The world’s fastest 105mm lens, the $2,200 Nikon 105mm f/1.4, made a big splash when it arrived on the scene, but is there a more affordable 105mm lens that can produce similar results? Laowa’s $700 105mm f/2 STF lens gives it a shot in this lens shootout. Comparing an f/1.4 lens with an f/2 lens […]
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$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_1765432631","galleryId":"1765432631","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"selectedImageIndex":0,"isMobile":false}) }); The Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105mm F2. dpreview.com »
2021-07-06 16:00
You save $100 on the Laowa 105mm STF lens: E-mount version (Click here) or A-mount version (Click here). Photozone recently tested the Canon version and wrote: The technical quality of the Laowa lens is truly impressive even when ignoring the STF feature. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-11-13 21:51
Our friend Roger Cicala over at LensRentals recently put the highly-praised Nikon 105mm f/1. 4 through its paces, and it seems the world’s fastest 105mm lens may also be the world’s sharpest f/1. petapixel.com »
2016-11-02 18:58
Smartphone technology and sensor image quality have advanced so much in recent years that phone manufacturers are boasting photographs that can rival those taken by larger mirrorless and DSLR cameras. But is it true? [Read More]
Portrait photographer and YouTuber Alex Barrera recently went out and shot a full side-by-side comparison of the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L and the RF 85mm f/1.2L DS lenses. His sample photos can help you decide if Canon’s “Defocus Smoothing” is worth the loss of light and the extra $300 it’ll cost you. Barrera has actually […]
Last year, Usman Dawood of Sonder Creative decided to switch systems from Sony to Fujifilm for both his stills and video work, but he didn’t end up doing it. In this video, he shares the three main reasons why the switch never happened—in other words: the three “major” advantages of Sony cameras over Fuji. The […]
Astrophotographer Ian Norman of Lonely Speck recently got his hands on a Google Pixel 4 XL for testing, so he took it out to Joshua Tree National Park to see how well the “Astrophotography Mode” on this smartphone compares to shooting with a “real” camera.
The folks over at popular tech channel Linus Tech Tips recently did something fun. They combined your standard Amateur vs Pro photography challenge with the Pro Gear vs Smartphone trope to answer a different kind of question: Can a rote amateur with an expensive camera beat a professional who’s using only a smartphone? For this […]
Brooklyn-based model Tabria Majors has fighting words for Victoria's Secret, but all she really needed was three Instagram photos to prove her point. In order to draw attention to the rigid beauty standards demonstrated by the company's ad campaigns, she posed in a few of her favourite pieces of the season and looked absolutely bomb.
If you’re looking to pick up a great ND filter, one of the new(er) brands on the block is NiSi; but how does this relatively young company compare to one of the biggest names in filters? In this video, NiSi Ambassador Imran Mirza pits the NiSi Nano IR 10 stop filter against the famed LEE […]