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Nikon vs Canon vs Sony Full-Frame Mirrorless Mirrorless vs DSLR
Canon: EOS R1 R3 R5 Mk II R5 R5C R6 II R6 R R8 RP R7 R10 R50 R100 1DX III 1DX II 5DS/R 5D Mk IV 6D II 90D T8i SL3 T7 T100 Flash Lenses
Nikon Z: Z9 Z8 Z7 II Z6 III Z6 II Z5 Zf Z fc Z50 II Z50 Z30 D6 D850 D780 D500 D7500 D3500 Flash Lenses Best Nikon Lenses
Sony: A9 III A1 A9 II A9 A7R V A7R IV A7R III A7 IV A7 III A7R II A7S III A7CR A7C II A7c A7 II ZV-E1 ZV1 II A6700 A6600 A6400 A6100 A6000 ZV-E10 II ZV-E10 RX10/4 RX100/7 RX100/6 Flash Lenses
Fujifilm: GFX 100S II GFX 100 II GFX100S GFX100 GFX50R X100VI X100V X100F X-H2 X‑H2s X-T5 X‑T4 X‑T3 X-T50 X-M5 X‑T30 X‑Pro3 X-S20 X‑S10 X‑E4 X‑T200 Film Lenses
LEICA: SL2 SL2 S Q3 43 Q3 Q2 Q2M M11M M11 M10-R M10M M10P M10 M240 M-E M9P M9T M9 M7 M6/TTL CLE M3 IIIf IIIa Lenses
OM SYSTEM: OM-1 Mark II OM-1 M.Zuiko ED 90mm f/3.5 IS
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Road Trip to Route 66, Fri-Sat 07-09 February 2025
From our previous trip earlier this year:
Roy's, Route 66, February 2024.
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31 October 2024, Halloween!
New from Canon
Canon RF-S 7.8mm f/4 STM Dual Pseudo~Stereoscopic Lens.
NEW: RF-S 7.8mm f/4 STM Dual Pseudo~Stereoscopic Lens Review.
Weird lens, exclusively for the R7, that attempts to shoot in stereoscopic (3D) for VR applications, however the two lenses are so close together (only a half-inch or 11.8mm) that I doubt it's worth the effort. Canon only claims it has a stereo effect out to a subject distance of about 20 inches (half a meter).
Canon RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM.
NEW: RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM Review.
Canon RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM.
NEW: RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM Review.
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Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z.
NEW: RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z Review.
NEW: Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 VCM for Sony.
NEW: MacBook Pros with M4 chip.
30 October 2024, Wednesday
NEW: Nikon Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ.
A power zoom lens for video.
NEW: Apple Mac Minis with M4 chip.
$167 off (open box with full new warranty): Nikon Z fc w/Z 16-50mm VR: $930.
29 October 2024, Tuesday
Last night at Cardiff Reef
Coast Guard Helicopter at Sunset, Cardiff Seaside Reef, California, 5:58 PM, Monday, 28 October 2024. Square crop from Canon EOS R5 II, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 55mm at f/7.1 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 200 (LV 14.6) in Highlight Tone Priority D+ mode (MENU > CAMERA page 3 > Highlight tone priority > D+), Radiant Photo and Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.
New: 24" M4 iMacs.
$250 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Canon RF 24~240mm IS USM: $649.
$1,298 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony A1: $5,200. (A1 Review)
28 October 2024, Monday
Yesterday's Mid-Afternoon Hike
Torrey Pines State Reserve, La Jolla, California, 3:28 PM, Sunday, 27 October 2024. Square crop from Canon EOS R5 II, RF 24-240mm IS USM at 35mm at f/11 at 1/400 at Auto ISO 200 (LV 14.6) in Highlight Tone Priority D+ mode (MENU > CAMERA page 3 > Highlight tone priority > D+), Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.
Yes, my favorite lens of all time, above every one of my LEICA APO ASPH SUMMICRONS and SUMMILUX and every other lens, is my cherished Canon RF 24-240mm IS USM. The 24~240mm does everything I need in just one lens. It's super sharp (better than Sony's barely good enough FE 24-240mm), and covers 20% more range than Nikon's Z 24-200mm which only works on Nikon's cameras. I much prefer the Canon system for mirrorless, and while LEICAs are nice to keep in your safe and brag about how sharp they are, LEICAs aren't very useful for actually making pictures.
