Introduction The “Evo” series is a new lineup of Viltrox lenses positioned between the “Pro” and “Air” lineups. This series seems to combine the build quality and controls of the “Pro” lenses with a slightly slower maximum aperture like the “Air” lenses while maintaining very high image quality – similar to the Voigtländer Apo-Lanthar series … Continue reading Review: Viltrox AF 85mm 2.0 FE Evo
Introduction This is the full review of the flash. Viltrox previously released the retro-styled manual flash Z1. Now they’ve followed up with a new flash that operates in both Manual and Auto (TTL) modes. As I haven’t had enough time with the flash to make a full review, I’ve put together a preview with a … Continue reading REVIEW: Viltrox Spark Z3 Flash
Introduction The last f/1.8 prime Nikon released during the AF-S era was this Nikon AF-S 24mm 1.8G from 2015. This would have been a great 35mm equivalent for DX shooters, but it was simply too late to the party for that. Some reviewers claimed this 24mm 1.8G to be a better lens than the five … Continue reading Review: Nikon AF-S 24mm 1.8G
Introduction Many lenses I review these days are simply “more of the same”: Another 35mm 2.0, 50mm 1.8 or 85mm 1.4 with minor differences compared to the competitors. This Samyang Remaster Slim kit is a different story though. It consists of a pancake sized AF module and three optical blocks (21mm 3.5, 28mm 3.5 and … Continue reading Review: Samyang Remaster Slim 21mm 3.5 | 28mm 3.5 | 32mm 2.8
Introduction Compact 35mm lenses are very popular among the M-mount users and while they usually come with a maximum aperture of f/1.4 or f/2.0, Mr. Ding decided to go for f/1.8, making this a bit of a unique offering. The Mr. Ding 50mm 1.1 Noxlux became a favorite of mine and many others, can they … Continue reading Review: Mr. Ding Optics 35mm 1.8 Pactcron