Prime Lenses
Rare extreme wide-angle Nikkor lens goes on sale
A rare fisheye Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 lens, which offers the "world's most extreme wide-angle" and is worth £100,000, has gone on sale at Gray's of Westminster in London
Prime Lenses 23 Apr 2012
Nikon releases 28mm f/1.8 prime lens
Nikon will release, next month, a new prime lens designed for FX-format digital SLRs - the AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G
Lenses 19 Apr 2012
Pentax unveils 25mm lens for its medium format camera
Pentax will release next month its DA-645 25mm F4L [IF] SDM AW lens, a ultra-wide-angle lens specifically designed for its medium format camera
Medium Format Cameras 23 Mar 2012
Carl Zeiss announces super wide angle lens for Canon, Nikon users
Carl Zeiss is releasing, this May, a super wide angle 15mm Distagon T* f/2.8 lens with an EF or F bayonet for Canon and Nikon digital SLRs.
Lenses 19 Mar 2012
Canon unveils two new prime lenses
Canon is updating two of its wide-angle prime lenses, incorporating image stabilisation technology
Lenses 07 Feb 2012
Canon's professional lenses delayed
Canon has confirmed that three of its professional lenses - the EF 200‐400mm f/4L IS USM Extender l.4x, EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM and EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM - have been delayed indefinitely
Lenses 21 Nov 2011
Leica unveils new 30mm lens for its S-Sytem
Leica is expanding its range of lenses specifically designed for its S camera with the release, in December, of the Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH model
Lenses 27 Oct 2011
Light of the night: testing Leica's Noctilux-M f/0.95 lens
The ultra-fast aperture of the Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH is only half the story, says Edmond Terakopian, when he takes this record-breaking aspherical lens out on assignment.
Prime Lenses 20 Jul 2011
Nikon unveils new 40mm macro lens
Nikon is set to release a new lens - the AF-S DX Macro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G - designed for close-up photography
Lenses 12 Jul 2011
Technical Perspective: The best tilt-and-shift lenses
Product photography is mostly done on the cheap these days but, to capture the weight and depth of your subject for high-end applications, you’ll need to use tilt and shift. David Kilpatrick looks at...
Lenses 28 Jun 2011
Big glass: The best long fast lenses for action photographers
Their use of rare materials and complex construction means they command premium prices. All the same, long fast lenses are almost obligatory for action photographers. David Kilpatrick provides a guide...
Lenses 27 Jun 2011
Tested: Nikon's AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.4G
Nikon’s acclaimed 35mm f/1.4 wide-angle finally got updated to include autofocus. Kevin Carter finds out whether it was worth the two-decade wait.
Prime Lenses 19 May 2011
Nikon confirms new 50mm f/1.8 prime lens
Nikon has confirmed persistent rumors with the announcement that it will release the new AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G prime lens this June
Prime Lenses 27 Apr 2011
Voigtländer prime lens offers close focus benefits
The Voigtländer 90/3.5 Apo-Lanthar SL II Close Focus prime lens for 35mm format cameras is a gem, finds BJP's reviewer Jonathan Eastland
Prime Lenses 06 Mar 2011
Tested: Nikkor AF-S 200mm f/2G ED lens
Kevin Carter tests the latest of a raft of new updates to Nikon’s prime lenses, the Nikkor AF–S 200mm f/2G ED VR II.
Prime Lenses 28 Feb 2011
Six of the best portrait lenses
Portrait lenses have come a long way since Josef Petzval’s first 19th-century design, but while photographers’ tastes have changed, the basic requirements are still the same. David Kilpatrick picks...
Prime Lenses 06 Jan 2011
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