Sigma took their time to release the lens, but the Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN OS Sports is finally here…
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70-200mm f/2.8s are among the most popular lenses among enthusiast photographers – for a reason. They are fast enough to…
Introduction As of the time of this review, Canon R-mount is still a closed system. If you are a professional…
Introduction Time flies also in the mirrorless camera world. Some of the lenses released early in this era are getting…
Introduction In an era in which long tele zoom lenses are reaching 600mm, the 100-400mm class may almost feel dated,…
Introduction At the time Canon announced the Canon RF 600mm f/11 IS STM and RF 800mm f/11 IS STM, the…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published April 2023 Introduction Fast 85mm f/1.4 lenses are hot commodities, but the OEM options tend…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published February 2023 Introduction Welcome to our new mini-series of vintage lens tests – and this…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published February 2023 Introduction Our 2nd 100mm-ish lens in our vintage test series is the Olympus…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published January 2023 Introduction The Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 is a medium telephoto lens that was produced…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published February 2023 Introduction Viltrox is a bit of an outlier among Chinese lens manufacturers. Most…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published January 2023 Introduction Minolta used to be a major player throughout the 20th century. The…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published January 2023 Introduction Canon FD is a lens mount system developed by Canon for its…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published January 2023 Introduction We already reviewed the Olympus Zuiko MC 100mm f/2.8 and didn’t really…
Introduction Third-party vendors have a difficult task when it comes to super-tele zoom lenses in Sony E-mount. There’s a behemoth…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published December 2022 Introduction Sigma’s Series I lens series has a special place in our hearts…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published October 2022 Introduction A mighty long tele lens has been a deep dark gap in…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published August 2022 Introduction Autofocus lenses are still pretty rare beyond the mainstream players, but slowly…
Reviewed on the Nikon Z 7 (FX)
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published January 2022 Introduction Recently, we reviewed the Tokina atx-m 56mm f/1.4 X in Fujifilm X…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published December 2021 Introduction The Sigma 100-400mm f/5.6-6.3 DG DN OS is the mirrorless camera version of…
Review by Klaus Schroiff, published October 2021 Introduction Recently Fujifilm opened up its system to a broader pool of third-party…
Introduction With the Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8, Fujifilm added a second macro lens to its line of XF lenses. Unlike…
Reviewed on the Nikon D850 (FX)
by Klaus Schroiff, published August 2021 Introduction Driven by their recent flood of AF lenses, Samyang has been rushing into…
Introduction By now we know that Canon can produce superb L-class lenses but the photographic world isn’t just about high-end…
by Klaus Schroiff, published February 2021 Introduction The Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD is a member of Tamron’s own…
Introduction Canon has been THE dominant player in the super-telephoto arena for decades. There are many photos of sports events…
by Klaus Schroiff, published September 2020 Introduction Super-tele zoom lenses have been around for many years in the DSLR world.…
Introduction Canon wouldn’t be Canon without their extremely fast prime lenses. And why bother with an f/1.4 aperture when you…
by Klaus Schroiff, published July 2020 Introduction As of the time of this review, the Micro-Four-Thirds (MFT) world is in…
Introduction Sigma seems to have hit a sweet spot with its “DC DN” trinity of fast APS-C/MFT format prime lenses…
Introduction Let’s start 2020 with something different – the Viltrox PFU RBMH 85mm f/1.8 STM – and something new -…
Introduction A while ago, we reviewed the Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO and we were pretty impressed. Now,…
Introduction Over the last couple of decades, we came to expect how a 70/80-200mm f/2.8 shall look like – these…
by Klaus Schroiff, published December 2019 Introduction Every serious system is offering a holy trinity of the fast zoom lenses…
by Klaus Schroiff, published December 2019 Introduction There are long lenses and REALLY long lenses – and the Leica DG…
by Klaus Schroiff, published October 2019 Introduction Shallow depth-of-field photography is not at the center of the micro-four-thirds system due…
by Klaus Schroiff, published July 2019 Introduction If you like (classic-)cars you may know the statement that there’s no substitution…
One of the core components of a professional grade system is a fast medium tele-zoom lens – such as theSony…
Sony mirrorless camera users are quite blessed with a variety of medium tele prime choices. There are no less than…
by Klaus Schroiff, published December 2017 Introduction Recently, we reviewed the Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 – as it turned out,…
by Klaus Schroiff, published August 2017 Introduction After having reviewed several hundred of lenses, there aren’t too many new lenses…
Sony’s full format mirrorless system has been an immense success in recent years and with the release of the Alpha…
At the time Olympus started the “classic” Four-Thirds system, they focused on professional grade lenses. However, this didn’t work out…
So far Sony didn’t really bother to offer high quality tele lenses for the E-mount but with the introduction of…
Micro-Four-Thirds (MFT) may offer the most extensive mirrorless lens system but even so it has one significant shortcoming – professional-grade…
The micro-four-thirds (MFT) system may be the most complete of the mirrorless systems. However, it mostly tackles entry to medium…