• Review: Sony E PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS

    Review: Sony E PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS

    Last August, Sony announced not one, but two constant f/4 standard zoom lenses for their APS-C mirrorless cameras: The Carl Zeiss 16-70mm f/4 OSS (Reviewed Here) and Sony’s first G lens for the E-Mount: The PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS, which I’ll take a close look at today.  The 18-105mm f/4 covers a nearly 6x…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Fallsville Falls

    Last week, I came upon a waterfall that is remotely located in southwest Ohio. The falls are somewhat pointedly named “Fallsville Falls,” after the now non-existent town of Fallsville, that I’m sure was originally named after the waterfall, so there’s some circular naming going on.  It’s really in the middle of nowhere, and no signs…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Review: Carl Zeiss 16-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* ZA OSS

    Review: Carl Zeiss 16-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T* ZA OSS

    Carl Zeiss has been making lenses for longer than most anyone in the industry, and while they still produce their own lens lines for a variety of camera mounts, they have a more intimate relationship with Sony, producing a variety of E and A mount exclusives.  Today’s review focuses on a somewhat recent release for…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Review: Rokinon (Samyang) 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II (Fujifilm X-Mount)

    Review: Rokinon (Samyang) 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II (Fujifilm X-Mount)

    Since mirrorless is still so early in its development, it’s rare that I get the opportunity to review a second version of the same lens.  That’s the case today, however, as I take a look at the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II.  The second version of this fisheye lens for mirrorless cameras is not a…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Why the Right Gear, Not the Best Gear, Is Essential

    Why the Right Gear, Not the Best Gear, Is Essential

    If you’re active in discussions about photography, you may have noticed that a lot of the discussion tends to revolve around which camera is best or what lens resolves the most detail or has the nicest bokeh, etc.  These constant gear discussions can be very helpful, but often they devolve into evaluation of minute differences…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Star Trails and the Milky Way

    I’m not much of a star photos guy.  At least, I  haven’t been in the past.  Not because I don’t enjoy seeing super late night images with the stars gleaming, but because I live near a fairly large city, and light pollution makes capturing images of the stars problematic.  It requires a drive a good…

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  • Subtle Revision to the Fuji X-T1

    The Fujifilm X-T1 has been a hot topic in the photography industry the past few months.  Many photographers are drawn to the old-school control scheme in a rugged, capable body with big performance improvements over previous Fuji cameras and a gloriously large EVF.  However, one of the things that has been nearly universally criticized about…

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  • Long Daytime Exposures

    There are many ways to add a creative element to your images, and one thing that you may wish to explore is adding time as an element in your photos.   You may know about taking long exposures in dim light or at night to get low noise high quality images in dark situations, but…

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