From 2010 to 2023 this Nikon AF-S 85mm 1.4G had been Nikon’s top of the line fullframe fast 85mm portrait tele lens. I personally used it back in the day on Nikon DSLRs until I switched to Sony’s mirrorless cameras. Now that we have decent AF adapters for these Nikon lenses I thought it would be a good idea to revisit it and see if it is still a lens worth considering today.
The Irix 11mm 4.0 is the second widest rectilinear (non-fisheye) lens released for DSLRs. Because it was released at the end of the DSLR era – when many of us already made the shift to mirrorless – you actually can not find a lot of useful information on it online. So when one showed up at a dealer wit a bargain price tag I decided to finally give it a try. Let’s have a closer look!
Having a state of the art 70-200mm 2.8 zoom is something very important for the camera manufacturers, as these are extremely popular lenses. This Nikon AF-S 70-200mm 2.8E FL ED VR is the last one that has been released for the F-mount and after the predecessors – that all had at least one outstanding drawback – this one finally hit the mark. Let’s have a closer look!
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During the SLR era Tokina had a bit of a thing for 17mm 3.5 ultra wide angle lenses, as they made three different iterations of it. This is a review of the latest one and the urban legend says that the older manual focus version is actually the better performer. I always found that hard to believe, so I thought it was a good idea to find out myself. So let’s have a closer look at this Tokina 17mm 3.5 AF AT-X Pro.
The Nikon AF-S 35mm 1.8G had been released in 2014 as cheaper alternative to the more expensive and heavier Nikon AF-S 35mm 1.4G from 2010. The 35mm 1.4G was a rather weak entry in Nikon’s AF-S prime lineup. Is this 35mm 1.8G actually the better lens? Let’s try to find out in this review.