So sue me; I went for a hike in the middle of the day rather than at sunset for a change, and super cool is how modern software lets me take a boring shot and amp it up to match my vision of how it should look.
I used Canon's D+ highlight preservation mode (MENU > CAMERA page 3 > Highlight tone priority > D+), but honestly I've never seen it make any significantly visible difference.
No worries, Skylum Luminar Neo software let me bring down the bright sea on the top right and enliven the rest of the shadowy eroded bluffs, all from a JPG Quality 1 (maximum compression) file. Here's how boring it looked right out of the camera:
$2,850 off: Nikon 120-300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR: $6,647 at B&H and at Adorama.
Works great on Z with the FTZ/II. This was $10,000 a couple of years ago, and is the same price as they've sold for used over the past two months. Nikon 120-300/2.8 Review.
New: Nikon 13mm f/5.6 offered for $57,024 at eBay. It's also offered in Euros here.
This is serial number 175,902, which I haven't seen sold before.
Nikon 600mm f/4 AI-s for $1,099.99 at eBay.
These sold for $7,399 new in 1995 at discount at B&H, which is the equivalent of over $15,000 today considering inflation.
These manual focus ultra-teles have amazing optics, and for use in astronomy the fact that they are manual-focus, complete with focus locks, make them more useful than AF lenses.
25 October 2024, Friday
What will they think of next?: TASCAM Plug-On Audio Recorder.
I just saw this at B&H: It's a tiny audio recorder that simply plugs onto the back of an XLR microphone.
It runs on one AAA cell or Micro USB and just records that mic in mono onto a microSD card and you're done.
It has no phantom power, but it does have a headphone jack and you can set its gain and select a limiter or AGC or low-cut filter. It even can record two files at the same time with different level settings and you can program different file names so you can make sense of multiple files from different mics at the same event!
We don't need no stinking mic cables!
$182 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Nikon Z 180-600mm VR: $1,715.
$134 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Nikon AF-P 70-300mm VR: $463.
This is a superb full-frame lens with ultra sharpness and nearly instantaneous autofocusing. It works great on mirrorless with either of the FTZ/II adapters.
23 October 2024, Wednesday
Snap from last night:
Sunset with Birds, Solana Beach, California, 6:04:38 PM, Tuesday, 22 October 2024. Cropped from Canon EOS R5 II, RF 200-800mm IS USM at 800mm in Program exposure mode at f/16 hand-held at 1/1,250 at ISO 100, -1.3 stops exposure compensation (LV 18.4), Radiant Photo software to keep the detail in the sun and brighten everything else automatically. bigger.
You can see green along the top of the sun above, which is a hint of the little green flash to come three minutes later. It was only barely visible to the naked eye, and zoomed in all the way I got this much:
The Green Flash, Solana Beach, California, 6:07:33 PM, Tuesday, 22 October 2024. Cropped from Canon EOS R5 II, RF 200-800mm IS USM in manual exposure mode at f/11 at 1/2,000 at ISO 100 (LV 18.0), Radiant Photo software to keep the detail and color in the Green Flash and put some detail in everything else automatically. bigger.
These shots are looking straight into sun, so both of these images are made with much less exposure than normal shots to ensure the retention of color in the disk of the sun or Green Flash. This makes everything else much darker than usual, and Radiant Photo then will lighten the surroundings to look more normal, while retaining color in the sun. Yes, these are all from JPG Quality 1 images, which store the same dynamic range as RAW files (8-bit log versus 14-bit linear). If I was paying attention I would have used a higher JPG quality setting, knowing that JPG artifacts would become much more visible after I lightened the dark areas. The artifacts you see are my fault, not the camera's.
Regardless of your chosen data format, you have to be careful to protect the highlights to retain color in the sun. In Zone System terms we place the sun about Zone VII, and let everything else fall where it may. I then use Radiant Photo software to force everything else to be as light or dark as I want it, while Radiant Photo leaves the disc of the sun untouched, all automatically.
$300 off: Sony A7C: $1,298.
New: Canon Selphy QX20 Compact Photo Printer. Also comes in white.
This is a pocket-sized, self-contained battery-powered printer that prints wirelessly. It's for making fun little prints while you're out and about.
22 October 2024, Two-Twos Tuesday
It's been five years since our greatest fall color trip of all time in 2019. It was a mind-blowing trip, and was our last trip before COVID messed with everyone and everything and we had to cancel and/or otherwise lead only very small groups.
