The Samyang Rokinon 8mm f2.8 is an affordable Fisheye lens that’s designed exclusively for mirror-less cameras with an APS-C sensor – at the time of writing, Samyang offered three different fittings for Sony E-mount (NEX), Samsung NX and Fujifilm X (X-Pro1 and XE-1). Like other Samyang lenses, it’s manual focus only and also requires manual…
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The Samyang Rokinon 85mm f1.4 is an affordable short telephoto lens with a bright focal ratio that’s ideal for portrait work. Like other Samyang lenses, it’s manual focus only, but comes in at a considerably lower price point than similar lenses from the big camera companies. Note Samyang lenses are branded as Rokinon and Walimex…
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The 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM is Sigma’s first large aperture 35mm full-frame lens. It was announced November 2012 and goes head-to-head against the equivalent offerings from Nikon, Canon and Sony. As Sigma’s first lens to define its “Art” product line (the others being “Contemporary” and “Sports”) it is expected to “focus on sophisticated optical performance…
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The Olympus 45mm f1.8 is a compact, light and affordable short telephoto lens for Micro Four Thirds bodies. It’s great quality too!…
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The AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II is Nikon’s professional f2.8 telephoto zoom. It covers a 2.9x zoom-range and was announced July 2009. It’s the successor to the AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR and has an improved optical design and better image stabilization. This speed and performance doesn’t come cheap, but to be…
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The Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM is the company’s latest 70-200mm and its first with an image stabilizer. It covers a 2.9x zoom-range and was announced February 2011. Sigma offers this lens with Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax and Sigma mounts and it is cheaper than any other stabilized 70-200/2.8 zoom. While primarily designed…
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The Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/4G ED VR is Nikon’s newest addition to the popular range of 70-200mm zooms. But this time it is not a replacement for an older lens but an alternative to the top of the range AF-S 70-200/2.8G ED VR. Both lenses are compatible with full-frame DSLRs and feature vibration reduction to…
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The Sony E 10-18mm f4 OSS is an ultra-wide zoom for Sony’s cropped-frame / APSC mirrorless cameras, upon which it delivers coverage equivalent to 15-27mm; it also features a constant f4 focal ratio and optical stabilisation. In my review-so-far, check out a selection of sample images!…
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The AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED is Nikon’s professional f2.8 standard zoom. It covers a 2.9x zoom-range and was announced August 2007. It’s the successor to the AF-S Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D ED and like its predecessor compatible with full-frame DSLRs. Its gold-ring, constant f2.8 aperture, and a price-tag of around 1500 EUR put it clearly…
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If you are looking for our English version, please see our Nikon 85mm comparison. Nikon bietet gegenwärtig drei 85mm Festbrennweiten an: das alte AF 85mm f1.8D, das neue AF-S 85mm f1.8G, und als Objektiv mit der größten Öffnung das AF-S 85mm f1.4G. Wer sich nach einer hoch-öffnenden kurzen Tele-Brennweite für seine Nikon Spiegelreflex umschaut, wägt…
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