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…
Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 16mm f/2.8 R WR
Fujifilm has done a wonderful job filling out the lenses for their X-mount camera system since it’s beginning in 2012. Among my personal favorites have been the more recent compact f/2 series lenses, that many have dubbed the “Fujicron” lenses, as a nod to the high quality, super small Leica Summicron lenses. These include the…
Review: Sony a6400
With Sony’s recent emphasis on full-frame cameras and lenses, many users of Sony’s original APS-C E-mount cameras have begun to feel a bit left out. While Sony still has a long way to go with regards to native APS-C lens selection, the APS-C camera line got another injection of technology with the brand-new a6400. While…
My Favorite Photos of 2018
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…
Review: Voigtländer 21mm f/3.5 Color-Skopar (Sony E-mount)
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,…
Review: Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G
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…
Review: Canon EOS R
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…
Some Site Changes are Incoming
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…