Voigtlander 15mm v Sigma 12-24mm

[nextpage title=”Introduction”] [Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 15mm f4.5 v Sigma 12-24mm f4.5-5.6 [published january 2006] The Canon 5D/Voigtlander Rangefinder The Voigtlander 15mm f4.5. Where on earth are you going to put THAT? First: yes, you can use Voigtlander’s true wide angle lenses on Canon digital cameras: here’s my 15mm f4.5 SL on an EOS 5D. …

Wide-Angle Hall of Fame

[nextpage title=”12-15mm”] 12-15mm Hall of Fame [nextpage title=”17-21mm”] 17-21mm hall of fame Despite being a highly desirable focal length for landscape,interiors and architectural photographers, at the time of writing no uncompromised retrofocus SLR lens exists that can resolve to the limit of the latest 13MP and 16MP 35mm sensors across the frame. This may come …

14mm Group Test

[nextpage title=”Introduction”] Canon 14mm f2.8 L v Nikon 14mm f2.8 EDIF v Sigma 12-24mm f4.5-5.6 DG [published march 2006] So you’ve got your killer wide angle zoom: either the Canon 16-35mm L or the (better) Nikon 17-35mm AFS – or, if the budget won’t quite stretch (but the field of view must) you’re working around …

Canon 16-35mm v Nikon 17-35mm

[nextpage title=”Introduction”] Canon 16-35mm f2.8 L (Mark 1) v Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 AFS [Published March 2006] Over here, Nikonians; over there, Canonites – and ne’er the twain meet. Team Nikon loves its 17-35 and Camp Canon loves its 16-35. Each claims the superiority of its champion but rarely are they tested head to head. Nikon-EOS …

Sigma 12-24mm v Nikon 15mm

[nextpage title=”Introduction”] Nikon 15mm f3.5 AIS v Sigma 12-24mm f3.5-4.5 [published may 2006] As King Solomon advised: “Don’t say: ‘Why were the olden days so much better than these?’ It is not due to wisdom that you have asked this.” Proverbs were so much better then. Yet for Nikon users it’s true: in many cases …