As a landscape photographer, I love extreme wide angle lenses. I use my 16-35mm for 90% of my photos and I mostly use it at 16mm. When I give lectures about photography, I often hear people saying they have trouble with using extreme wide angle uses just because they are “so wide”. But these lenses […]
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Several years ago when I reviewed the Fujifilm GF 23mm f4 R WR lens, I did some cosplay photography with it. I thoroughly enjoyed the time and the photos made from that lens. It’s a wide-angle — which is usually shunned in some portrait shoots. thephoblographer.com »
2023-10-17 19:00
Wide angle lenses aren’t as easy to use as a lot of photographers think. They shrink the background and give the foreground strange proportions. They include all sorts of distractions from the scene in front of you, plus a lot of negative space. petapixel.com »
2019-05-21 21:51
Landscape photography is one of the most popular, and most relaxing genres of photography there is. Thousands upon thousands of photographers head out daily to capture the stunning scenery around them so that they can share the beauty with the world. thephoblographer.com »
2018-11-26 23:00
The Fantasea-AOI UWL-09Pro is the finest and most professional wet wide angle conversion lens available, featuring a quality optical glass dome and offering the most impressive optic specifications. photographyblog.com »
2018-08-01 20:00
Finding the top wide angle lenses for an APS-C based system like the Fujifilm X-Series is imperative for those looking to shoot on the wider end of the spectrum. Lucky for those of you looking for wide angle native Fujifilm lenses, Fuji has some great offerings, as do a few third party companies, and here are our picks for the top options on the market. thephoblographer.com »
2017-06-21 07:00
Xiaomi Mi6 Quick Review The Xiaomi Mi6 is the Chinese manufacturer's brand new flagship smartphone and comes with an impressive spec sheet all around. The Android 7. 1. 1 operating system is powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 835 top-end chipset and a generous 6GB of RAM. dpreview.com »
2017-05-31 15:25
This is the first video of the new Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D. This is also the the world fastest wide angle lens for Sony! Pricing and shipment date has yet not been announced. The post First videos and images of the fastest Sony FE wide angle lens: The new Laowa 15mm f/2.0 FE appeared first on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-03-13 16:27
Imaging Resource interviewed Yasuyuki Nagata and Takashi Kondo from Sony. Most of the talk is about the new Sony 100mm STF lens. But Imaging Resource also tried to squeeze out some info about the future Sony lens strategy. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-03-03 16:47
Arguably, the biggest company in mobile photography lenses is Moment: and today they're announcing a few new products that are bound to be as great as their previous offerings. The company got started on Kickstarter, and it's where they're returning to get their newest Wide Angle lens, battery case and photo case going. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-07 20:00
DxO has just announced DxO Viewpoint 3, an updated to their wide angle lens correction software that automatically corrects skewed perspectives and horizons. In this update, DxO has improved their automatic corrections tools as well as added a few new features such as auto-horizon and miniature effect. thephoblographer.com »
2016-11-17 16:18
At minute 2:00 of that interview with a Samyang manager we get the information that Samyang will release one or two wide angle autofocus FE lenses in 2017. Those are their current two FE autofocus lenses: 14mm f/2. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-11-10 17:40
When you're shooting landscapes and architecture, you really want the best you can get. With manual focus lenses, sometimes the best thing to do is to use zone focusing. thephoblographer.com »
2016-10-24 07:02
Getting great bokeh out of a wide angle lens is not always the easiest thing to do, and even when you can, it is very subjective - especially when compared to the bokeh of a telephoto lens. That said, you can get pleasing bokeh form wide angle lenses and today we have 6 killer options for you. thephoblographer.com »
2016-10-11 14:30
Do you want a compact lens with a constant f/2.8 aperture? Does it have to be as sharp as a G-Master lens without the high price? Sony may have just given you what you asked for, provided that you don't need an extensive zoom range. [Read More]
It’s not often that I get to review a lens that the world has never seen before. I’ve reviewed plenty of f/1. 4 lenses and I’ve reviewed the occasional 15mm fisheye, but a 15mm diagonal fisheye with an f/1.
A common challenge for photographers using wide-angle lenses is creating depth in their images. The shots may seem flat and dull if they do not have a distinct point of interest and a clear visual path that draws the viewer’s eye into the scene. [Read More]
7Artisans announced a new 9mm f/5.6 full-frame ultra-wide prime lens for the most popular mirrorless mounts that promises a relatively close focusing distance and a 132-degree viewing angle. [Read More]
Sigma has announced the "world's widest" f/1.4 prime lens: the 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art. The company says this new optic was born from our engineers' passion for capturing the widest, brightest, highest-resolution, and most captivating starry sky images possible. [Read More]
7Artisans has announced a new 24mm f/1.4 wide-angle prime lens for six APS-C camera mounts that is extremely cheap, but it doesn't have autofocus. [Read More]
Panasonic has announced a new large-aperture ultra-wide prime lens to its L-mount lineup: the Lumix S 18mm f/1.8. This new lens brings its total f/1.8 prime lens support for its S-series cameras to five optics. [Read More]