Digital Camera News and Reviews

Nikon 24mm f/3.5D ED PC-E Nikkor

SLRgear.com has reviewed a high end tilt-shift lens from Nikon, the Nikon 24mm f/3.5D ED PC-E Nikkor lens. It has a pretty hefty price tag at over $2,000 so it is interesting to see if the lens is worth the money.

SLRgear.com ends up giving the Nikon 24mm f/3.5D ED PC-E Nikkor lens a 9.00 overall rating as the lens is able to produce very sharp pictures and good results overall.
If you have the money and you need an ultra-wide, tilt-shift lens the Nikon 24mm f/3.5D ED PC-E Nikkor might be the one for you.
Read the full review of the Nikon 24mm f/3.5D ED PC-E Nikkor lens here.

Pentax 17-70mm f/4

The German testing website Photozone has tested the standard zoom lens Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM on a Pentax K-10 DSLR camera body. Pentax has an impressive number of standard zoom lenses and the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM lens is their fifth. This lens have an interesting range and good price at about $499.

Photozone ends up giving the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM lens a pretty good verdict as the lens has very good resolution. The vignetting and distortion is about average for the lens, and there is not much chromatic aberration. The build quality of the Pentax lens is very good and so is the auto focus.
Seems like Pentax has produced a very neat lens with the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM.
Read the full review of the Pentax 17-70mm f/4 DA SMC AL IF SDM lens here.

Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 pancake lens

DIWA Labs has tested the only pancake lens from Olympus so far, the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 lens. This relativley cheap lens was designed to fit the smaller DSLR camera from Olympus, the E-420 and E-520. The Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 lens seems to be able to produce very good pictures when you compare it to its price range. The lens should be a good friend for every photographer that want to travel light.
DIWA Labs has also compared the Zuiko lens with its big brother, the Panasonic Leica D Summilux 25mm f/1.4 lens.

Read the full tests of the Olympus Zuiko Digital 25mm f2.8 lens here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Leica 25mm F1.4 lens

DIWA Labs has tested heavyweight Panasonic Leica D Summilux 25mm f/1.4 lens that is one of few lenses for the Four Thirds format that can sport F/1.4. They tested the lens on the top DSLR camera from Olympus, the E-3.
DIWA Labs has also compared the Panasonic Leica D Summilux 25mm f/1.4 lens with its cheaper cousin from Olympus, the Zuiko 25mm f/2.8 pancake lens and it seems that the Leica is only marginally better than the Zuiko lens.

Read the full tests of the Panasonic Leica D Summilux 25mm f/1.4 lens here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.