ContentsReviews by Manufacturer7ArtisansArtralabArtizlabAstrHoriBrightin StarCanonDJ-OpticalFunleaderIrixKonicaLaowa/Venus OpticsLeicaLight Lens LabLomographyMeikeMeyer-Optik GörlitzMinoltaMr. Ding StudioMS-OpticsNikonNiSiOlympusOmnarPentaconPentaxPergearRussian/Soviet lensesSamyangSigmaSiruiSLR MagicSolinonSonySongrawSyopticTamronThypochTokinaTTArtisanViltroxVoigtländerYasuharaZeissZhong Yi / Mitakon Reviews by Manufacturer 7Artisans 7Artisans 9mm 5.6 E 7Artisans 10mm 2.8 AF (APS-C) 7Artisans 15mm 4.0 Asph E 7Artisans 24mm 1.8 AF 7Artisans 28mm 1.4 FE-Plus 7Artisans 28mm 5.6 M 7Artisans 35mm 1.4 E 7Artisans 35mm 1.4 M IF Wen 7Artisans 35mm … Continue reading All Lens Reviews →
Introduction The Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP is a bit of an odd lens. It is still the widest lens for DSLRs, but it was announced at a time when no one really cared about DSLRs anymore. And it came out after the Voigtländer 10mm 5.6, which surely didn’t help the marketing department. And in the … Continue reading Review: Samyang 10mm 3.5 XP →
Introduction I always think we need more Pancake lenses, but except for the Samyang 24mm 2.8 and the recently reviewed TTArtisan 50mm 2.0 we didn’t get that many options in the Sony FE world yet. The latest addition is this Brightin Star 23mm 5.6. The first odd thing to notice: it is a fixed aperture … Continue reading Review: Brightin Star 23mm 5.6 Pancake →
Introduction So far TTArtisan mostly released fast yet compact M-mount lenses, the most famous probably being their 50mm 0.95. These lenses often emphasized speed and size over sharpness, but now we are getting something different: the TTArtisan 35mm 2.0 Apo-Aspherical. Going by the specs this is a direct competitor to the Voigtländer VM 35mm 2.0 … Continue reading Review: TTArtisan 35mm 2.0 Apo-Asph M →
Introduction The Laowa 12-24mm 5.6 is Laowa’s second ultra wide angle zoom, the first being the Laowa 10-18mm 4.5-5.6. The 10-18mm offers a very appealing focal length range in a compact package, but there were some optical compromises hard to overlook. This 12-24mm lens is supposed to yield better optical performance at the cost of … Continue reading Review: Laowa 12-24mm 5.6 →