I just got back from this year's trip and it was a BLAST! We finally had a completely full and wait-listed trip with loads of great, new people, and everything went awesomely. We even had snow! Now let's see how long it takes me to get these latest photos published 😁.
$243 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Nikon Z6 III: $2,254.
$400 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony RX100 Mk VII: $898.
New at Crutchfield: Nikon Z 50mm f/1.4.
Nikon invented the world's first 50mm f/1.4, which coincidently was also for a mirrorless camera, back in 1950!
15 October 2024, Tuesday
New from Fuji
NEW: Fuji X-M5 (also at Adorama and also at Adorama in silver), also comes with lens (also at Adorama, and also at Adorama in silver).
26 MP, 30 FPS, ISO 160~12,800 with push and pull from ISO 80 ~ 51,200, electronic shutter to 1/32,000 (same still-image specs as 2019's X-T30), video to 6K/29.97.
It's a smaller, less expensive camera missing many of the controls of the larger bodies. Five years ago when the X-T30 came out I thoroughly preferred and enjoyed holding a larger body with all the right and highly responsive controls on our Eastern Sierra trip of October 2019, but to each their own.
NEW: Fuji XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R LM WR II, also at Adorama.
NEW: Fuji XF 500mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR, also at Adorama.
Uo to $700 off: Canon Sale at Crutchfield.
Ends Sunday, 27 October 2024.
14 October 2024, Monday
Waxing Gibbous Moon as seen over Christ Lutheran Church, Pacific Beach, California, 6:31 PM, Sunday, 13 October 2024. Cropped from Canon EOS R5 II in APS-C crop mode (I didn't need any more black sky around this), RF 200-800mm IS USM at 800mm wide-open at f/9 hand-held at 1/250 at Auto ISO 500, -1 stop exposure compensation (LV 12.0), Radiant Photo software. bigger or camera-original 17 MP APS-C © 700 kB JPG quality 1 file.
I remember the bad old days trying to photograph the moon as a kid with my 700mm focal length f/11 (60mm diameter objective) Tasco telescope on an alt-azimuth slow-motion mount with my Minolta SRT-102 and a telescope adapter on Kodachrome 64. I got rubbish, even after half an hour setting up, while today, it's simply point-and-shoot as I'm walking down the street. Doing the math from LV 12.0 means I'd be at 1/15 with that film rig, which is asking for motion blur. Arrrgh, things are so much better today. The RF 200-800mm IS USM is super sharp and works great.
13 October 2024: 25 Years of KenRockwell.com
25th Anniversary!
I founded this site on 13 October 1999. It's hard to believe how I've put in about ten hours a day, pretty much every day and night for the past 25 years, and haven't stopped or slowed one iota. When it feels right, you just keep doing it. Here's what I was working on last night until after dark:
Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM. bigger.
NEW: Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM Review & Sample Images.
An awesome bargain of a lens.
Another snap from Thursday:
Garnet Avenue at Night, Pacific Beach, California, 6:56 PM, Thursday, 10 October 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM at 28mm wide-open at f/2.8 hand-held at 1/10 at Auto ISO 640 (LV 3.7), amped in Radiant Photo software, perspective correction in Photoshop CC. bigger or camera-original 45 MP © 4 MB JPG quality 1 file.
12 October 2024, Saturday
I just got my Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM and it's amazing: ultrasharp, even wide-open in the far corners, has great bokeh, it's small, light, fast and stabilized and the list goes on. Here's some snaps from the past few days (full review coming, of course):
Bird of Paradise, 8:54 AM, Saturday, 05 October 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM at 70 mm at f/3.5 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 100, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 10.6), exactly as shot. bigger or camera-original © file.
Tower 23 Restaurant, Pacific Beach, California, 6:42 PM, Thursday, 10 October 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM at 70 mm at f/2.8 hand-held at 1/13 at Auto ISO 250 (LV 5.3), amped-up in Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.
Of course at f/2.8 the foreground is out of focus.
Lifeguard Junk, Moonlit Dusk, Pacific Beach, California, 7:10 PM, Thursday, 10 October 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM at 33mm at f/3.2 hand-held for 0.4 seconds at Auto ISO 5,000 (LV minus 0.9), amped-up in Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger.
