We’re three months into 2019, and I usually post my Favorite Photos of the Year in late December or early January, but I missed it this year. Still, I’ve done a collection of my favorite photos of the year each year since I founded this site in 2012, and I didn’t want to miss is…
I mentioned it when I reviewed Voigtländer’s excellent 40mm f/1.2: Voigtländer has been killing it of late. Cosina has managed to take a brand that had been dormant for a while, and resurrect it with a wide variety of unique manual focus lenses for both Leica M mount and now Sony E-Mount. Today’s reviewed lens,…
What lens is best? I get asked this all the time, and there’s never really a right answer. “Best for what?” is what I usually reply, as the answer will depend on what the photographer wants to accomplish, what their budget is and what is important to them. Everyone will have a different notion of…
Today I’m looking at Sony’s extreme wide-angle zoom, the 12-24mm f/4 G. As photography has progressed, more and more exotic lens designs have become possible. Decades ago, a 24mm lens was considered extremely wide and 20mm was an almost unheard of ultra-wide angle. Now, the standard ultra wide zoom starts at 16mm, and more exotic…
This has been a big year for the mirrorless industry, as the two big boys, Canon and Nikon have both thrown themselves into the Full-Frame mirrorless world to give Sony some competition. The EOS R is Canon’s first entry into this space, and it comes with their new RF mirrorless mount. Canon made some very…
This is just a heads up on what’s going on with the site at the moment. Over the next few days to a week, you’ll likely see some visual changes to the site. Admiring Light has basically looked the same since I launched the site in 2012, and frankly, I think it’s gotten a bit…
Sigma has recently jumped into the full-frame E-Mount system by creating new native E-Mount versions of many of their very well received Art series lenses. Today I’m looking at one of those well regarded lenses, the Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG Art for Sony E-Mount. The Sigma 135mm f/1.8 is a monster of a lens, with…
Fujifilm’s X Series has become a fairly nice success for the company, with the interchangeable lens camera system continuing to grow and improve. However, Fujifilm’s digital renaissance really began with the X100, a relatively compact prime-lens compact with an APS-C sensor. That camera’s legacy lives on with the X100F, but Fujifilm continues to experiment with…