10 years after Fujifilm launched its brightest normal zoom for the X system, a successor has surprisingly arrived. Same focal length and brightness, but with redesigned optics and mechanics. On the one hand, it was a bit strange that they thought of making an XF 16-55mm II, but on the other hand, the test shows …
If it’s true that the demand for long telephoto lenses is only increasing, it’s no wonder Fuji film is launching a 500mm telephoto lens. It’s a focal length they haven’t had in their catalog, and photographers looking for equipment for bird photography, for example, have had to find it from other manufacturers. The closest Fujifilm …
It’s compact, light, sharp, and made for Panasonic’s L-format full frame cameras. The 85 millimeter is also the first in a series of lenses for the L-mount, all of which have fixed focal lengths, with f1.8 as the best brightness. Three other lenses in the same class with shorter focal lengths – 24, 35 and …
The extremely sharp RF50mm f1.2, is probably the best 50-millimeter we have tested. For Canon photographers, it’s a dream to use, well, if your budget allows it. So bright lenses, cost money. Much money. The much smaller and almost as bright RF 50mm f1.8 STM, costs a tenth and is almost as sharp, and in …
One of the disadvantages of creating a brand new camera system is that you have to create new lenses. But you can turn that to your advantage, because then you get the opportunity to start afresh. For Canon, it has been absolutely necessary to develop new lenses for the new EOS R camera system. The …
For many photographers, the fifty millimeter falls between chairs. It’s not a wide angle, and it’s not a tele, not even a short tele. But it is quite possible to take nice landscape photos with something other than a 24mm, and portraits do not always have to be taken with an 85mm. A 50mm can …
A complex construction is the reason why wide angle zooms can cost a lot of money. Often more than a telephoto zoom, especially if they have good brightness, such as Sony’s FE 12-24mm f2.8 GM. It covers ultra-wide 122-degree image fields at one end and 84 degrees at the other, all the time with up …