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Mirrorless News Roundup: October 2013
What a week in the Mirrorless Camera industry! We’ve seen new cameras announced for the big three mirrorless camera mounts, with some very exciting news on all fronts. Naturally, I have my thoughts, both of excitement and caution for these announcements, so let’s dive in: Sony Alpha 7 and 7R The biggest news this week…
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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…
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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…
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Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XC 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS
The release of the Fujifilm X-M1 (reviewed here) also saw the release of a new kit lens from Fuji. This new lens, the XC 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS, is unique among kit lenses for a few reasons. First, it’s one of the very few inexpensive kit lenses that starts with a super-wide focal length. The 16-50mm…
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Review: Fujifilm X-M1
As the Fujifilm X-Series mirrorless system grows, Fuji has seen fit to diversify a bit from what was previously a system that catered entirely to enthusiasts and professionals. Recently, Fuji has released its latest X-Series camera: the X-M1. While the X-Pro 1 and X-E1 were targeted distinctly at the high-end, the X-M1 seeks to court…
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Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS
Fujifilm has been hard at work the past two years in fleshing out their new X-series mirrorless system. While the current system only consists of eight Fujinon lenses and two Zeiss lenses, Fuji has done a great job at building a complete system very quickly. One of the latest additions is the company’s second zoom…
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Fujifilm’s New Firmware for X-Pro 1 and X-E1
Today, Fujifilm released versions 2.0 (X-E1) and 3.0 (X-Pro1) of the camera firmware for their X-Mount mirrorless cameras. This has been a long anticipated firmware update, and it adds some great features: Addition of focus peaking to highlight in-focus areas during manual focus Quick adjustment of viewfinder magnification between 3x and 10x using the rear…
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Review: Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Distagon (Fuji X-Mount)
Carl Zeiss, AG has been one of the premier optics companies for over 150 years. The name is synonymous with optical quality, and their lenses carry high expectations. The majority of interchangeable lenses made by Zeiss have been manual focus lenses, from their extremely highly regarded Contax line of the 70s and 80s to the…
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