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About two weeks ago we published our review of a pancake lens designed for The Micro Four Thirds system - Panasonic LUMIX G 20 mm f/1.7 ASPH. Today we would like to present our test results of another Panasonic pancake lens - LUMIX G 14 mm f/2.5 ASPH. Enjoy!

In days of analogues amateur megazooms were relatively popular but then you could meet 28-200 mm more often than 28-300 mm class lenses. It doesn’t mean, though, that the latter were totally non-existent. Such cheap constructions were offered by Sigma and Tamron. Canon was an exception to that rule as in 2004 it offered a 28-300 mm model but belonging to the professional L series, so big, solid and heavy. Today we would like to present our review of the Nikon Nikkor AF-S 28-300 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens. Enjoy!

Manual lenses, produced nowadays, enjoy quite a wide circle of fans. Among these fans, in spite of appearances, there are not only people with fond memories of good old times when there were no autofocus lenses on the market at all. We have the great pleasure therefore to present today our review of the Voigtlander Ultron 40 mm f/2 SL II Aspherical lens. Enjoy!

Canon has had so far two 70–200 mm f/2.8 lenses – a device without stabilization, presented in 1995, and a stabilized version, launched worldwide six years later. Few months ago company launched a third lens of this type - Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8L IS II USM. We have the pleasure to present its full review. Enjoy!

Small mirrorless cameras are very popular nowadays. Many companies have different models of these type of camera and The Micro Four Thirds system is the most popular among them. The number of lenses designed for this system is already quite high and one of the most interesting is Panasonic LUMIX G 20 mm f/1.7 ASPH. Today we have the pleasure to present its review. Enjoy!

We encourage you to look at the sample photos taken by the Nikkor AF-S 28-300 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens mounted to the Nikon D3x camera. As always, we use the JPEG files straight from the camera, with noise reduction off and at with the lowest available level of sharpening.

On June 2006 Sony announced the launch of its new reflex camera called the Sony Alpha 100 and the whole range of lenses, under the names of Zeiss and Sony as well. At the very beginning the Alpha 100 was sold with two lenses: the kit Sony DT 18-70 mm f/3.5-5.6 and the Sony 75-300 mm f/4.5-5.6. Today we would like to present our review of the first of them. Enjoy!

We invite you to look at sample photos taken by the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM lens mounted to the Canon EOS 1D Mk IV camera. As usual we used JPEG files straight from the camera with the lowest available level of sharpening, the lowest compression, and noise reduction off.

In February 2005 Sigma announced the launch of an ultra wideangle lens designed to work on reflex cameras with small APS-C/DX sensors. The focal lengths of the lens are in the range from 10 to 20 mm and the maximum relative aperture to change from 4.0 to 5.6. We would like to present our review of this instrument. Enjoy!

The Tamron 17-35 mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical (IF) is the full frame ultra wide-angle zoom lens which gives angles of view from 103.6 to 63.4 degrees. In case of an APS-C/DX class sensor cameras it is a quite good substitute of a kit lens, being the equivalent of a 26-54 mm instrument. Today we would like to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

Lenses with f/1.4 apertures and the focal length in the 50-58 mm range are among the most popular and also the most classic fixed focal devices on the market. The next lens of this class which has found its way to our editorial office is the Voigtlander Nokton 58 mm f/1.4 SL II - a classic manual device with the logo of one of legendary German companies. We have the pleasure to present its full review. Enjoy!

In June 2006 was launched the first reflex digital camera from Panasonic, marked with the DMC L1 symbol. The company implemented an interesting strategy because they decided to sell it as an inseparable set with the Leica D Vario-Elmarit 14-50 mm f/2.8-3.5 Asph Mega O.I.S. Today we would like to present our review of this lens. Enjoy!

Enjoy our sample gallery of images taken by the new Leica D-LUX 5 camera and RAW to JPEG comparision of the scene phtotographed in the studio. Please remember that the camera was pre-production sample and final quality of the images might be slightly different.

We are pleased to present a gallery of photos taken using a new Leica V-LUX 2 camera. Please note that all the photos were taken by pre-production camera. The noise reduction and sharpenning were set to the lowest possible values.

Right before the PMA fairs, which took place from 31 January to 2 February 2008, the Sony company announced a launch of two new lenses. One of them was the Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar 24-70 mm f/2.8 T* SSM. Today we would like to present our review of this lens.