Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Zeiss Touit Confusions: Updated

It appear’s there is some confusion about the manufacture rebate form posted by Adorama that was pulled and I am doing my best to straiten it out for readers. I read all of the related materials multiple time and there are no clear restrictions preventing its use, further I contacted the rebate center at 1-800-953-3098 to see if […]

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Zeiss Touit Lenses and More on Sale

Adorama has a compelling package at the moment that deeply discounts the Zeiss Touit’s series of lenses along with a manufacture rebate form. The form is not site specific so it will work fine if you buy from any authorized manufacture, but at this time Adorama is providing the biggest package. B&H Photo also has a 3 lens […]

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Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R vs Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux M ASPH Video Results

Surprisingly everyone that ventured a guess on the site, in person and on Youtube, did so correctly. The Brielle Murch video is indeed the one filmed with a Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux M ASPH. Surprisingly, no one mentioned the different exposure as being the primary reason for picking one video over the other. Youtube introduced more compression […]

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The Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R vs Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux M ASPH

Last night I was filming with the Fujifilm X-Pro 2 again to test manual video recording and I decided it would be interesting to do a comparison. I wanted to try something extreme, the FujiFilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R vs Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical. I moved the camera to try to match the field of view and I focused on the most stationary person before […]

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The Mitakon Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Version II is Now Available

Zhong Yi Optics has announced their new updated Mitakon Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Version II for X Mount/E Mount/EOS-M and it is available at Adorama.

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The Samyang Reflex 300mm f/6.3 ED UMC CS Lens Review: Adding a Mirror to a Mirrorless Camera

Like many photographers, most of my photographs have been taken with sub 100mm lenses over the years. Sure, I have experimented with various telephoto zooms, but I never found them to be convenient tools for a photographer not specializing in nature, sports or any other instance where you can’t zoom with your feet. So, I […]

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