By: Dale Baskin, Richard Butler, Mitchell Clark
Prime lenses aren't what they used to be. Today's lenses are bigger and more costly than their SLR-era ancestors, with advanced aspheric optics and exotic lens elements. This year's class of lenses includes primes at classic focal lengths like 35 and 50mm lenses, lenses for APS-C cameras, a healthy selection of third-party options, and more lenses intended for'hybrid' stills and video use.