Full Frame

Canon’s second-generation fast, medium telephoto prime lens for portraiture and low light photography with both ‘full frame’ and APS-C sensor DSLR cameras.

A fast standard prime lens for general photography with all Canon DSLRs.

A fast prime lens that’s ideal for portraiture and suits photographers who want to shoot at f/1.4.

Tamron adds Vibration Compensation stabilisation to a full-featured, standard zoom lens that maintains a fast f/2.8 aperture through its zoom range.

Canon’s first 24-70mm zoom with a large maximum aperture.

An update that adds image stabilisation to a popular macro lens.

A fast, high-performance ultra-wide angle lens for Canon and Nikon DSLRs with 36 x 24 mm sensors.

A relatively distortion-free, wide-angle 2x zoom lens for Nikon and Canon cameras with 36 x 24 mm sensors.

An ultra-wide zoom lens for digital SLR cameras with both ‘full frame’ and APS-C sized sensors.As is apparent by its name, Sigma’s 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 II DG HSM is a second-generation product that updates the popular 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG ASP HSM that was introduced in 2002. Interestingly, its RRP in Australia is just over $250 lower than the MSRP posted on Sigma Corporation’s US website, which makes this lens excellent value for money for Australians.

A lightweight tele-zoom lens with an excellent price/performance ratio.Sony’s SAL75300 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 lens partners the 18-70mm kit lens in some twin-lens kits. Compatible with both APS-C and 35mm ‘full frame’ Alphas, on the A55 body we used for our tests it provided focal lengths equivalent to 112.5-450mm in 35mm format. This range is useful for portraiture and shots of wildlife and also handy for close-ups of flowers and other small objects, where the lens will focus down to 1.5 metres.