Category: Lens Reviews

[nextpage title=”Introduction”] Canon 17-40mm f4 v Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 v Zeiss 21mm f2.8 Distagon [published march 2007] The first time I tested a lens purposefully was in 2001. I’d bought a Canon 17-40mm f4 L for the 1Ds Mark I and couldn’t believe the results I was getting – in a bad way. The incredulous […]

[nextpage title=”Introduction”] Canon 16-35mm f2.8 II v Leica 19mm f2.8 v Olympus 18mm f3.5 [published may 2007] I had two questions in mind when preparing this test: first, can the new Mark II Canon 16-35mm f2.8 L cut the mustard where no mustard has previously been cut by Canon? And second, what is the best […]

Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 G v Contax Vario Sonnar 17-35mm f2.8 v Contax 21mm f2.8 [published january 2008] Very few zoom lenses behave consistently from end to end. Most are deliberately optimised for wide- or long-biased performance; some vary that way accidentally from sample to sample. It is probably more common for lens to be at […]

Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 G v Canon 16-35mm f2.8 L II v Contax Vario Sonnar 17-35mm f2.8 [published January 2008] Continuing our series of Canon 1Ds Mark III tests of the Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 G, we move up to 17mm where the stiffest competition is offered by the Contax N Vario Sonnar 17-35mm f2.8, adapted by […]

[Published December 2007] At this point, we’re simply presenting the test results without further comment. These are among the first detailed samples presented of Canon’s latest Mark II 14mm used on the 22MP 1Ds III, and the very first pictures ever shot using Nikon’s 14-24mm f2.8 G on the Canon 1Ds III. The pictures speak […]

[Published September 2007] As eagerly anticipated parcels arrive across the world, initial samples are appearing online: everyone wants to know about Nikon’s groundbreaking ultrawide zoom, the 14-24mm f2.8 G. Most copies of this lens are destined for use on the Nikon D3: the fruitage of many years furtive full frame development in order to rival […]