Handheld for half a second under moonlight? LOVE IT!
11 October 2024, Friday
$118 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony A7 III w/FE 28-70mm: $1,580.
10 October 2024, Thursday
NEW: Nikon 10 × 25mm STABILIZED binoculars.
NEW: Nikon 12 × 25mm STABILIZED binoculars.
These are little folding binoculars. What's new from Nikon is that they're stabilized, which makes a night-and-day difference in letting us see. I'm intrigued; I think these may be smaller than the smallest IS binoculars from Canon.
Until you've tried IS or VR in binoculars and tried to read fine print at a distance you won't realize how much of a difference it makes in letting us see details. I've had my Fujinon Techno-Stabi 14 × 40s since 2006! They're amazing, but are a lot to carry unless you're using them 100% of the time. These little Nikons look perfect for throwing in a backpack to replace my LEICA TRINOVID 8 × 20 BCA.
$300 off: Canon R7 Content Creator Kit: $1,799.
09 October 2024, Wednesday
Prime Day Deals at Amazon, at B&H, at Adorama and at Crutchfield.
Cool: Yamaha has a modern 100 WPC stereo receiver that looks like it came from the golden age.
I found it wandering through Crutchfield's sales. It looks and works like a classic, but with an OLED display along the bottom to see the radio and whatever else you're doing rather than a slide-rule dial. It has every kind of input from AM/FM, a phonograph preamp to digital to Bluetooth, WiFi and AirPlay 2 for all your streaming services. It even has built-in active speaker correction and comes with a calibration microphone. They even make one with logarithmic power meters! These are great for folks who appreciate classic looks and simplicity, and want modern technology without having to clean dirty contacts all the time.
Canon RF 10-20mm f/4L IS STM.
NEW: Canon RF 10-20mm f/4L IS STM Review & Sample Images.
iPhone Secret Hidden Camera Button
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A friend just showed me this: you can set your iPhone to go to the camera immediately with two taps on the back! It doesn't even need to be unlocked; it just goes! You don't need the new Camera Control button of the iPhone 16; I tried this on my old iPhone 15 Pro Max on iOS 17.6.1 and it works great!
Set this at:
Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap > Double Tap > Camera.
Cool, huh?
I'm loving my iPhone 16 Pro Max (review coming), on which of course this also works. Set it to Camera Controls in iOS 18 (not present in iOS 17) and now a double tap on the back will also take the picture once you're in the camera app.
08 October 2024, Tuesday
$85 off (open box with full new warranty): Canon R7 & RF-S 18-150mm IS STM: $1,614.
One of my favorite setups for shooting just about anything.
NEW: Panasonic Lumix S9.
NEW: Panasonic Lumix S 18-40mm f/4.5-6.3.
07 October 2024, Monday
NEW: Nikon 6mm f/2.8 220º Fisheye offered for $157,000 at eBay.
Nikon's most useless lens of all time, and therefore a collector's dream. It's a fisheye, which is almost impossible to use to make a strong image. It's a huge 9⅓ (236mm) diameter and 11½ pound (5.2 kg) monstrosity, but only has a 23mm diameter image circle that can't fill full frame.
OLD: Nikon 13mm f/5.6 offered again for $78,521 at eBay.
Sales and resales are easy to track because there are so few of these and they all have serial numbers. This was offered last month and didn't sell, so it's back again. This is serial number 175,960, which I reported was offered by Houston Camera Exchange over eBay last December and sold for $50,000.
Sales and resales are easy to track because there are so few of these and they all have serial numbers.
$214 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony ZV-E1L w/FE 28-60mm: $ 1,984.
Up to $1,000 off: Nikon Sale at Crutchfield.
06 October 2024, Sunday
$699 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Canon R6 II w/RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM: $2,400.
03 October 2024, Thursday
NEW: How to Fix Hotmail Not Responding on iOS & Mac.
02 October 2024, Wednesday
Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM.
NEW: Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM Review & Sample Images.
NEW: Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM at Crutchfield.
I just got mine! I'm impressed: it collapses for carrying, it's small and weightless, and it's ultrasharp and has insanely good stabilization. I can get tripod-equivalent sharpness handheld at over a second!
01 October 2024, Tuesday
I Love October!!!
Up to $4,800 off: Nikon Sale at Adorama.
Up to $500 off: Canon Sale at Adorama.
