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I got to try out the first new Voigtländer Sony FE mount lenses with electronic aperture setting and manual focus control with a quick overnight test during the UK Photography Show at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, on March 19th 2016. The pre-production 10mm f/5.6 Hyper-Wide-Heliar and 15mm f/4.5 Super-Wide-Heliar are two of a . . . → Read More: Voigtländer FE 10mm f/5.6 and 15mm f/4.5 III Share this: 12 comments - (Comments are closed)  Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, News, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras  10mm, 12mm, 15mm, David KIlpatrick, E-mount, Heliar, hyper, Leica, lens test, review, Sony, super, ultra, Voigtländer, Voigtlander 10mm FE, Voigtlander 15mm III, wide, wide-angle, wideangle 
Sometimes you find a chunk of glass which just works. One of the problems with lenses is that you can never have too many. They overlap, they duplicate each other, and yet they can be so different that you need every single one. The new Samyang 12mm f/2 for mirrorless APS-C systems is one . . . → Read More: Samyang 12mm f/2 NCS CS lens Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Lenses - E mount, NEX System 12mm f/2, Bower, Canon EF-M, E-mount, Fujifilm, lens, mirrorless, NEX, Rokinon, Samsung, Samyang, Sony, superwide, ultrawide, wideangle The Sony Zeiss 24mm f/2 SSM Distagon ZA T* is probably the best, or equal to the best, in its class. It may perhaps be the best ever 84° angle fast lens ever made for the general SLR system market, and I would happy to pitch it against any of the current equivalent offerings for . . . → Read More: Sony’s Zeiss 24mm f/2 Distagon ZA SSM T* reviewed Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount 24mm, 24mm f/2, Alpha, Carl Zeiss, David KIlpatrick, Distagon, f/2, fast, lens, photoclubalpha, report, review, Sony, test, wideangle, Zeiss TOKINA lenses – the brand name for optical giant Hoya’s interchangeable range – have always been renowned for their tank-like build quality and resistance to plastic trends. They compare so well with Nikon’s own lenses it is hard to tell the difference by feel, and the current design also matches Nikon more than it does . . . → Read More: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 SD (IF) DX Share this: Comments are closed Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News 11-16mm, Alpha, lens, Sony, Tokina, wideangle, zoom The parallel development of Carl Zeiss lenses for Sony (AF lenses in the Alpha mount) and independent manual focus lenses for other makes continues. The latest CZ design is a revision of the classic 18mm Distagon last seen in the Contax system, optimised for colour balance and reflection supression with digital SLRs. . . . → Read More: Zeiss announce 18mm f3.5 – not for Alpha Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News 18mm, Alpha, Canon, Carl Zeiss, Contax, CZ, Distagon, lens, Nikon, Pentax, Robert White, Sony, wide, wideangle |
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