A photographer's guide on the essential lenses that shape composition, depth, perspective, and other creative details across ...

The best 50mm lenses have a great depth of field and a wide viewing angle while performing well in portrait photography. Typically, these lenses are lightweight and compact. They serve as the best ...

Sony already makes a handful of 50mm lenses for its full-frame mirrorless cameras, including the very impressive FE 50mm f/1.2 GM and Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA lenses. And when you factor in ...

Anamorphic lenses are a hot topic right now. We review the Sirui 50mm anamorphic lens, a product that is only possible thanks to modern lens mounts. So, lots of people want anamorphic, nobody wants to ...

The Sony Full-Frame Planar T FE 50mm F/1.4 ZA Prime Lens attached to an A7R Mark II camera body. Stan Horaczek Sony seems to be on a bit of a new 50mm lens kick lately. Not long ago we met the new ...

In our view, every photographer should own a cheap and cheerful "nifty-fifty" as they're such good fun, so it's great to see Canon release one for their full-frame mirrorless cameras. Sure, you could ...

Hot on the heels of Sigma's new 17mm f/4 DG DN Contemporary optic, just reviewed, we have here a second lens sharing much of the same design ethos, the Sigma 50mm f/2 DG DN Contemporary. Compact and ...

At f1.4, the lens delivers excellent sharpness, though unsurprisingly it seems to perform best in the f1.8-to-f11 range. There's little distortion, I saw no vignetting, and it has nice clarity.