and quiet USM autofocusing, full-time manual focusing, effective image stabilisation and great optical quality in a barrel that’s comfortably shorter (albeit fatter and heavier) than the EF 70-200mm f4L IS USM. It may not feature…

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