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Questo articolo dovete proprio leggerlo, volete sapere quali sono le migliori lenti? pensate che Olympus rispetto ad altri mostri sacri non valga niente? Come e' il 17-86 USM IS di Canon? e soprattutto ricordate: cameras Don't Take Pictures, Lenses Do (non e' macchina fotografica che fa la foto ma la lente).

Su Luminous Landscape il lens award di 37th frame una news letter di fotografia a pagamento a cura di Mike Johnston

The First Annual 37th Frame Lens Awards

Best Lens Line Available for Photography, Overall: Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-S line

Best Lens Available for 35mm-format Photography: Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH.

Best Lens Available for DSLRs: Olympus Digital Zuiko 50mm ƒ/2 Macro

Best Lens Available for Medium Format: Mamiya G 80mm ƒ/4 for Mamiya 7 and 7II

Best Lens Available for Large Format: Schneider-Kreutznach 110mm ƒ/5.6 Super-Symmar XL

Best Recent Lens for Fast B&W Film: Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm ƒ/2.5 PII

Best Lens Line Killed Deader'n Hell by Leicaphiles for No Good Reason Except Spite: Konica M-Hexanon (Possible Future Contender in this Category: Zeiss ZM)

Most Complete Lens Line (tie): Canon / Nikon

Least Complete Lens Line: Contax 35mm Autofocus (R.I.P.)

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Best Telephoto Zoom for DSLRs: Olympus 50-200mm Digital Zuiko

Best Built AF Lenses: Pentax Limiteds

Best Dual-Purpose 35mm/DSLR Zoom: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm ƒ/2.8D ED-IF

Longest Lens Name: I Ain't Typing That Again

Best Independent Zoom Lens: Tamron 17-35mm ƒ/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Nikon, Canon, Minolta and Pentax (Also available as Konica-Minolta AF 17-35mm D)

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Most Innovative Lens for DSLRs: Canon EF-S 17-85mm ƒ/4-5.6 IS USM

Best Lens in Any Digicam: Olympus C-8080z 5X zoom

Best Tiny Little Lens in a Tiny Little Camera: Minolta G-Rokkor 28mm ƒ/3.5 in the Minolta TC-1

Best Lens Line for Overall Optical Quality (tie): Olympus Digital Zuiko (for Four-Thirds System) Leica R (for 35mm SLR)

All just personal opinions, of course. Don't sweat the fun stuff!

— Mike Johnston

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