With the CP+ tradeshow in Japan about to kick off, Sigma has unveiled a 24mm F1.4 DG HSM wide angle prime lens, joining its 'Art' series of premium glass. Designed to cover a full-frame sensor, it will be offered in Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts with availability and pricing yet to be announced.
The 24mm lens will use Sigma's 'F' Low Dispersion and Special Low Dispersion elements, with a minimum focusing distance of 9.8 inches. With 15 elements in 11 groups, the lens uses an optical layout that puts aspherical elements toward the rear to help correct sagittal coma flare and axial chromatic aberration, problems that tend to be associated with fast aperture lenses such as this.
Fujifilm has done some miracles during the last few years. They were a late starter with their mirrorless system but when looking at their current system, you have to recognize that they can easily match "older" systems already and in many aspects they are actually ahead now. Currently they are busy releasing high performance zoom lenses to fill their remaining gaps. They just released the XF 50-140mm f/2.8 L RM OIS WR and announced the XF 16-55mm f/2.8 L RM WR. Later this year, a 140-400mm f/4.5-5.6 OIS (or so) will follow. However, they actually started their journey in this segment with the Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS which we'll cover in this review (yeah, we are a little late with this one). Obviously this is an ultra-wide zoom lens equivalent to a "15-36mm" full format lens.
It's been on Fujifilm's X-series roadmap for a while, but now it's real - the XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR is a 24-83mm equivalent, weather-sealed standard zoom for Fujifilm's high-end X-series interchangeable lens cameras, which offers a fast maximum aperture of F2.8 throughout its zoom range. As International CES gets started in Las Vegas, we grabbed a few minutes with the new zoom. Click through this slideshow for some images.
The D750 is Nikon's newest FX-format camera, offering a number of features from the D810 in combination with a 24MP sensor. It also boasts a faster frame rate than any non-professional full-frame Nikon DSLR since the D700. Aimed squarely at enthusiasts and full-frame upgraders the D750 boasts a comprehensive video and still photography specification - see how it performed in the field and in our extensive studio tests.
Canon's EOS 7D Mark II was a long time coming. It arrived in time for Photokina 2014, combining a pro-grade AF module with a 20MP APS-C CMOS sensor using Dual-Pixel AF. The 7D II also provides 10 fps continuous shooting, a 150,000-pixel RGB + IR metering sensor and 1080/60p video recording. It's as robust a feature set as you'll find in the APS-C class, and its autofocus specs are truly impressive. Read our full review and see how it performed in the studio and in the field.
Note that this review contains three 'lab report' pages in which we introduce the concept of 'ISO-Invariance' in connection to our comparison between the image quality of the EOS 7D II and some of its competitors. We will be revisiting this subject in greater depth in a future article.
Stabilized macro lenses have become a fairly common thing nowadays, but when the Nikon AF-S 105 f/2.8 VR was announced in 2006, it was the first of its kind. The lens replaced a highly regarded, but somewhat aged design, featuring all the goodies a new lens needed to offer, including a silent-wave autofocus drive, Nano Crystal coating and of course its key feature, the optical stabilization system. The addition of VR to a macro lens caused a few raised eyebrows back then, questioning the usefulness of this feature in "real" macro shots. However, there's of course a lot more you can do with a macro lens than 1:1 shots, and in most of these situations optical stabilization offers an advantage, either by allowing slower shutter speeds and/or by giving a stable viewfinder image for easier framing of the shot.
Being a little aged itself now, let's have a look at how the lens performs on our current FX test camera, the Nikon D3x.
We put the Samsung NX1 in the hands of Jordan Stead, staff photographer at SeattlePI.com, and ventured out to nearby Carkeek Park to photograph the salmon run. A seasoned shooter accustomed to pro camera bodies, Jordan puts the NX1's hybrid AF system and 28.2MP BSI-CMOS sensor to the test.
Image courtesy: Personal View. The latest CIPA data from September show that mirrorless camera shipment is still growing compared to August. But it's not as good as 12 months ago.
The wide- to short tele prime lens market is currently in a bit of a turmoil. Driven by Zeiss and also Sigma, the manufacturers are exploring extreme quality designs ... as well as corresponding price tags. In the standard prime lens segment, Zeiss started the game with the Otus 55mm f/1.4 followed by the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 HSM DG "Art". Obviously Nikon felt the heat and released the Nikkor AF-S 58mm f/1.4 G. At 1700 US$ this is clearly not for the faint-hearted although this is almost affordable by Zeiss Otus standards. "58mm" may sound like an unusual choice but this is actually not a first for Nikon here. Back in the old days, they offered a Noct-Nikkor Ai-S 58mm f/1.2 - a legendary lens renowned for great performance at max. aperture. We'll see whether the current AF-S 58mm f/1.4 is capable of following this guidance.
