After a month of testing on the Zf, Z8, and the 61 megapixel Leica, Voigtlander’s 90mm f2 APO might just be the sharpest lens I’ve used, but is it too sharp for me? That’s what I thought when shooting in colour, then I tried monochrome.  The reality rendered by a lens this sharp can be confronting, our imaginations need more room to breathe.  But reality’s stranger than fiction.

For camera reviewers - and the industry at large - street photographers are no longer the priority,  so what are you actually paying for in a brand new camera?  We don’t need 8K open-gate video, or insect-detect autofocus, instead 5 features reviewers overlook that make a difference on the street.  Today let’s go through 3 cameras at 3 different price points to see how much street photographers have to pay to get the features we want and need.

I was all set on the Nikon AIS 105mm f 2.5, not just because it’s Nikon’s most famous lens, but because of its one advantage for street photography, until I stumbled onto another 105 from Nikon’s archives.  The 105mm f1.8 AIS - released as a direct SEQUEL to the f2.5, almost a full stop brighter, supposedly without any optical compromises, yet compared to its predecessor a relative unknown.  Is Nikon’s sequel to their most famous lens overblown or underrated?