Photography is and always has been a two-sided coin of artistic endeavors. There’s the artistic component, from which the beauty of photographic concept is derived; where the photographers vision of the world around them is realized in a static frame. Then there’s the technical side: the process, the equipment, the optics, the developing (which is…
Fuji 56mm f/1.2 vs. Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 vs. Contax G 90mm f/2.8
Today we have a quick battle of portrait lenses. Two of them are current mirrorless portrait primes, both of which are extremely highly regarded. The third lens is a rangefinder lens from the 1990s that is still considered to be an utterly phenomenal optic. The battle: Fuji 56mm f/1.2 vs. Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 vs….
Review: Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar T*
The Zeiss name has been synonymous with high-end optics for a century. In the past 30 years, they’ve become known for creating lenses with beautiful color and contrast and biting sharpness. This legacy continues with the Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 Sonnar T* for Sony E-Mount. Zeiss and Sony have long held a partnership in the…
Review: Sony A7R II
Sony has been quite busy the past two years in fleshing out what is still the only full-frame mirrorless camera system. The latest addition to this growing set of the cameras is the impressively specified A7R II. The A7R II follows up the very successful A7R by giving it the same upgraded body style that…
Review: Olympus M.Zuiko 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO
The Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO adds the ultra-wide angle range to the PRO line of f/2.8 zoom lenses recently introduced by Olympus for the Micro 4/3 system. The 7-14mm f/2.8 is a faster and supposedly superior optic to Panasonic’s excellent 7-14mm f/4 lens that has been a staple of the Micro 4/3 system for many…
Sony A7R II vs. A7 II – Print Test
I just got the new Sony A7R Mark II in for review today, and I’ve only had a few hours to mess around with it. This is an exciting camera that packs a lot of great features, including a 42 MP sensor into a small package. There are a lot of great things to discuss…
Review: Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T*
Zeiss has an interesting strategy when it comes to the Sony FE mount. There are three lines of Zeiss lenses. The first, is a joint venture with Sony to co-design native lenses such as the FE 16-35mm f/4 and FE 55mm f/1.8. Then there’s Zeiss’ autofocus Batis line, and finally the small manual focus Loxia…