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Nigel Crowley

Kit Zooms – Vintage or Modern? Which One is the Best?

Camera manufacturers have been supplying kit zooms with new cameras for many years. They’re versatile lenses and can be used in a wide range of shooting conditions and offer a range of focal lengths in one lens. In the days…

Unlock the Magic of Vintage: The Must-Have Vintage 50mm Lenses for Your Camera in 2023

I do like a nice bit of background blur, and there are a few better ways to make it than with a 50mm f1.4 vintage lens. Why a 50mm? Because they’re small, light and portable, they’ll make blur close to…

Best 5 Vintage Wide-Angle Lenses Under $300 In 2023

Vintage lenses are fantastic pieces of glass that give images a different feel from modern lenses. Most of them were designed before the advent of computers – their optical systems were calculated the old school way, so they have some…

Viltrox 13mm f1.4 for Fujifilm X-T3 Review

The Viltrox 13mm f1.4 is a wide-angle, autofocus, prime lens that’s capable of making some outstanding images. If you want to know the latest wide-angle lens from Viltrox, please check Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 Full Frame Lens Review It’s made…

TTArtisans 90mm f1.25 Review (Good-Budget Lens)

The TTArtisans 90mm f1.25 is a new manual focus, full-frame lens that’s great for street and general photography, but its long focal length and very fast aperture mean that it’s particularly attuned to portrait shooting. It brings a unique look…

7 Artisans 50mm f0.95 Full Review in 2023

Some lenses make a blur, and some lenses create a blur. And then there are lenses like this one. This is undoubtedly it if you’re looking for a lens that makes just about the most blur possible for a very…

7 Artisans 60mm f2.8 Macro II Review

Prices:$179.00 The world of the very small is a truly fascinating one. It’s all around us but we very rarely see it! It’s a world that’s very different from our own, a world where ants and insects rule like gigantic…

TTArtisan 17mm F1.4 Wide-Angle Lens Review

There are plenty of wide angle vintage lenses to be had quite cheaply, but those are full frame lenses, and on crop sensor bodies like aps-c and micro four thirds they’re not very wide at all. And that’s where this…