My most recent collaboration. News to share.
The Lorien Academy of the Arts is a wonderful after-school art program that holds classes so that young people are introduced to art in varying forms. As put on the website:
Continue reading “An evening of art, philanthropy, and a 7Artisans lens.”
Three things:
But “What about lens XYZ?” you may be saying. My criteria may be considered odd by some. My expectations for 50mm lenses are informed by my early experiences with 35mm film. Namely:
Continue reading “Solving My Sony 50mm Conundrum, aka Cony, aka Frankenmacro Part II”
Update: Everything said below is true… but I sold it. Went for another brand SLR and a Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 instead.
What are you looking to get out of your next lens?
Me? I wanted a superzoom. Why? After a few times carrying around two camera bodies with two zooms to cover near anything that came my way that got old really quickly.
What to do? Superzoom! One huge problem. From everything I have read superzooms are usually awful or mediocre at best optically… and big and heavy… …and typically expensive. That is not a good combination. But I really wanted some of that one lens does all action. Continue reading “When not awful is a high compliment: Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS”
Disclaimer/Backstory: I have quite a bit of seat time with this lens’ predecessor. My favorite all time lens is the many DSLR’d mount version Tamron 28-75mm. Why? Yes.
Continue reading “An amazing lens: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD”
This one line from their website says a lot.
World’s Widest 1:1 Macro Lens.
Was impressed by that alone and the macro samples from a favorable PetaPixal preview and review.
Was impressed further by the built-in shift mechanism. A simple 3 position up/center/down setup unlocked by a lever instead of many positions like some others, but this does not prove to be an issue at all in actual use. This is one of my favorite features of this lens. Continue reading “Versatility in lens form: Venus Laowa 15mm f/4 1:1 @laowa_lens”
Wrote a part one about the Sony A7III thinking there may be one or two more to come and that would do it. Since then I realized something. Will likely be writing about this camera for quite some time. That first post was about feel. Stumped on what to write for part two. It defies categorization. What do I mean… Continue reading “SONY A7III: THIS TIME SONY IS SERIOUS. PART 2. Not numbering anymore of these.”
Ok Sony we get it. You mean business this time.
I have long liked Sony. On my gear churn odyssey I have passed by the RX100ii, a6000, A7, the A7ii, most recently the A7Rii (now realizing I have never written a proper review of this camera) and now the A7iii. This was not an impulse buy. When I read the spec sheet of the A7iii this is what I heard Sony say: Continue reading “Sony A7iii: This time Sony is serious. Part 1. Feel.”
