Lens, camera reviews, tutorials, photo-workshops
Today I visited a local photo exhibition and used the occasion to try the Sony super telephoto lens - FE 400mm f/2.8 GM. There are already many reviews around, so I will focus on my initial impressions. As a reference, I owned a Canon comparable - EF 400mm f/2.8 II L IS USM, and I…
I was lucky to get the new Zeiss Milvus 25/1.4 for a few hours to try on my Sony A7 MII camera. Using Novoflex adapter, I made a few shots in the field. For the in-depth review, this lens should be tested on the native mount camera (Canon or Nikon), but this short experience helped…
It's been over 4 months since Samyang introduced their first AF lenses, both made for Sony E mount cameras - Samyang AF 14/2.8 FE and Samyang AF 50/1.4 FE. Having no contacts to Samyang local representatives, I didn't plan to review any of those lenses, but in fact I am quite a fan of them,…
Sony A99 MII, company new flagship DSLR is about to hit shops. Sony however announced, that because of an unexpected demand, first batches will be of limited quantity and most probably won't cover all pre-orders. Meanwhile, on WEB forums, we can read different opinion about this announcement, including suspicion about faking the "high demand" part,…
I already published Loxia 85/2.4 hands-on in the Photokina coverage article, but it deserves its dedicated space, so here it is, slightly reorganized and with some new content. I had a short interview with Mr. Cristophe Casenave, senior product manager in Zeiss and expert on weather sealing. VBL:Aren't you afraid that Batis and Loxia are…
On 10th of September, in the group headquarter in Oberkochen, around 40 journalists mainly from Europe, have been introduced to the new Zeiss lens line called Milvus. Milvus Milvus is a Latin name for the Red Kite, medium-sized bird of prey, with largest population in... Germany (around 12000 pairs) While few of my friends photographers,…
While biggest stars on Photokina Sony stand were new lenses, and variety of other products was imprerssive, Samsung stand was NX1 dominated. http://youtu.be/DiHP1gAUcxQ?list=UUrgZ0xuwSLetdhvrLQqa7BA There were some fifty cameras prepared for visitors, around at least four blocks with different subjects for testing. Subjects were nice models, ready to pose for your NX1 first experience and to…
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