Category Archives: Nikon Lenses

Irix 11mm f/4 lens additional coverage (sample photos, reviews)

By [NR] admin | Published: March 6, 2017

Some additional coverage of the new Irix 11mm f/4 full frame lens – first, a field of view comparison with the Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens (click for larger view, high resolution photos available on flickr):

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Irix 11mm f/4 full frame lens for Nikon F-mount officially announced

By [NR] admin | Published: March 2, 2017

Irix officially announced their 11mm f/4 full frame lens for Nikon F mount. Additional information, including press release, MTF charts, specifications and pictures can be found over at PhotoRumors. Irix lenses can be purchased at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon DE and Amazon IT. In the next few weeks I will be getting some discount codes for all Irix products, […]

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Additional information on the new Sigma Art lenses (14mm f/1.8, 135mm f/1.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 100-400mm f/5-6.3)

By [NR] admin | Published: February 27, 2017

The pricing and pre-order options for the new Sigma Art lenses that were announced last week will be announced at the end of March, here are the links: Adorama B&H In addition to my coverage, Sigma has released the various performance tests/graphs on their global website. The 135mm f/1.8 looks absurdly sharp (according to Sigma, the diffraction MTF better represents […]

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Announced: Sigma 14mm f/1.8 & 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art, 24-70mm f/2.8 DG HSM OS Art, 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG HSM OS

By [NR] admin | Published: February 21, 2017

Sigma Unveils Four Brand New Global Vision Lenses at CP+ Sigma Corporation today announced its brand new Global Vision Art and Contemporary lenses introduced at the 2017 CP+ Camera + Photo Imaging Show in Tokyo, Japan (check pricing and availability – not announced at the time of this post): Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art:  […]

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First pictures of the new Sigma 14mm f/1.8, 135mm f/1.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 100-400mm f/5-6.3 lenses

By [NR] admin | Published: February 19, 2017

The first leaked pictures of the four new Sigma lenses I reported about yesterday are now available: Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art full frame DSLR lens: Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art full frame DSLR lens: Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art full frame DSLR lens: Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary: […]

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Four new Sigma lenses to be announced soon: 135mm f/1.8, 14mm f/1.8, 24-70mm f/2.8 and 100-400mm f/5-6.3

By [NR] admin | Published: February 18, 2017

Sigma is going to announce four new full frame DSLR lenses (most likely for the CP+ show next week): Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art (has been rumored for a while) Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art (full frame DSLR lens) Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art (also previously rumored) Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG […]

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Exclusive 10% Irix lens discount coupon and more info on the Irix 11mm and 45mm lenses and filter system

By [NR] admin | Published: February 15, 2017

I have an exclusive Amazon US coupon for 10% off on the Irix 15mm f/2.4 Blackstone lens for Nikon F-mount: YVE5-EQ9N52-NUVWR5. Update #1: the first coupon code above did not work for everybody and Amazon assigned a new discount code NRUMIRIX that will be active in approx. 4 hours (around 10 pm EST). Sorry about […]

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