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

    Rokinon is one of the many brand names that has been around for a while, though they don’t make their own lenses.  Today, they serve almost exclusively as a rebadger for Samyang optics.  Other brand names for Samyang lenses include Bower, Falcon, Pro-Optic and (sometimes) Vivitar.  Samyang has made some waves in the industry as…

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  • Mirrorless Year in Review

    Mirrorless Year in Review

    2013 has been a crazy year for the photography industry, and the mirrorless industry in particular.  This is going to be a different type of roundup than I normally do.  Instead of going in-depth on everything that happened in the industry, I’m going to touch base on what I feel are some of the most…

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  • Review: Carl Zeiss FE 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar T* ZA

    Review: Carl Zeiss FE 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar T* ZA

    With the introduction of Sony’s A7 and A7r mirrorless cameras, the E-Mount gains new life, but also some new complications.  Existing E-Mount lenses are designed to cover an APS-C image circle, and as such, a new line of lenses is required to cover the full-frame image sensors in these new Sony flagships.  When the cameras…

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  • My Favorite Photos of 2013

    My Favorite Photos of 2013

    Another year has gone by, and I want to thank those of you who have come to my site for your support.  Admiring Light has grown a fair bit over the past year, and I’ve made a fair bit of changes in my own photographic world.  I transitioned from predominantly shooting Micro 4/3 to predominantly…

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  • Review: Sony A7

    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…

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  • Christmas Portraits

    Well, it’s almost Christmas, and in my house, that means lots of pictures of the kiddos.  Just thought I’d share a few.  Every year, I take a picture for our annual Christmas card that goes out to family and friends, and using a tree with small lights makes for a great background.    

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  • Sony A7 vs Fujifilm X-E2: RAW Noise Performance

    Sony A7 vs Fujifilm X-E2: RAW Noise Performance

    I have the Sony A7 and the FE 35mm f/2.8 in for review this week.  I’ve been enjoying shooting with the camera and will have my full reviews of both items coming up in the next week or so.  In the meantime, I’ve done a few tests here and there against Fuji’s X-E2 (read my…

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  • Fujifilm X-E1 vs X-E2 – RAW Performance

    Fujifilm X-E1 vs X-E2 – RAW Performance

    In the second (and last) of my tests between the new Fujifilm X-E2 and X-E1, I take a look at the image quality over the ISO range in RAW, using Lightroom 5.3 RC.  I’d like to do the comparison in Capture One 7 (and I may revisit it later), but right now Capture One doesn’t…

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