Sigma has announced the recommended price and availability date of the highly anticipated Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens. The 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens will be available late April for $949 in the USA. Sigma 50mm f/1.4 recently shaked the lens world with its head-to-head performance to legendary $4.000 Zeiss 55mm F.14 Otus lens. so at only $949, it ...
Read More »Lensbaby Announces 5.8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye Lens
Lensbaby has announced 5.8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye full manual Lens for Canon and Nikon APS-C size sensor cameras, providing an extreme wideangle of view of 185º (anything beyond 180º means that it sees behind itself, don’t ask me how!). It is a bit pricey at $300 but I have to say that it is actually a better constructed and more serious looking lens than ...
Read More »Reminder: Canon L Series Lenses Rebates Ending Today!
Canon’s mail-in rebate program for the following ‘L’ series lenses ends today, so this may be your last chance! Follow the links below for further details: EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM – $150.00 EF 17-40mm f/4L USM – $150.00 EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM – $100.00 EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM – $200.00 EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM – $200.00 EF 70–200mm f/2.8L USM – $200.00 EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM – $100.00 EF 70–200mm f/4L USM – $80.00 EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM – $200.00 ...
Read More »Canon Mail-in Rebates on ‘L’ Lenses up to $200
If you are on the market for a Canon L lens, don’t miss this opportunity. Canon has announced a new mail-in rebate program on 20 of its ‘L’ series lenses, with rebates up to $200. Follow the links below for further details: EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM – $150.00 EF 17-40mm f/4L USM – $150.00 EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM – $100.00 EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM – $200.00 EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM – $200.00 ...
Read More »New Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens Tested against Zeiss Otus 55mm
The soon to be released Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens has been tested against the already legendary Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus Xitek published the first comparison images of the new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens against three other lenses: Sony Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 ZA SSM, the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 58mm f/1.4G, and the Otus Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus Sigma has ...
Read More »Upcoming Sony FE Mount Lenses: Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss Sony 90mm G Macro
More exciting ‘unofficial’ news about Sony FE mount is coming from kakaku.com, a Japanese photography website. We all know the roadmap published by Sony below; Sony mentioned that they will be releasing two Zeiss lenses and one Sony G in 2014 but haven’t given any information about focal lengths or apertures. According to the rumor, these are the specs of ...
Read More »Hoya 77mm 2.7 (9-Stop) ND Filter for only $49
If you want to dive in to the sea of daytime long exposure photography, this is one of the easiest and cheapest way to do so: B&H sells Hoya 77mm neutral density (ND) 2.7 filter with HMC coating which gives a you a huge 9-stop for only $49 (down from $77). And you can always put on a cheap step ...
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