Category: Reviews

  • Review: Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM

    Review: Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM

    When Canon began the EOS R system, they started with three L series lenses and one affordable prime lens: the versatile 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS. As they have fleshed out the system, they’ve added a few other affordable lenses, but if you wanted a faster lens for portraiture, you were somewhat limited to the exceedingly…

    Read More

    //

  • Review: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

    Review: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

    Canon’s full-frame mirrorless system launched with one camera, the EOS R, and four lenses. After two years, the workhorse standard zoom released in that initial batch, the RF 24-105mm f/4L IS, is still one of the more desirable lenses for the system. As of this writing, it’s also the only really affordable L series lens…

    Read More

    //

  • Review: Canon EOS R6

    Review: Canon EOS R6

    Before getting into my Canon EOS R6 review, let’s take a quick look at Canon’s mirrorless history. Canon’s mirrorless camera development started slowly, with the EF-M system beginning in 2012, but targeting casual shooters. That system has been moderately successful, but Canon has put minimal effort into expanding the system, and 8 years after the…

    Read More

    //

  • Review: Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD

    Review: Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD

    Tamron has been in the lens business for a long time, having established itself as a major third-party player for SLR systems going back decades. Despite that pedigree, Tamron had barely dipped its toes in the waters of mirrorless for many years before finally jumping in to the Sony E mount system in earnest two…

    Read More

    //

  • Review: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art

    Review: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art

    Sigma has slowly morphed over the past several decades from a budget lens maker into one of the premier lens makers in the industry. Their Art series lenses have continually raised the bar for high quality, yet reasonably priced lenses, and their first few mirrorless-specific entries have also been outstanding. Today I’m looking at one…

    Read More

    //

  • Review: Sony A7R IV

    Review: Sony A7R IV

    Sixty-One Megapixels.  That’s the headline that accompanies almost every mention of Sony’s newest full-frame mirrorless camera, the A7R IV.  The A7R series has always been Sony’s flagship body for landscape and high image quality work, and the fourth generation bumps the resolution of the sensor from 42.7 megapixels to a whopping 60.1, which somehow gets…

    Read More

    //

  • Review: MindShift BackLight 18L

    Review: MindShift BackLight 18L

    If you’ve been to the site the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen my recent posts concerning my trip to Death Valley, and a more local trip for some waterfalls at Tinker’s Creek here in Ohio.  When I was gearing up for my trip to Death Valley, I knew that I was going to be…

    Read More

    //

  • Review: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art (Sony E-Mount)

    Review: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art (Sony E-Mount)

    The 35mm landscape for the Sony E-Mount has a wide array of options to choose from, and it’s become even more crowded with the recent announcements of Sony’s long-awaited FE 35mm f/1.8, and Sigma’s brand-new ultra-fast 35mm f/1.2 FE, not to mention Tamron’s new 35mm f/2.8.  However, at the fast f/1.4 aperture, there are three…

    Read More

    //