• First Impressions: Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift

    First Impressions: Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift

    I’m excited enough about today’s lens to throw some quick impressions out ahead of a full review. Laowa is the lens brand for Venus Optics, a relatively new optical company that has made quite a splash in the industry over the past 9 years by creating quality lenses that fill niches that the traditional lens…

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  • Review: Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM

    Review: Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM

    I’ve been reviewing a lot of Canon’s interesting light weight consumer-grade optics as of late, and continues with today’s review of the Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM. The 800mm f/11 was announced alongside the similar 600mm f/11 lens, providing super-telephoto reach with a slow aperture and an affordable price. Like many of Canon’s lower…

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  • More Film! This time, Medium Format

    More Film! This time, Medium Format

    Last month, I wrote an article about getting back into shooting film. While I have enjoyed the process of shooting film on my 35mm cameras, the output isn’t quite up to my quality standards given what I’ve been used to with digital. As such, I thought more and more about picking up an old, affordable…

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  • Dabbling with Film

    Dabbling with Film

    I was born in the late 1970s and like many people my age, I grew up with 35mm film as the primary photographic medium for which to capture memories and light. While I didn’t get into photography as a serious hobby until the rise of digital photography in the early 2000s, I shot film for…

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  • Review: Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM

    Review: Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM

    Canon has been busy churning out lenses for their full-frame RF mount, and this past fall released two interesting consumer-grade lenses. The first is the tiny ultra-wide 16mm f/2.8, which I reviewed recently and really enjoy. The second is the subject of today’s review, the Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM. When this lens was…

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  • Macro – Tearing Apart My First Digital Camera

    Macro – Tearing Apart My First Digital Camera

    If you have been a longtime visitor to the site, you may have read a little retrospective I did where I thought back through my journey as a photographer. Mentioned in there was the very first digital camera I ever owned, which was a Kodak DC3400. I got this camera as a college graduation present…

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  • Review: Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM

    Review: Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM

    When the first details about the Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM leaked in 2021, the lens sounded intriguing: the RF system could certainly use a mid-range ultra-wide prime. When later leaks suggested that the lens would cost only $299 and would be the same size as the nifty-fifty RF 50mm f/1.8, I thought there was…

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  • My Favorite Photos of 2021

    My Favorite Photos of 2021

    If you’ve been around this site for a while, you’ll know that every year I like to go through the images I’ve taken throughout the year and pick out some favorites to share. These aren’t always my best photos, but the ones that I personally like the best throughout the year. This year was one…

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  1. Your article brings back some very fond memories. I had exact setup you describe. The 15-85 lens on the 30D…