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…
Category: Reviews
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…
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…
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….
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…
Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
Panasonic has released a staggering 16 Micro 4/3 cameras in the past five years. Some have been truly stellar, others mere refreshes or dumbing down of previous cameras. When Panasonic’s first rangefinder styled camera, the GF1, was released, people flocked to it. It’s small form factor, simple lines, responsiveness and level of control were outstanding. …
Review: Zhongyi Lens Turbo (Minolta MD to Fuji X)
Metabones made waves last year with the release of the SpeedBooster – a 0.71x wide converter that allows you to take a full-frame lens and use it with its near original field of view and depth of field on an APS-C sensor. While the optics have shown to be very impressive with the SpeedBooster, it…
Review: Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95
Voigtländer is the oldest name in photography. The original Voigtländer optical company was founded in 1756 and has been producing groundbreaking photography equipment since. They created the fastest optical lens in the world in 1840, the original Petzval lens, which was a screaming fast f/3.7. Ok, screaming fast for 1840. They also created the first…