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The best Sony wide-angle lenses in 2025: widen your horizons, literally!
By Matthew Richards last updated
BUYING GUIDE These are the best Sony wide-angle lenses, for full-frame A1, A7 and A9 bodies, plus E-mount APS-C A6000-series cameras

PolarPro LightLeak 16mm review: This lens is so bad that it’s actually good
By Hillary K. Grigonis published
REVIEW The PolarPro LightLeak 16mm is terrible in a charming, old-school sort of way that makes it a serious contender for digital retro photography

How the 28mm focal length stole my heart (and my family photos)
By Sebastian Oakley published
Opinion The lens I never wanted became the one I can't live without

The best lens for portraits in 2025: short-tele primes perfect for pictures of people
By Matthew Richards last updated
Buying guide Check out these picture-perfect portrait primes Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus, Panasonic, Leica and Sigma mirrorless cameras, plus plenty of budget-friendly alternatives

The best Nikon wide-angle zoom lenses in 2025: top Z-mount and F-mount options
By Adam Waring last updated
Buying guide The best Nikon-fit ultra-wide zooms will literally widen your horizons, and are a must for landscape and interior photographers

The best Canon lenses for DSLRs: go longer, wider and closer
By James Artaius last updated
Buying guide These are the best Canon lenses for DSLRs – and these EF and EF-S optics are still great to use on mirrorless cameras, too!

Thypoch updates Simera lenses with ergonomic focus tabs
By Sebastian Oakley published
News Simera type II: Thypoch’s refined take on the 28mm and 35mm f/1.4 classics

Sony FE 50-150mm f/2 G Master review: a world-first speed thriller of telephoto zoom
By Matthew Richards published
Review A world-first, the Sony FE 50-150mm f/2 G Master is a whole f/stop faster than f/2.8 ‘trinity’ telephoto zooms
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