Smartphone maker HTC has introduced its first stand-alone camera in the shape of the HTC RE. With no viewfinder, screen or controls other than a shutter release button, the RE is designed to be used either as an independent still and video camera, or as a connected device controlled via a smartphone. Housing a 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor that features 16 million pixels, the RE uses a fixed-focus f/2.8 lens that HTC says has a 146 degree angle of view – equivalent to a 6.5mm focal length on a full frame body.
While jaded enthusiasts might roll their eyes at them, we love the weird and wild world of toy lenses. The cheaper, the better. So, when Fujifilm announced its new XM-FL 24mm f/8 filter lens (MSRP ¥12,582—or about $105) for the Japanese market, the company had our attention immediately. Featuring three selectable filters, this tiny lens could easily be your body cap, with the added bonus of being able to help you take ridiculously fun photos.Given the nature of this tiny little lens, we can't fault it for its cheap-feeling plastic body. While this little guy is made in Japan, it has a super simple construction with little flare. We're probably lucky that it even comes in two colors—silver and black.......
Canon's two newest professional DSLRs, the 50 megapixel EOS 5DS and 5DS R, share the distinction of offering the highest resolution available in the full-frame class. The 5DS uses an optical low-pass filter, while the S R's low-pass filter's effect has been cancelled out for optimal detail resolution.
Aimed at studio and landscape photographers, the two models provide a 61-point AF module, dual DIGIC 6 processors and new mirror lockup options to help get the absolute most out of that high-res sensor. We've had our hands on the 5DS and 5DSR - take a look at what's new and find out our initial impressions.
Photo sharing website Flickr has published tables of its members' most used cameras and brands, in which Apple has overtaken Nikon for the first time. Canon remains the most popular brand used, according to Flickr's calculations, but in 2014 Apple knocked Nikon into third place, with Samsung moving ahead of Sony to take fourth. Read more
This review will be focusing more on real-world usage of the camera than the technical specifications and pixel-peeping of images. I will mostly focus on the upgrades over the previous X100S model....
Olivier Abellan is a passionate photographer and this year he started with his wife an 11 months world travel journey. You can see the pictires of their trip on their website www.thebeloons.com.
The Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sport is a super-telephoto zoom lens, available in Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts, and corrected for full-frame use. Announced in September 2014, it replaces the earlier 150-500mm f5-6.3, extending its reach while also offering higher performance and tougher build. It also now allows Sigma to compete on range with the existing Tamron 150-600mm f5-6.3.
Interestingly, Sigma is replacing the 150-500mm with not one, but two new lenses. Both share the same 150-600mm f5-6.3 specification, but have different levels of quality, construction and sealing. The higher-end Sport version reviewed here is fully weather-sealed, while the more affordable Contemporary version, yet to be released, employs a simpler optical construction and sealing at the mount to hit a lower price point. While the full specification and price of the Contemporary model were not known at the time of writing, the dual-offering remains a cunning approach by Sigma, allowing the cheaper version to compete with Tamron and the pricier one to go up against premium options from Canon and Nikon. Sigma appends the model names with an S for Sport or a C for Contemporary, so officially speaking I'm reviewing the 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM | S.
Like the 150-500mm before it, the 150-600mm range is ideal for wildlife and sports photography, tight sunsets, or even distant street work. Despite Sigma's previous success with this range it's also one that's not been covered by Canon and Nikon, making it unique to third parties. And while the Sport version is a premium lens, Sigma's still managed to price it a little below the most recent Canon 100-400mm and Nikkor 80-400mm options, missing out on their slightly wider coverage, but crucially reaching 50% longer. Read on to find out if this is the best super-telephoto zoom for your DSLR or mirrorless camera!
I think the Holdfast Moneymaker is pretty awesome. Not just because it’s made of durable materials, but because it’s an elegant solution to the problem of weilding two cameras without looking like a Navy Seal.
Living on the ISS has it perks (like putting a Gopro in a Bubble, or capturing amazing timelapses), but one of the more underestimates benefits the lack of need for Selfie Sticks.
Back in 2012, Canon introduced the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - a full format pancake lens. Pancake lenses have a short barrel in an attempt to minimize the size of the overall setup. Because of their size, pancake lenses tend to have a rather moderate speed and, for obvious reasons, they are also limited to a rather shallow range of focal lengths. Now it seems as if the concept was successful enough to release another one - the Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM. As you may notice, this is not a full format lens but designed for APS-C DSLRs only. In this scope it actually resembles its full format counterpart because the field-of-view is equivalent to a "38mm" full format lens.
As good as X-Trans sensors are in terms of performance, most software makers have had some trouble with demosaicing the slightly unusual RAW files in the past.
Graham Rowan of Hertfordshire, UK has created a small camera dubbed the "fps1000", and as its name suggests, it is designed solely to record high-frame-rate videos. The goal behind the camera is to open up high-speed shooting to a wider market by offering a relatively inexpensive product that is highly portable.
I purchased the Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH lens new in September 2013. A lens that many people dream about. A lens that many people hate without ever having tried it. This review will be bas...
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