Photography

Lens manufacturer Samyang has introduced a new wideangle lens to its VDSLR MK2 full frame cine series in the shape of the 14mm T3.1 VDSLR MK2. This brings to series to five lenses in total and takes the focal ranges covered to 14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm. Like the other lenses in MK2 series the 14mm offers weather-proofing, a 9-bladed iris as well as distance and aperture scales on the side…

Roger and Aaron are back at it again for Lensrentals, this time with a teardown of a Canon RF 100–500mm F4.7–7.1 lens with a little secret inside. As Roger tells it, Lensrentals has come across ‘several’ copies of Canon’s RF 100–500mm F4.7–7.1 lens with a cracked element inside. He believes this crack occurs during shipping, but notes that ‘if you’ve ever rented from…

Roger Cicala of Lensrentals noticed that multiple copies of the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 returned to the warehouse with the same visible crack in an internal element. Why it kept happening was a mystery. Cicalas initial assumption was that it had to do with Canon’s change in the optical stabilization system, which no longer locks down like it did in previous lenses. If you shook an older…

Introduction The Fujifilm GF 30mm F3.5 R WR is a fairly compact wide-angle prime lens for the company’s GFX system of medium format digital cameras. Giving users an equivalent field of view to a 24mm lens on full-frame systems, the 30mm F3.5 is a great option for landscape and architectural photographers especially, though if you get along with the 24mm-equivalent focal length, it can…