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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Ben Andrews

Chinese lens manufacturers have “started to outdo the Japanese ones”

Viltrox AF 16mm F1.8 FE

When it comes to camera lenses, many of us likely hold the opinion that the best quality optics are made in Japan, or in the case of Leica and Zeiss, Germany. Surely the heritage of precision engineering long established in these countries means lenses produced there are a cut above rival optics produced in other regions?

The Nikon Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct: a Japanese-made lens, representing absolute no-compromise optical quality (Image credit: Nikon)
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