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Arsat 30mm f/3.5

Ideal for Reduced Frame Digitaland it’s Cheap Like Borscht How about a medium format rectangular fish-eye lens that will cover 645 medium format and that...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Canon 800mm f/5.6

Which from the look of this photograph, I should as well. Canon’s new800mm f/5.6L IS USMwon’t be everyone’s cup of tea. At US $12,000 it’s...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Zeiss Distagon 18mm f/3.5

TheZeiss Distagon 18mm f/3.5is a strange duck. Designed in Germany by one of the worlds most honoured and oldest lens makers, and made in Japan,...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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5 minutes read


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Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG

Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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500 vs 600

Few lenses intrigue nature photographers more than super telephotos — 400mm to 600mm lenses with apertures of f/4 or wider. These are serious lenses, both...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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Sigma 14mm

Make it Really Wide My standard wide-angle lens when I work in 35mm is theCanon 17~35mm f/2.8L. This is a very versatile lens and provides...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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9 minutes read


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Bigma and Widema Head South

Bigma Widema Sigma lenses have a mixed reputation – neither uniformly good not unformly bad. There are a few lenses in that company’s line though...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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5 minutes read


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Leica 16-18-21mm f/4 Tri-Elmar Field Report

In 1998 Leica introduced theTri-Elmar (TE),offering 28, 35 and 50mm focal lengths in one lens. Though not a zoom lens, it was the first lens...
Michael Reichmann

Michael Reichmann

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January 13, 2009

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11 minutes read