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Those are two different things. Theoretically, a lens could have an aperture that is slightly closed at maximum aperture in some situations. What you see mostly in such cases though, is that it...

'The 35mm F1.4 DG DN's 11-bladed aperture yields nicely-rounded bokeh not just wide-open'. Wide-open, the aperture is ... open so it doesn't yield any bokeh. The bokeh you see is the bokeh from the...

Maybe nice to know: this lens was born as an FD-lens (so MF and with a different mount) ánd with a built-in 1.4 x converter and was used on the 1984 Olympic Games in LA. All five lenses were...

Well, it's like asking: why doesn't Porsche make a sports car for $6.000,-? People expect from the big camera brands high-quality lenses and you can't make a high-quality 90mm f/1.25 for $ 700,-....

LEICA SL2-S, 70mm f/2.8 1/125s ISO 3200, 2021:04:12 10:20:49 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.1.1 (Macintosh)

Distortion correction by optical design is in theory better. Software correction always means a resolution loss. With some (cheaper) wide angles I’ve see 10% resolution loss and even more after...

Almost all lenses can - in the centre. The corners are a different story but in principle, it's easier to make a great slow lens than a fast one especially with the E mount. So they could - and...

1. DxO uses a completely irrelevant and utterly unscientific system to give scores that never should be taken seriously by anyone who is in his right mind. 2. Nikon Z lenses of the S line perform ...

Big brands are leapfrogging each other all the time and that's good, that's why we need competition. As nice as this camera seems to be according to the specs, it's just a step up in technology...

It's also to protect us from terrorists, they love drones.

You have to register in The Netherlands because you're Dutch. Then you gain automatically the right to fly in Spain.

Well, in many countries like The Netherlands and Belgium, the rules were much stricter to the point of being ridiculous at least for professional users. Apart from that I had to apply for the right...