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Latest comments, thoughts and reaction to our recently reviewed Photography Lenses, including the Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN Sample Photos.

Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN Sample Photos

Sample photos from the new Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN L-Mount lens, taken with the Sigma fp, Sigma's new full-frame mirrorless camera.

The pictures look very clear and sharp. Is that a lens from the Art Series? Will go have a look, a friend just bought the 50mm for his Nikon from the Art series. Seen several images, they were really beautiful.

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Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 S Review

Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 S Review - John Riley reviews Nikon's new Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.8 for Z-mount mirrorless cameras, the Z6 and Z7.

This is a wonderful lens - very happy with it!

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Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE Review

Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE Review - John Riley reviews this new FE-mount lens for full-frame and APS-C Sony E-Mount mirrorless cameras.

Bring this out in Z mount please Samyang!

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Nikon Nikkor Z 16-50mm 50-250mm Hands-On

Nikon has announced two new Nikon DX lenses for the Nikon Z mount, including the DX 16-50mm pancake zoom, and 50-250mm telephoto zoom.

These both look very interesting. If you don’t mind the slow maximum aperture at the tele end this pair would make a great travel zoom pair for any Z user and on the Z7 you still finish up with around 20mp in crop mode and both the Z6/7 show a full viewfinder image with DX lenses as does the Z50 of course. Looking forward to the 28 and 40 compact primes too!

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HD Pentax-DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR Lens Review

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the new wide-angle zoom lens from Pentax, the HD Pentax-DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR.

If you still have the numbers at hand, would it be possible to change the MTF plots (is that MTF50?) from an “excellent/good/fair/poor” scale to actual LW/PH numbers (or make them available via other means)?

Thanks.

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Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 Lens Review

Yongnuo are a Chinese camera accessory manufacturer who are now creating lenses and Gary Wolstenholme has put their 50mm f/1.8 Canon fit lens to the test in his latest review.

I got this camera, and I lost the directions. Idk how to use it. Can some one PLEASE help, I’m freaking out.

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Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Review

John Riley reviews the new Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 full-frame prime lens for Sony E mount cameras.

Each term doesn't refer to an absolute value, but to a band of values which is pitched against the theoretical expected maximum for a particular sensor resolution. Ideally all lenses would be checked against a standardised sensor and then results would be totally comparable, but unfortunately this isn't possible. Hope that helps!

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Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Review

John Riley reviews the new Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 full-frame prime lens for Sony E mount cameras.

How can sharpness be "outstanding" when the Nikon Z 85mm f1.8 reaches much better values on a similar sensor?

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Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 S Review

Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 S Review - John Riley reviews Nikon's new Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.8 for Z-mount mirrorless cameras, the Z6 and Z7.

Interesting point thanks that the focus ring can also be configured to be aperture or EV adjustments whe in AF mode.

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Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE Review

Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE Review - John Riley reviews this new FE-mount lens for full-frame and APS-C Sony E-Mount mirrorless cameras.

Yes, but which sensor? Every camera will have a slightly different result, even when we strip out all the in-camera adjustments that are accessible to us. Apart from experimental error, which we always try to minimise, there are variations in sensor from camera to camera so there is no uniform measurement. That doesn't mean to say the figures don't have value, but they need to be analysed carefully and there's more to it that just a percentage. We can still tell that this is a lovely lens that delivers the goods.

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