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Lens Review: Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-s
Allow me to get some formalities out of the way before anything else. It’s been about three weeks since my last post. Thanks not only to student teaching, but also a commitment to a multi-night pit...
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Hands-On: Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8
Well, it’s official, I’m now a Zeiss guy. Er, well, at least I’ve gotten a brief chance to use one of their highly-touted optics. Up for near-future review is the brand-new Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8, a...
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First Impressions: Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8
I don’t like buying new lenses. Not only are they less tactile in use, weaker in build quality, and–in the case of E-mount–often relatively worse-off in image quality compared to my AI-s’, but new...
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Reader Mini-Review: Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8
The following is a short guest post on the other new lens in the Zeiss Touit lineup, the 12mm f/2.8. This ultra-wide comes in at an even more premium price tag of $1250 compared to the $900 asking...
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Lens Review: Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8
Click here for my first impressions of this lens. IMPORTANT! If you are unfamiliar with my lens review style, please reference THIS POST first! If you are only interested in my comparison of this lens...
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Lens Review: Nikon 200mm f/2 AI-s ED
In the world of fast primes, not often are the specs of “200mm” and “f/2″ combined in the description of a single lens. Inherently large and heavy, the ultra-fast design of a 200mm f/2 has long...
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Hands-On Video: Laowa 105mm f/2(T3.2) STF
Just a quick post before I go on another trip, my Laowa 105mm f/2(T3.2) STF lens came in a couple weeks ago. I have not had many opportunities to shoot with it (arrived AFTER I left for Osaka,...
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Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 STF Review
Longtime followers of my website may know that the 105mm focal length is one I have gravitated towards for many years of my photography. From my beginnings with the classic Nikon 105mm f/1.8 AI-s, I...
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Rokinon 16mm f/2 Review
I knew it would happen eventually. As I gradually grew out of my telephoto lens bubble I was so happy to stay in for a few years, it came time to look around for a decent wide-angle lens for travel...
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Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/2 Zero-D Review
Slowly but surely I am upgrading the lenses in my kit to be full-frame compatible. Longtime readers of my site already know I sport a deep collection of Nikkor AI-s lenses, ones that I could easily...
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