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After four long years of waiting, the Tokina AT-X 16.5-135 DX 16.5-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens has appeared on Polish market and we could test it finally. By reading our review of this lens, You can find out if it was really worth to wait for it. Read more >>>

Few months ago we informed about delay in production of Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical. Samyang take decision to partially redesign construction of the lens to improve some parameters. This decision was taken after careful testing first pre-production prototypes and among others after reading our review of this lens. Today Samyang announces the lens availability.

Almost two months ago Sigma Corporation anounced Sigma 17-70 mm f/2.8-4.0 DC Macro OS HSM zoom lens. Today we have a pleasure to show you some sample images shot with this lens mounted on Canon EOS 50D. Enjoy!

Tokina AT-X 16.5-135 DX 16.5-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 was officially anounced on March 2009. We had to wait almost one year for its real appearance on the market. But finally we can show you some sample images taken with this lens mounted on Canon EOS 50D. Enjoy!

A 300 mm focal length and f/2.8 aperture model is one of the classic journalistic lenses, ideal for sport or nature photos. Sigma has the cheapest instrument of these parameters on its offer. Although one has to pay 3000 $ for it, the prices of such instruments offered by other producers are even higher. Sigma 300 mm f/2.8 EX HSM APO looks very promising then, and we would like to present its full review today. Read more >>>

The 1st of September 2009 was a very good day for all Canon's products fans. On that day a new DSLR camera of this company was presented - the EOS 7D. There were also two lenses shown together with it: EF 100 mm f/2.8L IS USM and EF-S 15-85 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. The full review of the first one was already published on Lenstip a while ago. Today we would like to present our test results of the second lens. Enjoy! Read more >>>

One of the most popular fixed focal length lenses is the model with a maximum aperture of f/1.8 and a focal length of 50 mm. Every good lens manufacturer has it on its offer and often in a very good price. We've already published our test results of such an instrument produced by Canon. This time we would like to present our review of the Nikon Nikkor AF 50 mm f/1.8D lens. Enjoy! Read more >>>

The Olympus company has two prime macro lenses on its offer – a Zuiko Digital 35 mm f/3.5 and a Zuiko Digital 50 mm f/2.0 ED. Today we would like to present our test results of the second one. Enjoy! Read more >>>

On September the 9th Leica showed along with the M9 rangefinder camera a small and compact X1 model. Close to the end of 2009 we had a chance to test Leica X1 carefully. Because our review which we already published on December in Polish on Optyczne.pl was very popular, we've decided to translate it into English and present on Lenstip. Enjoy! Read more >>>

At the beginning of 2007 Sigma announced the launch of a new 18-200 mm zoom lens with the f/3.5-6.3 changeable aperture and, what’s important, with optical image stabilization. We have decided to test this interesting lens carefully and today we have the pleasure to present its full review. Read more >>>

Samyang company has informed that new lenses: Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 fish-eye and Samyang 85 mm f/1.4 with a mount for Olympus 4/3, have been released to the market. The lenses complete the series of mounts designed for Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax.

Our review of Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens was already published in Polish on Optyczne.pl over two years. Today we would like to present You its English version. Enjoy! Read more >>>

If we look at the current offer of Sony lenses and compare it to the instruments Minolta used to sell to its customers we’ll find just one lens which firstly, has the same parameters and secondly is a contemporary version or a slightly modified model of an older construction. We speak here of a Sony Zeiss Planar T* 85 mm f/1.4, which can be confronted with a Minolta AF 85 mm f/1.4 G D. Enjoy our article. Read more >>>

A 50 mm lens is one of the most classic devices in the assortment of every advanced photography enthusiast or every professional photographer. Today we would like to present our review of the Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4 USM lens. We have made its test on an APS-C sensor camera using Canon 20D and a full frame camera using Canon 1Ds MkIII. Enjoy! Read more >>>

At the end of 2007 the Sigma company announced the launch of two very interesting instruments - the Sigma 4.5 mm f/2.8 EX DC CIRCULAR FISHEYE HSM and the Sigma 10 mm f/2.8 EX DC FISHEYE HSM. The former is a typical circular "fisheye" for small sensors and we have already published its review a while ago. Today we would like to present our test results of the second lens. Enjoy! Read more >>>

Thanks to Delta company - Polish distributor of Samayang Optics products - we had the opportunity to ask some questions to Mr. Lee - Director of Sales & Marekting Samyang Optics. Read more >>>

