The very recently announced, much awaited highperformance super telephoto zoom from Canon is here. The new lens, like the earlier version, is designed for fullframe cameras but can be used on APS-C bodies. So what’s new with this lens? How does it perform? Read on... Design & Build Quality Canon’s new 100-400mm lens is a twist-type zoom (the earlier version was a … [Read more...]
Budget Medium Format!-Pentax 645 Z
It is not very often that we get medium format cameras for review, and let me start with a confession that I haven’t had the chance to review one till date. So I was excited, like most of you would be, when I got my hands on the Pentax 645Z medium format D-SLR. The 645Z is a 51.4 megapixel camera which, like all D-SLRs, comes in one piece, unlike modular systems that allow you … [Read more...]
Rapid Fire Champion!-Sony α 6000
Sony mirrorless cameras got a much needed push with the Alpha 7-series in the professional segment. The new 24.3-megapixel Sony Alpha 6000 boasts of the world’s fastest autofocus with 4D focus technology, which keeps the subject in sharp focus even while tracking fast action. The camera is a semiprofessional model in the line-up of Sony’s mirrorless cameras. Design and Build … [Read more...]
Just Mount and Submerge…!Nikon 1 AW1
Nikon’s mirrorless range of interchangeable lens cameras, being late entrants, have so far received a rather cold response from the customers, compared to some other competitors. But this time, Nikon is all set to set the markets on fi re with the world’s first waterproof interchangeable lens camera (not needing a waterproof housing). The 14.2-megapixel Nikon 1 AW1 is a … [Read more...]
The “Best Portrait Lens” money can buy!-Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus APO Planar T* Lens
Our apologies if the price has given you a sticker shock; but yes you have read it correctly and there is no printing error either! Th is lens is the second in the Otus series of ultra-premium grade lenses, the fi rst one being the 55mm f/1.4 Otus APO Distagon. Feedback from photographers, who used the latter, was a resounding “encore” and Zeiss has responded with this lens. Th … [Read more...]
