50mm f1.4

First Impressions: Sony Zeiss 50mm F1.4 (Sony A Mount)

by Chris Gampat on 02/28/2013

When Sony’s new Zeiss branded 50mm f1.4 lens was announced, we were excited. The Sony Zeiss glass is often amongst some of the best with micro-contrast built in, sharpness, and most of all–autofocusing built in. Then the company announced the crazy price. We were given a chance to fondle the lens, but not put the pre-production sample that we saw a camera to test the image quality yet. From what we saw so far, we’re not sure that it may be worth the price but it does surely show lots of promise.

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Wondering Which Canon and Nikon Lenses Sell Best at Amazon?

by Felix Esser on 02/22/2013

Well, here’s your answer:

Canon Lens Top Sellers

Nikon Lens Top Seller

AF-S 35mm f1.8G DX — $196.95
AF-S 55-200mm f4-5.6G ED IF VR DX — $214.15
AF-S 50mm f1.4G SIC SW — $469

Looking to buy any of these? Click the links above to be directed to the respective Amazon.com product page. Hurry up though, because some of these have only a couple units left in stock.

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Using my Dad’s Old Manual K-Mount Lenses on Micro Four Thirds

by Felix Esser on 12/25/2012

Felix Esser The Phoblographer Panasonic G1 + K-mount Lenses

FLTR: Panasonic G1 + Lumix 20/1.7, Tokina 135/2.8, Revuenon 50/1.8 + K->MFT adapter

When my dad gave me his old Pentax ME SLR last year, it came with three lenses: a Cosinon 28mm f2, a Revuenon 50mm f1.4, and a Tokina 135mm f2.8. The body was in pretty bad shape, though. Not only did it have lots of dents and scratches and parts of the leatherette missing, it also had massive light leaks and would scratch the negatives I ran through it. So I decided to buy an adapter to use the K-mount lenses on my Micro Four Thirds camera — one of the best purchases I ever made.

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Review: Sony A99

by Chris Gampat on 12/16/2012

We’ve been working with the Sony A99 for around a month now after having played with it a lot during the Media Excursion out in California. Though our experiences are a little different than what they were before, the Sony A99 still represents the premium of what Sony currently has to offer for the professional and high end enthusiast. In many ways, the A99 is really quite an awesome camera and even almost made me switch systems. However, it still wasn’t quite there.

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(UDATED) Cheap Photo: Canon’s 50mm f1.4 is $299 at B&H Photo

by Chris Gampat on 12/04/2012

Go humans! Go! Add it to cart to see the special come up! But there’s more where that came from.

- Sony Class 10 SDHC 32GB card for $14.95

- SanDisk SD card specials

- Used Canon 60D (Body only) $599.95

- 60D Bundle for $1,299

- Nikon V1 with 10-30mm lens for $299.00

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Quick Informal Lens Comparison: Canon 35mm f1.4 L vs Sigma 35mm f1.4

by Chris Gampat on 11/29/2012

I recently wrote about selling all of my Canon glass and going all Sigma. One of the biggest reasons: Canon has been letting me down as of late and one of the best and most affordable ways to take advantage of what my 5D Mk II can do is to use newer glass. As it is, Sigma’s 50mm f1.4 is better than the Canon 50mm f1.4 and Canon’s 85mm f1.2 L USM II is only a bit better than Sigma’s 85mm f1.4, but the latter beats Canon’s 85mm f1.8 USM.

That left one lens in the bag: the 35mm f1.4. Initial tests have come out testing the lens. Here’s a super quick and very informal comparison of the two; and this will be the first of a couple.

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