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,…
Last updated 2/14/21 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…
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…