The Laowa 7.5mm f/2 is a manual focus prime lens with an equivalent field of view of 15mm in 35mm format, making it the widest rectilinear prime for the Micro Four Thirds system. Due to its fast aperture, extreme wide angle, and highly compact design, it is certain to appeal to aerial, astro, landscape and architectural photographers, as […]
Third-Party Lens Reviews
Samyang-Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 Autofocus Review for Sony E-mount
Samyang-Rokinon is a leader in the production of high quality, affordable manual focus lenses for digital cameras, so it came as a surprise when the brand announced not one, but two autofocus lenses for Sony E-mount this year: the wide-angle 14mm f/2.8 and the standard 50mm f/1.4, the latter of which is the subject of […]
Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III Review for Sony E-mount
The second lens in the Voigtlander trio is also the narrowest of the three – if you can call 15mm narrow! This wide-angle lens, originally designed for the Leica M-mount and later updated for native use on Sony E-mount cameras, shares quite a few characteristics with the 10mm I reviewed last week, so don’t be […]
Voigtlander 10mm f/5.6 Hyper Wide Heliar Review for Sony E-Mount
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of testing the three new Voigtlander Heliar lenses for the Sony E-mount on our A7r II (review here). I love the challenge of working with extreme wide-angles and having read very positive reviews of the M-mount versions of these lenses, I couldn’t wait to try […]
Better late than never! – Samyang / Rokinon 12mm f/2 review (Fuji X-mount, Sony E-mount)
Over the past few months, we have been sharing numerous articles that focus on Samyang CS lenses designed for mirrorless cameras. In the specific CS category, there is one lens that we cannot skip even though it is no longer new: the 12mm f/2. It is one of the best deals you can find for your mirrorless APS-C […]