My experience with this Laowa was highlighted by it’s outstanding optical performance with edge to edge sharpness. This lens opens a new visual world of seriously exciting macro photography. At 2x it’s just fantastic and it’s also an apochromat! In my opinion this lens equals or exceeds the best offerings […]
Prepare to be amazed… Shooting polo – the sport of kings, with my Nikon Z9 and the Tamron 70-300mm at 300mm, f/7.1, 1/2000 second, ISO 320. For the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of field testing the brand-new Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD zoom lens – […]
Tokina is widely regarded for manufacturing some of the best ultra-wide lenses the past 15 years or so. Various versions of the ultrawide f/2.8 have been standouts – they’re bright, fast focusing and optically very good. Long before the Full Frame Mirrorless wars, the APS-C DSLR was king and landscape, […]
Moe my artist friend in Wakefield Que If you’re looking for dramatic perspectives to set shots apart from the conventional, then look no further, this super wide Laowa is the one for you. Laowa 14mm f/4 Zero-D DSLR Speaking from professional experience I’ve shot hundreds of rolls with super wide […]
The Hahnemühle Rice Paper is part of the Matt FineArt smooth collection. The papers in this Collection are as diverse as the images printed upon them. The first thing that I noticed when compared to other Hahnemühle papers is that the Rice Paper is very thin, 100gsm. It has a […]
Ever heard about magnetic lid camera bags? (I never had.) When I found out about the SpeedTop Crossbody Series, it made me wonder… Was it a very good idea or a very bad one? Here are my thoughts on the latest Think Tank collection. The “SpeedTop” concept This Series is […]
I absolutely love shooting in the rain and the Think Tank cover has made this possible. The manufacturer of my camera claims it’s weather tolerant and I am confident it’ll be moisture tolerant in light rain for a few minutes, but not for hours on end. A vast new world […]
B&W film photography is often considered fine art. It’s characteristics are very different from digital technologies; film is silver based while digital is electronic. Full credit to digital as it has attracted an incredible number of gifted photographers. The world of photography has never been so good. Digital offers a […]
I was pleased to test the Vanguard VEO 3+ 263AB Aluminum Tripod with a ball head. This tripod comes complete with a tripod bag. It is a sturdy tripod capable of holding any medium sized camera rock solid. The “normal’ uses for a tripod all worked well for this tripod. […]
I was pleased to test a set of Kenko PRO1D Close-up lenses on both a DSLR and a Micro Four Thirds cameras. I was very impressed with the results -especially on my OLYMPUS MFT camera. This set comes complete with an impressive carrying case. The close-up lens set I tested […]
