Sigma's 85mm f/1.2 to is for 99% of us 99% of the time as good or better than the best direct OEM alternatives out there which in turn is to say that it is everything I've come to expect from Sigma because a brand is essentially a promise and Sigma keeps its promises.
[...] Leica have just delivered the fastest, highest performance mmount 351.2 to of which they are capable within the constraints of the highest build quality, smallest and lightest envelope at a price they believe the market will support.
I think the Panasonic Lumix S1R II is going to be a massive success. I think it's the best, truest hybrid in the market at any price, all things considered.
I think it makes less sense for one to think of the SL3-S as Leica's video-centric full-frame hybrid than as the least expensive, most performant way to enter Leica's full-frame interchangeable lens system, autofocusing or not, stills or not.
In the end, the Sony a1 II is still a tour de force. It is the state-of-the-art camera Sony is willing to sell.
For professional event photographers and photojournalists who do need that one extra stop of light [...] the [...] Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM is worth the sacrifices.
So I'll wrap it up this way for now: Sigma's 28-105mm f/2.8 DG DN Art is exactly what I've come to expect from Sigma, top tier optics and build quality in the category, competitive with OEM glass at a fraction of the price.
I think it is brilliant.
The X-T50 should be at or near the top of your short list for street, travel, everyday carry, and/or general purpose photography or high-quality video, irrespective of sensor format.
The simple fact of the matter is I'm delighted that Hasselblad is back.
Sigma 50mm f/1.2 DG DN Art, in the real world, I think it fair to assert for 99% of us, 99% of the time, matches or exceeds functionally, optically, and mechanically the best fast full-frame 50s in the industry.
The SL3 delivers so compellingly in the real world that, as I said at the outset, we've ordered two, knowing full well that the first iteration of any new—well, anything really—will require fine-tuning.
[T]his lens in combination with Sony's A7 series, most especially the A7C, [is] the best at what it does in the business irrespective of price.
This is the smallest and lightest short telephoto true 1:1 maximum magnification macro I have ever had in hand by far, and this is huge. It fundamentally changes the balance and handling of whatever camera to which it is mounted.
I think that this 90V paired with the X2D is an excellent optic, ideal for street, portrait, and urban landscape, which are more deliberate use cases.
Sony's a9 III is clearly, even with a pre-production copy in hand, a technical tour de force destined to go down in the history books as an inflection point, a step change in sensor design, even if we haven't even touched upon the storage and editing burdens created by 120 [...]
[N]o company's offering matches the value of this new Sigma, and fortified by the comparisons I've already made for alternatives [...] I'd say Sigma's 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN OS [...]
Net net, the Sony a7CR is the smallest, most complete, most performant full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless camera on the market.
If you are a professional Sony shooter reliant on highest-quality zooms, if you need to go wider than your standard zoom for event work, documentary work, landscape, travel, real estate, or architecture, if you need fast, if you need small, light, quick to focus, and if you [...]
That's it for now, because it really is this simple: the M11 Monochrom is a breathtaking camera for those of us who see it that way, a significant upgrade to the M10 Monochrom, and mated to the 50mm f/1.4 Summilux, for me anyway, a joy.
Put differently, Sony has revisited the orthodoxy and with this one lens has overthrown it.
In the end, as I said at the beginning, the DG DN 60-600 is a technological tour de force.
Simply put, the Panasonic S5 II / IIX is the bargain of the full-frame truly hybrid segment as I'm recording this at the beginning of 2023.
[T]his eight or nine hundred dollar prime was as good or better at its focal length than a sterling 1200 standard 2.8 zoom, one of the best I've ever tested, with the added benefit of being a full two stops faster and shallower and smaller and lighter.