In May 2008 Olympus announced the launch of a 9-18 mm focal length lens with the angle of view in the range from 100 to 62 degrees. This piece of news made the 4/3rds users very happy as, up to that point, they have had only a limited choice between an expensive 7-14 mm lens and the sought-after 11-22 mm when it comes to wide angle lenses. Today we have the pleasure to present our review of Olympus Zuiko Digital 11-22 mm f/2.8-3.5. Enjoy! Read more >>>

Our previous articles on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the F bayonet mount and the 90th anniversary of the Olympus company presented duels between old and new lenses of a given manufacturer. As these duels have proven to be hugely popular among our Readers, we decided to do the same thing with the Alpha mount lenses: Minolta AF 50 mm f/1.7 and Sony DT 50 mm f/1.8 SAM. Enjoy our article! Read more >>>

The current year’s day of 1st September will be a memorable and a happy moment for all Canon equipment enthusiasts. That day an EOS 7D reflex camera was presented to the whole world, along with three new interesting lenses: two universal zooms, a 15–85 mm f/3.5–5.6 IS USM and a18–135 mm f/3.5–5.6 IS and an L series lens EF 100 mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro. Our review of the last device we have the pleasure to present now. Enjoy! Read more >>>

At the end of 2007, Sigma announced the launch of two new „fisheye” type lenses of focal lengths 4.5 and 10 mm, designed for use with small APS-C/DX sensors. They are both extremely interesting instruments and as soon as they were available in Poland we have decided to test them. At the beginning we would like to present our review of Sigma 4.5 mm f/2.8 model. Enjoy! Read more >>>

In March 2006 the Pentax company informed about launching a new Limited series lens on the market. It was supposed to be a 70 mm f/2.4 model and it was scheduled to hit shop shelves in October. We tested this lens already in September 2007 and published our review on Optyczne.pl then. Today we have the pleasure to present an English version of this review. Enjoy! Read more >>>

The Canon EF 300 mm f/4L IS USM lens was launched in March 1997 as a successor of an EF 3000 mm f/4L USM lens without stabilization, introduced in December 1991. This high class telephoto lens is a very interesting proposition for advanced amateurs or even professionals. Is it worth the amount of money which one has to pay for it? We've decided to check this carefully and we present its review today. Enjoy! Read more >>>

In September 2007, along with an A700 reflex camera, a Sony DT 16-105 MM F/3.5-5.6 lens hit shop shelves. It is very interesting construction, which doesn't have its equivalent in any other system. So even with the bigger curiosity we've checked how the company managed to deal with this difficult task. Our opinion is presented in this review. Enjoy!

In March 2007, together with the camera Nikon D40x, a new lens of this company was lunched - Nikkor AF-S DX 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR. It's a zoom telephoto lens of lower price class, equipped also with an image stabilization system. The lens is quite old. We tested it already a long time ago and published our results in Polish on Optyczne.pl. Today we have the pleasure to present You an English version of our review of this lens. Enjoy! Read more >>>

At the beginning of March 2007 the Olympus company announced the launch of four new Zuiko lenses. Among them was the Zuiko Digital ED 12-60 mm f/2.8-4.0 SWD model – a lens unique in more than one way. Very nice focal length range with a wide angle, good fastness, an ultra-sonic SWD motor and a fully sealed barrel these are some of advantages of this lens. We've decided to carefully check this instrument and we can present its full review today. Enjoy! Read more >>>

While preparing our polarizing filters test supplement we decided to update also our UV filters test which lacked for example the Cokin company products. Our new review includes also some Hoya HD, Fomei, King and Samyang filters. Enjoy! Read more >>>

On September 9th, 2009 a full frame Leica M9 appeared on the market. This gives as a very good opportunity to test how rangefinder optics work on a full frame digital sensor. At the beginning we've decided to check carefully a classic lens - Leica Summicron-M 50 mm f/2.0. We have a pleasure to present its full review toady. Enjoy! Read more >>>

We've decided to present You toady a review of a quite old lens - Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 Macro USM. That lens was launched in 2000 substituting its predecessor which lacked an USM motor and internal focusing. It’s perhaps worth testing how it operates on contemporary reflex cameras. Enjoy! Read more >>>

We've decided to present You today, our review of Sigma 120-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 APO DG OS HSM telephoto lens. It's a very interesting instrument, equipped with an optical stabilization system, HSM motor and it contains some SLD glass elements. Enjoy! Read more >>>

Pentax smc DA 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 AL II lens is the successor of a Pentax smc P-DA 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 AL “kit” lens. The previous “kit”, having decent optical properties, a metal mount, a fully usable manual focus ring and a distance scale was one of the better “kit lenses” on the market. We were very curious whether the new lens is better than its predecessor, so we've decided to check this and we present its full review now. Enjoy! Read more >>>