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  • Roger Cicala reveals winners of First Annual Photogeek contest

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    Roger Cicala of LensRentals has revealed the winners of his ‘First Annual Photogeek Geek Photo Contest’. What was originally intended as a light-hearted joke ended up receiving over 400 entries from at least 20 countries, and the impressive quality of the entries caused a real headache for the judges. After a lot of deliberation, Rishi Sanyal won ‘Best in Show’ for his remarkable ‘MacroSetUp’ series. Click through to see the extraordinarily geeky winning images, and a link to the full contest gallery.

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  • Roger Cicala cynically re-defines photography

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    Lensrentals’ Roger Cicala continues his recent run of fine satirical form with his latest blog post – a series of cynical definitions for widely-used photography terms. We’re almost tempted to use it to replace our glossary, as it should be considered recommended reading before commenting on any photography or ‘gear’ forum. It’s certainly going to make us think carefully about the terminology we use in future reviews.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Roger Cicala gives Nikon D610 a clean bill of health

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    Lensrentals’ Roger Cicala has beaten us to testing the Nikon D610 for oil and dust accumulation – concluding its ‘certainly no worse than other cameras.’ Cicala has had an initial look at 25 D610s and a further look after the first ten of them came back from being rented-out, making him uniquely well-placed to comment on the phenomenon. Click through for a link to his article.

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  • Can cheap filters damage your lens? A cautionary tale from Roger Cicala

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    Can cheap filters damage your expensive lenses? LensRentals’ Roger Cicala decided to look into the possibility, after seeing a number of lenses returned with odd circular scratches on the front element. His investigations provide a cautionary tale against skimping on buying a new protective filter after buying an expensive lens. Click through for a link to his full article.

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  • Roger Cicala investigates accuracy of lens adapters

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    Mount adapters are incredibly useful for their ability to make lenses from one manufacturer usable with camera bodies from another. But do they have any impact on image quality? LensRentals’ Roger Cicala, not one to take manufacturer’s claims at face value, investigated. Knowing that slight mis-alignments between a lens and even its native mount can cause softness in images, the added complexity with a lens adapter in the mix seemed likely to cause more problems. His findings are indeed interesting. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Roger Cicala gets inTouit with a new Zeiss lens

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    Now that he has his own copies of the new Zeiss Touit lenses, Roger Cicala of Lensrentals decided to crack into the Planar 32mm F1.8 lens and see if the renowned build quality of Zeiss optics was compromised to make the lenses more affordable. His primary concerns were about the Touit’s polymer construction and its use of a DC motor.

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  • Roger Cicala gives first impressions on new Zeiss Touit 32mm F1.8

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    Roger Cicala of Lensrentals has published a blog post in which he gives his first impressions of the new Carl Zeiss 32mm F1.8 ‘Touit’ lens, in Sony E-mount. Unlike Roger’s normal approach, where he exhaustively tests multiple samples of the same lens, he was only able to look at a single example of the 32mm F1.8 on the Sony NEX-7. Click through for some details of his findings, and a link to the full article at the lensrentals blog.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Roger Cicala compares Zeiss 135mm and Canon 135mm f/2 lenses

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    LensRentals’ Roger Cicala has published an interesting comparison of the Zeiss ZE 135mm F2 APO-Sonnar and the Canon 135mm F/2L lens, with both optics mounted on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. While you’d expect nothing less than excellent results from the Zeiss optic, just what advantages can the heavier and much more expensive lens offer compared to Canon’s well-regarded prime lens? Click through to read Cicala’s findings.

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  • Roger Cicala compares three 24-70mm F2.8 lenses

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    LensRentals’ Roger Cicala has published an interesting article comparing 24-70mm F2.8 lenses from Canon, Nikon and Tamron, using both an optical test bench and Imatest results from Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Nikon D800E bodies. This provides some insights about the interaction between the sharpness of the lens and resolution of the camera’s sensor, and under what practical circumstances you might see any difference. It’s worth reading for anyone interested in the long-running question: what provides more detail, a higher resolution sensor with a good lens, or a lower resolution sensor with a great lens?   

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  • Roger Cicala cock-a-hoop* over Sigma’s 35mm F1.4 DG HSM

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    Lensrentals’ Roger Cicala hasn’t always been a fan of Sigma’s lenses but the company’s latest 35mm F1.4 seems to have got him pretty excited. He’s written a very positive first impressions blog post, considering the build and test data from the first sample he’s received. As usual, he’s very careful to stress the limitations of what he’s reporting – specifically that these are early impressions, based on a single lens that he’s had little chance to actually take photos with. However, he’s also someone with immense experience with lenses, and is in the unusual position of having had the opportunity to strip the lens down, so we found his insight interesting. (From Lensrentals)

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)