• Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7

    Panasonic has released a staggering 16 Micro 4/3 cameras in the past five years.  Some have been truly stellar, others mere refreshes or dumbing down of previous cameras.  When Panasonic’s first rangefinder styled camera, the GF1, was released, people flocked to it.  It’s small form factor, simple lines, responsiveness and level of control were outstanding. …

    Jordan Steele

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  • Knowing a Location

    It’s been a little while since my last article, but be assured: I’ve got lots in the pipeline (including a review of the Panasonic GX7).  Today I’m going to touch on something I think is very important for photographers who shoot outdoors, and that’s getting to really know a location.  It’s especially important to know…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Review: Zhongyi Lens Turbo (Minolta MD to Fuji X)

    Review: Zhongyi Lens Turbo (Minolta MD to Fuji X)

    Metabones made waves last year with the release of the SpeedBooster – a 0.71x wide converter that allows you to take a full-frame lens and use it with its near original field of view and depth of field on an APS-C sensor. While the optics have shown to be very impressive with the SpeedBooster, it…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Review: Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95

    Voigtländer is the oldest name in photography.  The original Voigtländer optical company was founded in 1756 and has been producing groundbreaking photography equipment since.  They created the fastest optical lens in the world in 1840, the original Petzval lens, which was a screaming fast f/3.7.  Ok, screaming fast for 1840.  They also created the first…

    Jordan Steele

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  • First Sign of Fall

    While the leaves have not yet begun to turn in earnest yet, the occasional tree here and there is slowly changing color and dropping a few leaves.  Spotted this partially turned leaf that had fallen into a puddle, creating a beautiful splash of color. This was taken with my Olympus OM-D E-M5 and the Voigtländer…

    Jordan Steele

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  • First Impressions: Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95

    First Impressions: Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95

    I have the Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 in my hands this week for review, and I thought I’d give a quick few thoughts from my first day with the lens.  My full, in-depth review will be coming sometime in the next week or so, so stay tuned! Edit: My full review is now up: Click…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Using Manual Focus Lenses on Mirrorless Cameras

    Using Manual Focus Lenses on Mirrorless Cameras

    Mirrorless Compact System Cameras (CSC) are great at a lot of things. They’re smaller, with smaller lenses, they have ultra-accurate autofocus and in most cases very high quality native lenses. However, one of the biggest advantages of these mirrorless cameras is the ability to mount and use almost any manual focus lens ever made. All…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8

    The latest addition to the growing lineup of Fujifilm X series lenses is the smallest in the system: the XF 27mm f/2.8 pancake lens.  This wide normal pancake promises high image quality in an extremely tiny package.  It’s also the second Fuji lens to come without a dedicated aperture ring, presumably due to the small…

    Jordan Steele

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