Lens Reviews

Photographing New Mexico with the Nikon Nikkor 15mm f/5.6
2000 1125 Echo Lens Photography

Nikon’s ultra-wide rectilinear 15mm f/5.6 is a rare, wonderful, and (obviously) very wide lens that every Nikon fan should experience.

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  • Echo Lens Photography
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Why I Love Cheap Manual Focus Telephoto Lenses
1800 1013 Echo Lens Photography

Dylan makes the case for cheap manual focus telephoto lenses, and offers some tips on how to buy, shoot, and enjoy them.

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  • Echo Lens Photography
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Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm f/1.8 S Lens Review
1600 900 James Tocchio

James reviews the Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F/1.8 S, the newest ultra-wide prime lens for Nikon Z series cameras.

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Ugly Lens, Beautiful Photos – My Experience With Cheap Gear
687 386 Milo Krims

Milo Krims sold their pristine Mamiya C330, bought a rather worn replacement, and was surprised by the quality of the images it made.

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  • Milo Krims
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Shooting the Anamorphic Sirui 50mm Lens is Like Shooting a Digital X Pan
2560 1440 Rich Stroffolino

Rich introduces us to the Sirui 50mm Anamorphic lens, and compares the images it makes with the infamous Hasselblad X Pan.

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  • Rich Stroffolino
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Finding Perspective with the Nikon Nikkor 28mm F/3.5 AIS 
2000 1125 Hemant Chatterji

Hemant discovers the affordable wide-angle Nikon Nikkor 28mm F/3.5 lens, and shares his journey away from the standard 50mm focal length.

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  • Hemant Chatterji
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Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR Review – The Goldilocks Lens
2000 1125 Clayton D'Arnault

Clayton reviews the Fujifilm XF 27mm F/2.8 R WR, a weather sealed pancake lens for Fuji’s X Series mirrorless cameras.

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  • Clayton D'Arnault
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The Nikon Series E 75-150mm f/3.5 – The People’s Telephoto Lens
2000 1125 Josh Solomon

Josh reviews the Nikon Series E 75-150mm zoom lens, a low-priced lens with solid performance and serious utility.

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Minolta MD 28mm f/2.8 Lens Review
2000 1125 Sroyon Mukherjee

Sroyon reviews the Minolta MD 28mm F/2.8, a lens which doesn’t typically get much praise among classic lens lovers.

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  • Sroyon Mukherjee
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Mamiya Sekor 55mm F/1.4 USM Lens Review
2000 1125 Albert Silver

Albert Silver reviews the Mamiya Sekor 55mm F/1.4 fast prime universal screw mount lens on film and digital cameras.

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  • Albert Silver
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A Final Salute to Nikon’s AF-D Lenses
2000 1331 Jim Graves

Jim Graves takes a fond look at Nikon’s AF-D series of lenses – the company’s first autofocus lenses that combine affordability and quality.

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  • Jim Graves
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Minolta RF Rokkor-X 500mm F/8 Mirror Lens Review
2000 1125 James Tocchio

James reviews the Minolta RF Rokkor-x 500mm F/8 mirror-lens. History, specs, use today, and image quality within – Check it out!

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TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 Lens Review – Ultra-fast, Ultra-affordable
2000 1125 Nick Clayton

Nicholas reviews the supposed Noctilux-killer; the ultra-fast and ultra-affordable TTArtisan 50mm F/0.95 Leica M mount fast prime lens.

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  • Nick Clayton
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The Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM – Don’t Call it the Japanese Summilux
2000 1125 Eric Charles Jones

A quick review of the Canon 50mm F/1.4 in Leica Thread Mount – commonly referred to as “The Japanese Summilux.”

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