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Impact review: Stabilized Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 at dpreview, May 20, 2013
Stabilized lenses are increasing by the day. Tamron is pushing the stabilized envelope with their 24-70mm f2.8 stabilized lens, giving it optical image stabilization, code word "VC" for vibration correction. Neither the Nikon nor the Canon competing lenses offer this,... Continue

Dxomark picks the best lenses for the Nikon D600, May 20, 2013
Dxomark published a multi-part report based on the lab test results, looking at the best lenses specifically for the Nikon D600 full frame DSLR. Their findings start with a general overview, followed by the wide angles and telephotos and then... Continue

Zeiss Touits: Full Size Samples with 12/2.8 and 32/1.8 in both NEX and Fuji X, May 15, 2013
More Zeiss action! ePhotozine Japan has published hands-on reports with lots of real-world JPEG samples taken with the Zeiss Touit 12mm f2.8 and the Zeiss Touit 32mm f1.8. Samples are available from both NEX (NEX-7) and Fuji X (X-Pro1, X-E1)... Continue

First wave of Zeiss Touits (12mm f2.8) expected on June 3 in 2013, May 14, 2013
The first wave of the new Zeiss Touits is expected to arrive on June 3rd 2013 with the 12mm f2.8 lens at B&H Photo. This for both the Fuji X and the Sony NEX mirrorless camera systems. Meanwhile, the 32mm... Continue

New SLR Lens announcement: Canon 200-400mm f4 with built in 1.4x tele-extender (review and RAW samples available!), May 14, 2013
The Canon vs Nikon rivalry apparently extends to Lens Announcements as well! Nikon announced their 32mm f1.2 CX lens and Canon is answering with a new lens of a totally different giant, a weight lifter's dream, the 200-400mm f4 SLR... Continue

New Mirrorless Lens Announcement: Nikon 32mm f1.2 CX 1-System, May 14, 2013
Nikon added a new lens today to their CX 1-System, it is the new 32mm f1.2 native focal length portrait lens with a starting price of $900. This is roughly a 85mm equivalent lens, thus the "portrait lens" designation. A... Continue

Zeiss Touits: lab test, hands-on video, samples of Fuji X Touits, and more [updated], May 11, 2013
More Zeiss Touits action! DSLR Magazine just published their testing report including their lab test charts and graphs for the Fuji X mount! You can also read it computer translated. Also included are two side-by-side scenes taken with the Zeiss... Continue

Zeiss blog: How the Zeiss Touit mirrorless system Lenses were developed, May 8, 2013
The official Zeiss blog has a new blog post featuring the development of the Touit lenses. The new Touit lenses are Zeiss's mirrorless system lenses, currently for Fuji X and Sony NEX. Their post includes lens design diagrams for the... Continue

The $1000 Samyang Tilt Shift Lens: Pixel-Peeped, Sampled and In-Stock Nao in both Samyang and Rokinon flavors, May 6, 2013
Samyang continues to challenge the lens market status quo and one of their latest challenges is a $1000 tilt shift lens. We have more action on this curiosity lens as follows: The Lens Rentals blog posted part #1 of their... Continue

Zeiss Naming Disaster: they call their Mirrorless Lenses "Touits", April 30, 2013
This is not a late April Fools Day joke! Zeiss has officially given a name to their mirrorless APS-C prime lens line for the Sony NEX e-mount and the Fuji X System. They call them "Touit". The Zeiss blog goes... Continue

New Dxomark Lab in Seattle allows for the Reviewing of Giant Lenses, April 29, 2013
The new Dxomark-dpreview lens test lab in Seattle has an additional benefit according to Dxomark, it allows for the reviewing of those giant bazooka giant big lenses! You can see a picture of the new lab test set-up using the... Continue

Curiosity factor: Samyang 24mm f3.5 Tilt Shift lens review, April 27, 2013
Samyang is pushing the envelope on the value frontier and giving the traditional lens manufacturers a run for their money, at least with some of their lenses. One new area where they apparently want to make in-roads is tilt-shift lenses.... Continue

Panasonic reveals second generation 14-140mm f3.5-5.6 OIS M43rds lens (with preproducton samples), April 23, 2013
Zoom zoom! Panasonic has announced a second generation Micro Four Thirds superzoom lens, the new 14-140mm f3.5-5.6 Power OIS! Panasonic 14-140mm Samples + six real world samples with pre-production version of the lens, on the new G6, at ePhotozine Panasonic... Continue

Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC Lens: Hands-on at dpreview and samples from Korea, April 22, 2013
The latest Curiosity Factor lens is the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC SLR lens! We have two new developments on this lens: + two page hands on report at dpreview (discussed in dpreview comments) + many sample pictures at Korean website... Continue

Zoom Wars Engulf the iPad as well - new 12x optical zoom lens for the iPad Mini, April 22, 2013
Fixed lens digital cameras and SLR/iLC zoom lenses are not the only ones swept by the superzoom ratio wars! The iPad/iDevices are also part of the Pinocchio-ing of lenses. Photojojo has announced a new 12x optical zoom lens for the... Continue

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