The workhorse lens in my collection is also my least expensive lens, and the one I've had the longest. It's the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 prime lens. It retails now at $100-$200, but when I purchased it ...

Nikon's recently announced 50mm F1.4 is an interesting lens because its retail price is $496, $130 less than the slower 50mm F1.8 S model. Generally, that relationship is flipped: faster lenses ...

When it comes to telephotos, a 70-200mm trinity zoom is considered a kitbag essential. I’d rather have something ...

Bokeh is relaxed and pleasing to the eye, and 50mm lenses, certainly fast ones, do benefit from the ability to throw backgrounds out of focus. This is especially useful with portraiture.

The taller the column, the better the lens performance. CA (Chromatic Aberration) is measured with any in-camera corrections switched off, as far as we can know anyway. Centrally, there is ...