NiSi 15mm f4 Review (with NiSi 15mm f4 vs Laowa 15mm f2)

Until recently, NiSi was a brand you would only associate with lens filters, and they have received a lot of positive feedback from the photography community over the years. I too was left with a very good impression when I had the chance to try the V5 Pro kit a …

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Olympus 150-400mm f4.5 Pro Review (vs Canon 800mm f5.6)

The Olympus 150-400mm f4.5 Pro is the largest and most expensive micro four thirds lens released to date. It was highly anticipated by wildlife professionals and enthusiasts before the official price cooled the hype. Has Olympus gone too far, or is this a “one of kind” lens that you won’t find elsewhere?

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Fujifilm 50mm f1 vs 56mm f1.2 vs 50mm f2 vs Viltrox 56mm 1.4 – Fuji Portrait Lenses

There is a lot of choice these days when it comes to short telephoto lenses for portraits within the Fujifilm X-mount system. In addition to various manual focus products, there are now no fewer than 8 lenses ranging from 50mm to 90mm (75mm to 135mm equivalent).

In this comparison, we take a look at four of them: three made by Fujifilm itself, including the world’s first AF lens with a 1.0 aperture, and one made by Viltrox, which is currently one of the only third-party brand to design autofocus lenses for Fuji users.

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Olympus 100-400mm vs Panasonic 100-400mm – The complete comparison

Over the past few years, Panasonic and Olympus have put in considerable effort to build a reliable and versatile system for wildlife photography. Today users have access a good range of products when it comes to both cameras and lenses.

Up until now, the two companies have managed to release lenses that complement one another without competing directly in terms of focal length, aperture and size. For example, Lumix has a 200mm 2.8 whereas Olympus went for a 300mm f/4.

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