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…
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Thoughts on the new Nikon Z6 and Z7
A Fourth Major Mirrorless System Nikon is the talk of the town today, with the Nikon Z6 and Nikon Z7 mirrorless full-frame bodies and a few lenses announced. The new Z Mount mirrorless system throws its hat in the ring as the fourth major mirrorless system. “But Jordan,” you say, “Canon has the EF-M system!”…
Review: Fujifilm Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 Macro R LM OIS WR
Fujifilm has developed an exceptionally robust lens lineup over the last several years, but the one area that had been lacking was in a true 1:1 macro lens. Fuji remedies this with their 80mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro, a lens with a slightly longer field of view than many macros, 1:1 magnification, an…
Review: Sony A7 III
The Sony A7 full-frame mirrorless system has now been around for 4.5 years, and while the original A7 was replaced after just a year on the shelf, the A7 II has had much greater staying power. That model was announced in November of 2014, and has enjoyed a nice stay as the ‘basic model’ in…
Review: Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS
Sony has been heavily concentrating on fleshing out the full frame E-mount system with quality lenses, which is something that they didn’t really do with their APS-C e-mount lineup. As such, less than two years after the introduction of the A7, the FE lineup has grown into a rather full featured system. Today, I review…
Review: Fujifilm X-T1
Fuji has been releasing a host of new camera bodies for their X System, with a total of four new cameras in the past year. The latest breaks from the rangefinder-style tradition of the X-Series and brings us a mini-SLR style mirrorless camera in the X-T1. While it shares many of its features and capabilities…
Review: Sony A7
It’s here. The long awaited full-frame mirrorless camera. Photographers have been waiting with bated breath for a company to release a full-frame mirrorless camera and Sony has delivered with not one but two new cameras to satisfy those who are looking to reduce size a bit while keeping the ultimate in image quality. The A7…
Review: Fujifilm X-E2
Fuji has released a rather large number of bodies in 2013, and they conclude the year by issuing their first X-Series upgraded camera, the X-E2. When the X-E1 (reviewed here) was released only a little more than a year ago, it was the second entry in the X-System. A scaled down X-Pro 1 without the optical…