Category: gear

Olympus announces the uber retro Pen E-PL8 Micro Four Thirds camera + lenses and a strobe

Udi Tirosh

With Photokina coming it is no surprise that many announcements are reeling in. Olympus just Olympus announces the uber retro Pen E-PL8 Micro Four Thirds camera (pre-order here). The PEN E-PL8, follows the Olympus line of retro cameras only doing it with more style. So this camera has quite a design dialog with the recently announced […]

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Yi Technology are launching a 20MP mirrorless camera

John Aldred

Well, this is a bit of a surprise. Yi Technology, yup, the action camera people, have announced that they are releasing a micro four thirds mirrorless camera. They’re also bringing out two new lenses to go along with it, a 12-40mm f/3.5-5.6 and a 42.5mm f/1.8. Called the Yi M1, the new camera is built on a […]

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This is what Burning Man playa dust will do to your camera [horror story]

Udi Tirosh

Burning man is probably one of the best places in the world to get some exciting photos going. Sadly, not without a price. Roger Cicala of LensRental tells that after each Burning Man festival he s faced with the task of cleaning (and sometimes scraping) the gear  that came back from the Playa. It is not […]

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Yo dawg, I heard you like hipster, so we put some instant film in your Leica

John Aldred

Despite doing everything possible to kill off analogue photography, Fuji have done wonders for instant film. The trend has seen a resurgence in recent years, becoming extremely popular. This has not gone unnoticed, especially by Leica. Leica have now announced that they’re producing their own instant film camera, the SOFORT (German for “instant”). IT is […]

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Fuji X-T2 vs Nikon D5; Real world portrait comparisons with Raw sample downloads

John Aldred

Ok, it might be a little unfair to put a $2,400 camera and lens against a $8,100 camera and lens. One would expect a camera rig costing more than three times as much to produce better results. But are those results at least three times better? And if the Fuji can keep up, doesn’t that […]

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Zeiss expands its Sony E-Mount Loxia range with a new 85mm f/2.4 lens

John Aldred

Zeiss have announced a new telephoto lens in their Loxia lineup for Sony full frame cameras. The new lens is the Zeiss Loxia 2.4/85. Adding to the Loxia family that includes the 21mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2 and 50mm f/2, the new 85mm f/2.4 rounds off the selection quite nicely. For now, anyway. I still think they […]

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Best Portrait Lenses Under $500

Rose Clearfield

Professional portrait photographers tend to gravitate toward the high-end portrait lenses, such as the Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 or the Nikon 85mm f/1.4G. If you aren’t satisfied with the performance and features of your kit lens but aren’t ready to drop $1,500 or more on a high-end lens, consider one or more of the following […]

Profoto’s new D2 TTL monolight leaves other “Fast” strobes in the dust

John Aldred

We posted a review on this just earlier today, but here’s the full specs and info on the new Profoto D2 Monolight. Here’s the short version, though. Up to 20 flashes per second, action freezing flash durations as fast as 1/63,000ofh of a second and high speed sync with all shutter speeds all the way […]

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Hands-on with the Profoto D2 AirTTL, the “World’s Fastest Monolight”

TJ Hansen

When Profoto added TTL, High Speed Sync, and studio-level power to the Profoto B1 battery-powered monolight, it was revolutionary. But the newest flash, which the company describes as the “World’s Fastest Monolight,” is built to take the Profoto AirTTL system to the next level with even faster and more powerful lights. The Profoto D2 500/1000 […]

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