Month: March 2014
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Olympus 25mm f/1.8 vs. Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4
Another lens battle today…just a quick one. I have the new Olympus 25mm f/1.8 in for review this week and I thought I’d put it up against the venerable and outstanding Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 DG Summilux. These two lenses are both priced relatively similarly, given the difference in maximum aperture. The Olympus comes in…
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Last Breath of Winter
Here in Ohio, we were greeted by one (hopefully) last cold spell. Things have thawed slightly, but at the end of March, it really shouldn’t be 18 degrees Fahrenheit. In any case, I stopped to take a few photos at dawn and capture the sunrise over the city as well as some last remnants of…
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Fuji 56mm f/1.2 vs Leica 42.5mm f/1.2: Redux
If you’ve been to this site over the past few days, you probably saw (or came to the site because of) my comparison between the Panasonic Leica 42.5mm f/1.2 Nocticron and the Fujifilm 56mm f/1.2. These are two absolutely stunning portrait lenses for their respective systems, and users on both sides ought to be happy.…
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Review: Panasonic Leica 42.5mm f/1.2 DG Nocticron OIS
As the Micro 4/3 lens lineup becomes more mature, there are fewer and fewer gaps left. While there are several good Micro 4/3 lens options in the short telephoto range, one thing that has been missing a bit is a high-speed 85mm equivalent lens with autofocus. Voigtländer released the excellent 42.5mm f/0.95 last year, satisfying…
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Fuji 56mm f/1.2 vs. Panasonic Leica 42.5mm f/1.2 Nocticron
It is time for another battle! Both Fuji and Panasonic have released fast 85mm equivalent lenses with f/1.2 maximum apertures over the past month, and both are turning out to be truly outstanding lenses. While there are likely few people who are contemplating which to buy between the two (as that would require simultaneously having…
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Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R
The long-awaited Fuji 56mm f/1.2 is here. Since first appearing on the Fujifilm lens roadmap over a year ago (then as a 56mm f/1.4), Fuji has upped the speed by a third of a stop, finalized the design and shipped one of the last missing links in the Fuji X prime lens lineup: a fast…
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Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 First Impressions
I received my copy of the new Fuji 56mm f/1.2, and I’ve had a few days to shoot with it. My full review will be coming in the next week, but I thought I’d share some initial thoughts and photos from this long awaited lens. One if the things missing from the Fuji X system…
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Review: Fujifilm X-T1
Fuji has been releasing a host of new camera bodies for their X System, with a total of four new cameras in the past year. The latest breaks from the rangefinder-style tradition of the X-Series and brings us a mini-SLR style mirrorless camera in the X-T1. While it shares many of its features and capabilities…
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