Category: 35mm

Spice up your old 35mm SLR with a one-of-a-kind hand crafted wooden grip

John Aldred

Despite being principal photographer for Jaguar World, Classics Monthly, Retro Cars and a number of other popular British car magazines, Chris Frosin always seems to find time for those photography-related-but-not-photography-itself personal projects. Chris and I have been friends for a few years, and we occasionally jump in a Google Hangout or get together in person to have a […]

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Kipon launches lens reducer, lets you put Hasselblad lenses on Sony E-mount cameras

Gannon Burgett

It’s unlikely you’ll have the desire to go back to full frame after shooting medium format. But in the event that you do, Kipon’s brand new reducing adapter will now let you use Hasselblad medium format lenses with your full-frame Sony E-mount camera bodies. The adapter works by reducing the size of the image circle, […]

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Fuji XF 35mm f/2 Hands-On and X-Pro2 Rumors Update

Eric Reagan

I don’t really have a whole lot to say about the new Fuji XF 35mm f/2 R WR lens other than its even smaller than I expected it to be. As you can see it mounted on the Fuji X-T10, it’s pretty compact – the X-T10 is already a pretty compact camera and the 35mm […]

The new Zeiss Milvus lenses target high-resolution Canon and Nikon DSLRs

Liron Samuels

Zeiss has launched its new line of full frame primes for Canon and Nikon DSLRs, called Milvus, with no less than six new lenses being announced today. Using an adapter, the Milvus lenses can also be used with Sony’s α7 mirrorless system. The lenses’ high contrast rendition, uniform color characteristics and low level of stray […]

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The new Zeiss Milvus lenses target high-resolution Canon and Nikon DSLRs

Liron Samuels

Zeiss has launched its new line of full frame primes for Canon and Nikon DSLRs, called Milvus, with no less than six new lenses being announced today. Using an adapter, the Milvus lenses can also be used with Sony’s α7 mirrorless system. The lenses’ high contrast rendition, uniform color characteristics and low level of stray […]

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Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS II USM Lens Patent

Eric Reagan

In a recently published patent application, Canon details a new 35mm f/2 lens. You can see the optical formula in the above diagram. The lens construction is 104.5mm long, so it is quite a bit longer than the current model at 62.6mm. The patent also covers a revised image stabilizing system to the current EF […]

Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM Lens Officially Unveiled

Eric Reagan

Canon has officially announced the EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM lens. It is the first lens with Canon’s newly-developed Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics (BR Optics), which uses organic material to “achieve a higher level of chromatic aberration correction than other existing technologies.” The lens is comprised of 14 elements in 11 groups and features Canon’s Sub-Wavelength […]

New Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 & 35mm f/1.4 Lenses Revealed in Patent

Eric Reagan

A recently published patent application from Canon reveals the development of new 50mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4 lenses, which use similar optical formulas. We know the new EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM lens is due any day now but a 50mm f/1.4 lens hasn’t really been on the radar even though the current EF 50mm f/1.4 […]