Lenses & Accessories
Tamron has announced a new, fast APS-C standard zoom. Introducing the 16-50mm f/2.8 A, a highly practical everyday lens capable of capturing everything from expansive landscapes and architecture to group and individual portraits—all while maintaining a fast constant aperture.
First up, we have the focal length. 16-50mm is a popular range for kit lenses, with Nikon, Fujifilm, and Sony users seeing an effective focal range of 24-75mm and Canon seeing closer to
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The choice of a lens can be a critical decision to make on the field. Your choice of lens can affect the way the story is told through the image. Photographer Joe McNally breaks down some of his work and goes in depth on what lens he used and how he got the shot.
0:00 - Intro
5:17 - Old lenses compared to newer ones
10:15 - Long lenses
17:19 - Wide-angle lenses
27:23 - Longer lenses for portraits
32:35 - Working for National Geographic
37:23 - Working with Nikon testing their new lenses
52:48 - Photographing corporate jobs
1:09:16 - The
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Photographer Jeff Cable has photographed many years of the Olympics, personal events, wildlife, and various other genres. His choice of lens matter for each one. Jeff goes over some of his favorite images and breaks down how he got the shot and what lens he used.
0:00 Intro
3:17 Every lens has a use
9:40 Zoom vs. Prime - Photo review
48:30 Aperture
55:14 Upcoming photo tours / Closing
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Sony is debuting the E-mount system’s first-ever fisheye zoom lens, the FE 8-14mm f/3.5 G lens. By rectifying an existing gap in their lineup, Sony aims to provide hybrid content creators with a compact full-frame optic that captures the fisheye’s unique perspective without sacrificing image quality.
Sony FE 8-14mm
Venus Optics has once again delivered a game changing tool for close focus with the Laowa Aksen 45mm and 17.5mm Coaxial Illumination lenses. These lightweight, ultra-macro lenses have a fixed focal distance and feature an innovative internal parfocal zoom system for easy magnification adjustments.
First up, let’s look at the 45mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro APO. As hinted at in the name, this
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Whether it's for recording audio or lighting a portrait, everyone has a piece of gear that's their go-to. Clare asks B&H's employees and customers what they think is the best piece of gear that stands the test of time. Big-ticket items like cameras, lenses, or audio interfaces made the list, but sometimes the less-flashy gear that is the unsung hero of the creative process.
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - What's Everyone's Go-To?
Traveling with our camera gear can be a daunting experience, especially as we start expanding our arsenal of lenses. Picking the right lens for the job is a challenge in itself, and now we're finding the space to pack it among our clothes and other essentials. Wouldn't it be nice if we had one lens to do it all?
Luckily, such lenses do exist, and these travel-ready all-in-one zooms come in a variety of mounts, some brand specific, and others available for many different cameras. In today's guide, we're covering the best travel zooms for full
The original MOFAGE POCO lens adapter grew from a Kickstarter hit to an industry mainstay, and now its successor is here. The POCO II Drop-In Filter Adapter has the same core feature set as the original, but adds an interchangeable front mount, a redesigned inner chamber for increased lens compatibility, and a more lightweight overall build.
MOFAGE POCO II
After a 2025 spent celebrating its 100th birthday, Leica returns to market with its first new camera of 2026, the SL3-P Mirrorless Camera. Accompanied in its release by two new lenses, the APO-Macro-Elmarit-SL 100mm f/2.8 and the
Tamron has just announced that the 17-70mm f/2.8 DI III-A VC RXD lens is coming to the Nikon Z and Canon RF mounts. This fast-aperture standard zoom, compatible with APS-C format cameras, has long been a popular choice for Sony and Fujifilm shooters, offering a broad zoom range and stellar image quality throughout.
The 17-70mm f/2.8 first came to the scene for the Sony and eventually Fujifilm
Continuing to expand its line of popular high-performance video cameras, Kinefinity has introduced the new Vista Full-Frame 6K Digital Cinema Camera. Positioned as a more affordable option for creators, this compact camera features full-frame 6K capture at rates up to 50 FPS and up to UHD 4K at 100 fps in Super 35. Available with user-interchangeable Kinemount,
A legacy mount gets a pair of modern optics with Thypoch’s latest lenses for the Leica M-mount, the Ksana 35mm f/2 ASPH and 21mm f/3.5 ASPH for full-frame cameras. Lightweight and compact, the two wide-angle prime lenses are robust manual-focus options for travel
The wait is finally over, and Sony has unveiled not one, but two new game changing imaging tools to their arsenal. Introducing the a7R VI mirrorless camera and the FE 100-400mm f/4.5 G Master lens. The perfect marriage of speed and resolution.
Twelve years after Panasonic’s princely fixed-lens LX100 camera first hit shelves and eight long years after the release of its follow-up, the company has finally delivered unto its compact-hungry hordes a suitable heir: the LUMIX L10 Digital Camera, sporting the same Leica 24-75mm f/1.7-2.8 full-frame equivalent zoom lens as the LX100 II.