{"id":520,"date":"2008-11-26T12:02:38","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T10:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ylovephoto.com\/en\/?p=520"},"modified":"2010-12-21T19:26:33","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T17:26:33","slug":"web-sites-for-lens-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/2008\/11\/26\/web-sites-for-lens-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Web sites for lens reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canon lenses, which one is best?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"PhotoIt is often difficult to group lens reviews in order to compare\/evaluate a little more than their mere physical characteristics (focal length, aperture\/diaphragm, or even number of individual lenses). But how would you evaluate\/review optical quality? When I see the really impressive differences between two lenses, I would be prepared to judge from their price, but a cheap wide-angle lens is not always worse than a slightly more expensive one (well… if the price difference is really large, it’s not only an accident and quality explains a lot).<\/p>\n

So, where should we go?<\/p>\n

I collected the addresses of some web sites appearing quite able to provide this kind of quality reviews\/comparisons\/evaluations\/tests (I try to be systematic, with your help, while telling what I believe are the strengths or the weaknesses of each one).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nSite<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nCanon lenses<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nNikon lenses<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nSony lenses<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\nAll the reviews\/tests<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nSLR gear\n<\/td>\n\nCanon lens<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nNikon lens<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nSony<\/a>, Minolta<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nLens reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nIn-depth, but a lot of lenses are still not reviewed (only a mere characteristics list)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPhotozone\n<\/td>\n\nCanon EOS (APS-C)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nNikon (APS-C)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nSony Alpha (APS-C)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nAll reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nIn-depth reviews. There are few older lenses (it would be useful on the second-hand market).\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nFred Miranda\n<\/td>\n\nCanon<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nNikon<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nAll reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nCanon, Nikon, that’s all.
Tests are done by the users\/visitors. So, quality of the reviews is… uneven, at best.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nDyxum\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nSony, Minolta<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nSony, Minolta, Konica, only.
Tests are done by the users\/visitors. So, quality of the reviews is… uneven.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPhotodo\n<\/td>\n\nAll lens reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nIn-depth analysis, but only sorted by date\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\ndpreview\n<\/td>\n\nLens reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nNot many reviews yet, but an obvious professionalism\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPopPhoto\n<\/td>\n\nCamera lenses<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nPrecision of the analysis stays questionable (never very far from re-writing the characteristics list from the manufacturer)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nlightrules\n<\/td>\n\nLens reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nA bit confusing to read, but there are systematic images that you can use to make your own opinion\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nOptyczne\n<\/td>\n\nCanon<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nNikkor<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nSony<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nSearch engine<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nBeware, this is in Polish\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n16-9.net\n<\/td>\n\nLens reviews by date<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nMany more comparisons than individual reviews\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBj\u00f8rn R\u00f8rslett\n<\/td>\n\n–\n<\/td>\n\nNikon ‘F’ Mount<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n–\n<\/td>\n\n–\n<\/td>\n\nPurely qualitative opinions, but coming from a pro-photographer really obsessed with image quality (Nikon-only)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nLe Monde de la Photo\n<\/td>\n\nTous les tests<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nStill not many reviews, but very in-depth. In French.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPictchallenge\n<\/td>\n\nActualit\u00e9s et tests<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nThe site is nearly impossible to browse (too confusing), but the level of details is definitely interesting for those reading a little French.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nAlphaMountWorld.com\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nSony, Minolta<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nReviews for Sony, Minolta, only. Not all lenses, though.
Usually no figures, but some samples images and detailed advice.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPhoto.net\n<\/td>\n\nCanon<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nNikon<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nSony<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nAll incl. Tamron, Sigma, Pentax, Olympus, Leica, Mamiya<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nThe list is impressive, but many listed lenses only have “Reader comments<\/em>” and no “review<\/em>“.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nNewCameraReview\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nSony, Minolta<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nReviews for Sony, Minolta, only. But the tests are full of details with many sample images along with the individual tests.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nNaturePixel\n<\/td>\n\nEssais objectifs et bo\u00eetiers<\/a> (in French)\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nOnly Canon, a few lenses only, but clean pictures, a neat work and a very readable conclusion.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nThe-Digital-Picture.com\n<\/td>\n\nCanon zoom lenses<\/a>
\nCanon lenses<\/a>
\nCanon EF-S lenses<\/a>
\nAll Canon and Canon-compatible equipment reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nOnly Canon, but commendable analysis.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nMomentCorporation\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nLens Reviews<\/a> (both AF and manual focus lenses)\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nNikon lenses (and less than 10 other lenses). A few accessories and Nikon cameras, too.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPhotography Review\n<\/td>\n\nCanon lenses<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nNikon lenses<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nSony lenses<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nAll lens user reviews<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nThose are mostly user reviews, so they lack details and precision, but they are worth reading anyway.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nKurt Munger\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nSony & compatible lenses<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nOnly Sony, but the analysis is very well detailed and the advice is always precise.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nLensPlay reviews (Bob Atkins)\n<\/td>\n\nCanon Database<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nOnly for Canon, the web site is a little hard to use.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nSUBJECTIVE Lens Evaluations (Mostly Nikkors), by David Ruether\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nNikkor subjective evaluations<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nOnly for Nikon, terse on details.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPentax Forums lens review database\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nAll Pentax lenses ever produced<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nPentax, only Pentax, all Pentax.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBojidar Dimitrov’s Pentax K-Mount Page\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n\nMeasured resolution on Pentax lenses<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nPentax: Including the synthesis of measurement work done by Yoshihiko Takinami and Frederick Wasti, two renowned analysts from the Pentax world.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nfotopolis\n<\/td>\n\nLens tests<\/a>, in publication order\n<\/td>\n\nTests in Polish<\/strong>. Many of them, but finding the lens you’re interested into is not always easy, for lack of organized presentation.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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From here, I invite you to an orgy of lens reviews, lens tests, lens comparisons, lens evaluations. And remember to shoot some photos, too. It’s not only the lens which does the photo. Some are shot by telephones, if the photographer is an artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is often difficult to group lens reviews in order to compare\/evaluate a little more than their mere physical characteristics (focal length, aperture\/diaphragm, or even number of individual lenses). But how would you evaluate\/review optical quality? When I see the really impressive differences between two lenses, I would be prepared to judge from their price, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,22,71,25,58,26,56,24,57,329],"tags":[132,109,108,107],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canon-accessories-lenses","category-nikon-accessories-lenses","category-olympus-accessories-lenses","category-panasonic","category-pentax-accessories-lenses","category-samsung","category-sigma-accessories-lenses","category-sony-accessories-lenses","category-tamron","category-tokina","tag-lens","tag-reference","tag-review","tag-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ylovephoto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}