• Review: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art (Sony E-Mount)

    Review: Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art (Sony E-Mount)

    The 35mm landscape for the Sony E-Mount has a wide array of options to choose from, and it’s become even more crowded with the recent announcements of Sony’s long-awaited FE 35mm f/1.8, and Sigma’s brand-new ultra-fast 35mm f/1.2 FE, not to mention Tamron’s new 35mm f/2.8.  However, at the fast f/1.4 aperture, there are three…

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  • A Trip to Death Valley

    A Trip to Death Valley

    This past week, I had the opportunity to head to southern California for my cousin’s wedding.  After the wedding, I stuck around for a couple of days and drove up to Death Valley for some photography.  I didn’t have a lot of time, just a day and a half, but tried to make the most…

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  • A Fall Morning Along Tinker’s Creek

    A Fall Morning Along Tinker’s Creek

    I had a chance to go out yesterday to a nice waterfall and stream nestled in the suburban sprawl of Cleveland, Ohio.  Tinker’s Creek is one of the tributaries of the Cuyahoga River, and the falls are near where an old mill once stood.  Despite the lack of rain in Ohio over the past month,…

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  • Review: Voigtländer 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar

    Review: Voigtländer 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar

    Cosina, the manufacturer behind the modern Voigtländer brand, has been producing outstanding optics for the Sony E-mount for the last several years. I’ve reviewed several of these lenses, and have been regularly impressed.  Voigtländer has managed to produce high-end manual focus lenses that rival the very well received Zeiss Loxia line in many ways for…

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  • Review: Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD

    Review: Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD

    Tamron had great success with their first full-frame Sony E-mount lens, the 28-75mm f/2.8. The lens was affordable, had very good image quality, a solid yet lightweight build and made for a very nice alternative to the Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM.  Now they are targeting the ultra-wide zoom segment with the new Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Review: Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary (Sony E-Mount)

    Review: Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary (Sony E-Mount)

    Sigma has had two distinct strategies when it comes to mirrorless lenses.  On the full-frame side, they simply ported their DSLR lenses to Sony E-Mount (and later the L-mount) by basically building in their mount adapter logic into the lens and extending a tube to make up the flange distance, though this is beginning to…

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  • Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 vs Sony/Zeiss 16-35mm f/4

    Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 vs Sony/Zeiss 16-35mm f/4

    Tamron just released their brand new 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD lens for Sony E-Mount, and it’s a very intriguing offer from Tamron.  The lens retails for $899, which is $450 cheaper than the Sony/Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 OSS that is involved in this comparison, and a whopping $1,300 less than the equal aperture (but wider…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Paradise in Ohio

    Paradise in Ohio

    Landscape photographers regularly try to seek out new locations to capture natural beauty.  If you live somewhere where natural beauty is in abundance, you may have countless locations to explore.  In other areas, natural beauty may be confined to widely spaced pockets, and it can be challenging to find new locations that scratch that itch…

    Jordan Steele

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