Category: Reviews
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Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM1
The mirrorless landscape has changed rapidly over the past five years, and many insiders have spelled the death of many of the players due to lower demand for serious cameras and the improvements and advertising push from larger companies. One thing that has been oft speculated is the decline of Micro 4/3 due to the…
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Review: Rokinon (Samyang) 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye (Fujifilm X-Mount)
Rokinon is one of the many brand names that has been around for a while, though they don’t make their own lenses. Today, they serve almost exclusively as a rebadger for Samyang optics. Other brand names for Samyang lenses include Bower, Falcon, Pro-Optic and (sometimes) Vivitar. Samyang has made some waves in the industry as…
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Review: Carl Zeiss FE 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar T* ZA
With the introduction of Sony’s A7 and A7r mirrorless cameras, the E-Mount gains new life, but also some new complications. Existing E-Mount lenses are designed to cover an APS-C image circle, and as such, a new line of lenses is required to cover the full-frame image sensors in these new Sony flagships. When the cameras…
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Review: Sony A7
It’s here. The long awaited full-frame mirrorless camera. Photographers have been waiting with bated breath for a company to release a full-frame mirrorless camera and Sony has delivered with not one but two new cameras to satisfy those who are looking to reduce size a bit while keeping the ultimate in image quality. The A7…
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Review: Fujifilm X-E2
Fuji has released a rather large number of bodies in 2013, and they conclude the year by issuing their first X-Series upgraded camera, the X-E2. When the X-E1 (reviewed here) was released only a little more than a year ago, it was the second entry in the X-System. A scaled down X-Pro 1 without the optical…
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Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R
When Fujifilm first created the X-System, they came out of the gate with three outstanding prime lenses…a unique decision in today’s world where zooms are considered the bread and butter of a system, especially in the consumer market. It set a note for what the X-System would become. As Fuji fleshed out the system, shooters…
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Review: Olympus OM-D E-M1
When Olympus released the first member of the new OM-D line, the E-M5, there was considerable buzz over the retro styled powerhouse. Ultimately, that camera gave Micro 4/3 a shot in the arm and showed just how capable a small camera could be. Serious amateurs and even many professionals added the E-M5 to their arsenal.…
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Review: Metabones Speed Booster (Canon FD to Fuji X)
After what was for many an excruciating wait, Metabones has released their generally well-regarded Speed Booster in Canon FD and Minolta MD mounts. As someone with a rather extensive stable of FD lenses (thanks partly to my father), I was extremely excited by this news. If you’re a frequent visitor to the site, you may…
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