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Introduction

In the last 12 months, I have tested several 7Artisans AF lenses, and I have been pleasantly surprised every time. Most recently, I tested their amazing 135mm f/1.8 MAX.

Now, 7Artisans has introduced the second lens in its MAX series: a 10mm f/2.5 fisheye. It has at least three advantages over the fisheye lenses we have tested before: it offers aut...

Adox Color Misson 200

Adox Color Mission 200 is apparently some old film stock which is being sold by a shop in Germany. I wasn’t overly happy with most of the films with a similar background. Will this one change my mind?
Processing (C-41) and scanning was done at urbanfilmlab in Germany, the pictures in this article are from one roll of film.

Minolta CLE ...

Introduction

Christmas is around the corner so everyone wants to sell their goods in November. The industry came up with a bunch of stuff like Single’s Day and Black Friday and many camera and lens manufacturers are also using this opportunity. In this article I will collect the deals I think are actually worthwhile.
Thypoch was the first to start their campaign thi...

Introduction Nikon Z 35mm 1.2 S Nikkor on Nikon Zf

While Sigma already released a 35mm 1.2 fullframe AF lens in 2019, until early 2025 none of the three major camera manufacturers had a lens matching these specifications in their portfolio. The first (and still the only one by mid 2026) to change that is Nikon with this Nikon Z 35mm 1.2 S Nikkor. I cannot say I was impressed ...

Introduction

Sirui entered the AF stills lens market in 2023, after having already established itself with a range of anamorphic lenses. We reviewed the AF Aurora 85mm last year, thanks to a reader who loaned his lens to Bastian. We were impressed by its overall performance, and especially by its bokeh.

The 35mm f/1.4 is the second lens in the Aurora series, an...