2024 – Year in Review
Introduction I am always looking forward to put this recap together, so without further ado let’s have a look at some of the highlights of 2024 together.
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Review: Nikon AF-S 28mm 1.8G
Introduction The Nikon AF-S 28mm 1.8G was the most affordable f/1.8 wide angle prime in Nikon’s AF-S era. It always flew a bit under the radar, probably because many people already had a zoom lens covering 28mm at f/2.8 or because they preferred a 24mm or 35mm. Good fast 28mm lenses are rare birds though, … Continue reading Review: Nikon AF-S 28mm 1.8G
Review: Nikon Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.8 S
Introduction The Nikon Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.8 S is a short telephoto lens that delivers excellent background blur thanks to its large aperture. While it’s ideal for portrait photography, it can also be effectively used for landscape and street photography, thanks to its relatively wide field of view for a telephoto lens. This professional-grade lens … Continue reading Review: Nikon Nikkor Z 85mm f/1.8 S
Review: Laowa 15mm 5.0 Cookie – Tiny and Useful
Introduction In the SLR era some people came up with the term “pancake lens” for very thin 40 to 50mm lenses. Because of the short back focus distance of mirrorless cameras it is very hard to make actually useful lenses for them that are as thin as a pancake though, hence Laowa came up with … Continue reading Review: Laowa 15mm 5.0 Cookie – Tiny and Useful
Review: Nikon 58mm 0.95 Noct-Nikkor – The Ultimate Lens?
Introduction When camera manufacturers introduce a new mount, they usually also announce some fancy new lenses, which were simply not possible to design for the previous one. Canon for example did that by introducing the Canon EF 50mm 1.0L USM when they made the switch from FD to EF mount in 1989. And when Nikon … Continue reading Review: Nikon 58mm 0.95 Noct-Nikkor – The Ultimate Lens?