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At the Photokina 2014 the Nikon company presented the Nikon AF-S 20 mm f/1.8G ED. There are not many fast, full frame ultra wide-angle “primes” available on the market so we've decided to test this interesting lens as soon as it was possible. Today we would like to present our review. Enjoy!

The first unofficial announcement of the Carl Zeiss Otus 85 mm f/1.4 appeared already in December 2013. The official launch, though, took place only in September 2014 during the Photokina fair when the final specimens of the new lens were presented to the testers and users alike. Today we have the pleasure to present our review of this interesting lens. Enjoy!

Our holiday trips prevented us from testing the Tokina AT-X PRO FX SD 70-200 f/4 VCM-S as fast as we would like to. Now the holiday season is over though and today we would like to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

In December 2013 the Fujifilm company officially presented the Fujinon XF 10-24 mm f/4R OIS. We had to wait several months though until it actually hit the shelves. However, as soon as it was possible we ordered it for our tests, and today we can present our review. Enjoy!

When it comes to lenses with a focal length from 14 to 20 mm in the Micro 4/3 system, there is a quite significant group of devices. Olympus has two models, the 2.8/17 and the 1.8/17 and Panasonic – two versions of the 1.7/20 model, the “pancake” 2.5/14 and its latest launch, the Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15 mm f/1.7 ASPH which is going to feature in our test. Enjoy!

In May 2014 a new Canon ultra-wide angle zoom lens, the EF 16-35 mm f/4.0L IS USM model, was launched on the market. We have managed to obtain one specimen very quickly and now we are able to present the results of its optical and mechanical performance test. Enjoy!

In May 2014 Canon announced the EF-S 10–18 mm f/4.5–5.6 IS STM model. It is a very important and really attention-grabbing launch. As soon as the lens was available in Poland we wanted to test it. Today we have the pleasure to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

With the introduction of cheaper Fujifilm mirrorless cameras a cheaper XC class kit lens - Fujinon XC 16–50 mm f/3.5–5.6 OIS - was offered. We decided to check its possibilities more closely and today we would like to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

Please enjoy the gallery of sample images taken with the Canon EF 16-35 mm f/4L IS USM lens attached to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III body. As usual, all images are JPEG files straight from the camera with sharpening and noise reduction levels set to the minimal values.

The 18–200 mm Sigma lenses follow an old tradition. At the beginning of 2014 they presented another lens of that series, the C 18–200 mm f/3.5–6.3 DC Macro OS HSM. We've had an opportunity to test this lens recently, and today we would like to present our review. Enjoy!

Wide-angle lens, able to provide an field of view of 100 degrees, constitute a very important part of the optical market. Practically every manufacturer offers such devices for APS-C/DX sensors but in the majority of cases these are zoom lenses with quite average aperture fastness. At the end of 2013 Samyang has presented the new lens 10 mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS. Today we would like to present its review. Enjoy!

The list of fixed focal length lenses in the Nikon offer is growing systematically. One of the recent launches in this segment is the Nikkor AF-S 35 mm f/1.8G ED. Today we have the pleasure to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

The Tamron 16-300 mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO lens is an interesting megazoom instrument for amateur photographer. It may be a good choice for every trip, as it provides a wide angle of view and really good maximum focal length. Today we would like to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

Lately the Korean Samyang company decided to launch the lens Samyang 12 mm f/2.0 NCS CS, a truly unique instrument, designed to mirrorless cameras with an APS-C sensor, which tries to combine an angle of view of 99.5 degrees with f/2.0. Today we would like to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

Please enjoy the gallery of sample images taken with the Samyang 10 mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS lens attached to the Canon EOS 50D body. As usual, all images are JPEG files straight from the camera with sharpening and noise reduction levels set to the minimal values.