Lens & Filter Reviews

A fabulous lens if you don't mind manual focus. Don't be put off by some older reviews that talk about it being 2/3 of a stop out in metering. That was the original lens production run. Voigtlander revised the chip before its 2nd run. Mine is spot on....

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Developed as part of Canon's acclaimed L-series of professional lenses, the new lenses will achieve new and advanced levels of image quality. Each will include the highest quality components, featuring high specification Image Stabilizer technology...

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When paired with Canon's full-frame DSLR bodies, such as the EOS 5D Mark II or the EOS-1Ds Mark III, professional photographers can choose to capture circular or full-frame fisheye images, allowing them to view a scene in a completely new and unique...

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The EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM offers a 4.3x telephoto zoom range of 70-300mm, with a variable aperture of f/4-5.6. The compact (143mm) design also features the build quality that photographers have come to expect from Canon's acclaimed L-series...

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This Nikon 24mm f/1.4G AF-S Lens review page was included in a bulk upload of review pages for all current Nikon DSLR lenses. This page is required by the database and content management systems for me to post information and features to the Nikon 24mm...

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The AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED features a unique optical design which provides improved image quality, with minimal distortion and excellent edge to corner sharpness especially at wider aperture settings. The new optical system combines Nikon's...

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If you own or have used this lens, let us know what you think! Leave your comments and thoughts below. Get information and user reviews for this lens from Amazon: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Photo Zone The EF...

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The Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 USM L IS is an impressive extreme range zoom. The optical quality is on a very high though not exceptional level. The resolution figures are generally very good without any major flaws. Vignetting, CAs and even...

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Canon's EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM lens replaces an existing lens with similar specifications. Designed for professional photographers and usable on both ‘full frame' DSLRs and models with smaller ('APS-C sized') image sensors, it has many of the same...

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Leave it to Lensmaster Olympus to offer the fastest (and, at $600, street, the priciest) kit lens today— with the closest focusing of any comparable zoom. A step-up option for the E-30, this 28–108mm full-frame equivalent has more reach than Oly's...

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The Tamron 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro Lens review is coming ..

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This lens is everything I heard it was, fast, sharp very accurate. I highly recommend this lens to anybody ready to upgrade from the kit lenses.

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Sigma announces the new APO Tele Converter 1.4x EX DG and APO Tele Converter 2x EX DG for Sony mount. The new tele converters are capable of maintaining the HSM function of such telephoto lenses as Sigma's APO 70-200mm F2.8 II EX DG MACRO HSM and APO...

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Sigma is pleased to announce the launch of the 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC Circular Fisheye HSM the first Circular Fisheye lens exclusively for use with APS-C size digital SLR cameras and 10mm F2.8 EX DC Fisheye HSM diagonal fisheye lens exclusively for use with...

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Nikon, Inc., today introduced the new PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED lens, the latest in a series of lenses that are equipped with a tilt/shift mechanism that enables photographers the flexibility to effectively manipulate perspective,

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Leica's new full-frame, M-series wide-angle is a 37mm equivalent when mounted on the M8 digital rangefinder. It's the most compact of all M-series lenses -- small enough, in fact, that with the lenshood removed, it blocks only a little bit of the...

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Especially on a compact/lightweight Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, the 50-150mm zoom never became a burden during an all-day hike with my family.

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Designed by Carl Zeiss AG in Germany and made in Japan under its supervision, this is one of the finest lenses marketed by Sony for its Alpha DSLRs; it's also compatible with the discontinued Minolta Maxxum 35mm or digital cameras. An f/1.4 aperture is...

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Tokina, like Nikon, use the DX prefix for lenses designed purely for APS-C sized or ‘cropped' sensors. With a field of view of 180° at the wide end on these sensors, we take a look at how this lens performs.

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Sigma launched today a new Four-Thirds system compatible, compact telephoto zoom lens; Sigma APO 135-400mm F4.5-5.6 DG. This telephoto zoom lens gives the equivalent field of view to our popular 800mm when used on Four-Thirds cameras. The very latest...

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With a crop factor of 1.5x on the *istD cameras, this equates to a field of view similar to 21mm on a 135 format camera and is a little less wide than most of the opposition are achieving at the present time. On top of this, the performance of this...

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This is Canon's offering in the long, medium telephoto macro area of interchangeable lenses. Long because it is about as long as true Macro lenses go although it is still only a medium telephoto lens in the overall picture. We take a look here at how...

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This telephoto zoom from the Olympus stable, designed for the 4/3rds mount system equates to a 100-400mm in 35mm terms when you apply the 2x crop factor that the 4/3rd system uses. We take a look at how this optic performs.

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This lens is Nikon's entry into the comparatively new group of superzooms designed exclusively for cropped sensor cameras and carries the DX coding to signify this. We take a look at their efforts, which is the first to carry a stabilising device.

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