Digital Camera News and Reviews

Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8

The excellent German website Photozone has reviewed the Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 (Sony SAL-135F18Z) lens. This telephoto lens seems very interesting with its fast f/1.8 aperture.

Photozone ends giving the Sony lens a “Highly Recommended” score as the lens is able to produce excellent pictures without any noticeable distortions, vignetting or chromatic aberrations. The only downsides are the high price (but what to you except from high quality optics) and lack of weather sealing.
Seems like an excellent telephoto lens if you are looking for a fast alternative.

Read the full review of the Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 (Sony SAL-135F18Z) lens here.

Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens

Dpreview.com has reviewed this exciting new pancake lens from Olympus. The Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens were made to fit the small new Olympus E-420 DSLR camera, but fits all cameras using the FourThirds mount.

Dpreview.com ends up giving the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens a “Recommended with resorvations” rating as the lens is able to produce sharp pictures and is very light, but got some vignetting and chromatic aberration. If you are looking for a very small lens to make your DSLR camera pocketable this might be the lens for you.

Read the full review of the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens here.

Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm f/2.8

DIWA Labs has tested the lens Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED IF SDM with a Pentax K20D DSLR camera. This telephoto zoom seems pretty interesting with the constant f/2.8 throughout the zoom range.
DIWA Labs says that the Pentax lens is produced by Tokina and it is pretty similar to the Tokina AT-X Pro DX 50-135mm f/2.8 lens

Read the tests of the Pentax smc DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 ED IF SDM lens here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.