Photography Equipment Reviews - Lenses and Optical Items

This Sigma telephoto zoom covers the popular 70-300mm range, costs around £310, and induces optical stabilisation.

Nikon's latest wide aperture standard zoom costs £1219 and sports features such as Internal Focusing and Nano-Crystal coatings.

This standard zoom for DSLRs with APS-C or smaller sensors cost £250 and includes optical stabilisation technology and a HyperSonic focusing motor.

This beast of a lens from Nikon costs £1296 and is currently the widest f/2.8 zoom to cover the full 35mm format, plus it sports useful features such as Nano-Crystal coating and Internal Focusing.

A telephoto macro lens let you shoot frame-filling shots of small things without having to get too close. Here, we test a classic optic.

Review of the first 15x superzoom lens for APS-C format DSLRs, and it includes Vibration Compensation for sharp-shooting even at slow shutter speeds.

Few lenses have been as eagerly anticipated as Nikon’s flagship AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 GII ED telezoom and even at £1999, orders have flooded in. In this exclusive preview, we see how it matches up with its predecessor

David Clapp takes a look at the new Nikon G/EOS adapter.

A super wide-angle zoom aimed primarily at landscape and architecture photographers with a more affordable price and a slightly wider range than the camera makers' own models...is there a catch? We aim to find out.

Matt Grayson doesn't have a sweet spot like the Lensbaby Composer because he's too ticklish.

David Clapp compares the two heavyweights of the wide angle world.

Ian Andrews takes a distorted look through Nikon’s new 45mm f/2.8D ED perspective control optic to see what the new twists are!

Once more into the breach dear friends, once more; Or, in this case, onto the mount of Ian Andrews camera for a shakedown of this new lens from Sigma.

Ian Andrews puts the new telephoto lens from Tamron through its paces.

Ian Andrews takes a look at Nikon's 14-24mm AF-S f/2.8G ED lens to see how the optic performs.

The Olmpus OM Four Thirds adapter allows Olympus OM users to attach their manual focus lenses onto an Olympus digital SLR body. Peter Bargh sees if his prize 50mm works with the new E3.