New: Think Tank Digital Holster Bags, V3.
New: LEICA Q3 43 at Crutchfield.
$32 off (open box with full new warranty): Canon RF 100-400mm IS USM: $617.
30 September 2024, Monday
$230 off: Canon R100, 18-45mm IS STM & RF-S 55-210mm IS STM: $599!!!
$80 off: Canon EOS R100 (body): $399.
The R100 is a tiny and extremely basic camera - that gives huge results! Santa can start shopping now!
$300 off: Sony A7 C & FE 28-60mm: $1,598.
26 September 2024, Thursday
New: LEICA Q3 43, also at Adorama.
Has a "perfect normal" 43mm f/2 APO-SUMMICRON lens, shades of the Olympus 35SP.
New: Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Di III VXD Macro for Nikon and for Sony.
$132 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G: $466.
25 September 2024, Wednesday
$244 Off (scratch & dent w/full new warranty: Sony ZV-E1L w/FE 28-60mm: $2,254.
Canon Sale: Up to $700 off at Crutchfield.
24 September 2024, Tuesday
iPhone 16 Pro Max
Like many of us, I just got my iPhone 16 Pro Max and of course I love it. Thank goodness Apple is one of the very few consumer companies who still care about making brilliant products out of glass, steel, ceramic and titanium that work incredibly well at reasonable prices, are well supported by real people at (800) APL-CARE, and have simple, clear user interfaces that are a joy to use all day. Contrast that to BMW's customer service, from whom I've still been waiting for four days for them to figure out how I should transfer my Digital Key to my new iPhone.
Let's not take this for granted; Apple could have sold-out like most of the rest of the world and today be selling disposable plastic rubbish with no customer support and crummy, ad-populated interfaces. For instance, my last two Mercedes were duds that had to be bought-back under lemon law, they had no customer support like we used to get back in Mercedes' golden years, and had abysmal user interfaces that didn't do much other than keep spewing idiotic voice warnings at us all the time. Let's not take for granted that Apple keeps churning out amazing products that seem as if they were crafted in Heaven by Angels; heck, the iPhone doesn't even have any writing or fine print on it anywhere, a perfectly beautiful work of art!
Everything is more pleasant to use than ever, and of course everything responds instantly.
Of course I'll be writing a detailed review as I get more stick time with it, while for now the first things I notice about it are:
1.) This seems like the easiest provisioning I've ever done. While of course it took hours for everything to transfer to my new phone as it always does, everything worked the first time. Bravo!
2.) Apple didn't make a big deal out of this, but to me this is huge: the iPhone 16 Pro Max has the biggest screen ever created on an iPhone. Everything is a little bigger and better, and I love all the screen space. Not just for convenience, but as an artist I'm constantly showing people my work on my phone, so every millimeter matters.
3.) Call me crazy, but the glass is slipperier than my older phones. I don't know if this is from wear on my older phones or from Apple's continuous advancement in materials, but my fingers glide all over the screen much more liquidly than ever before. Also the Apple clear case, rather than leather or silicon, is the slipperiest case I've had. A great thing about the clear case is that most of the bottom is open. No longer do we have to try to swipe over the bottom edge of the case to wake a hundred times a day as we do for cases that cover the bottom. The bottom corners are all covered and there's no danger from having the middle of the bottom open; it's highly unlikely you'd drop your phone on something pointy that could poke the middle of the bottom. When we drop our phones they always hit on a corner for obvious reasons.
4.) I'm loving the new Camera Control button because one click brings up the camera immediately, letting me wake and get my shot faster than with any other camera ever created. When fractions of a second matter, the second it used to take to hold the camera icon at the Lock screen matters. Now, one click to wake the Camera, and the next click fires. Bravo! I'm still learning how to use the slide-to-zoom functions, and yes, it's so easy to shoot now that I often make butt-dialed photos when I hit the Camera Control by accident!
5.) As expected, the 48 MP 0.5× ultrawide camera is a big improvement over the previous 12 MP ultrawide camera, especially when it's called into play shooting just below 1× and for most macro shots.
6.) By default the iPhone 16 Pro Max saves 12~24 MP HEIC files (or JPG when set or AirDropped as "Most Compatible"), and it's easy to set to shoot at 48 MP HEIC (or JPG when set or AirDropped at "Most Compatible") at Settings > Camera > Formats > ProRAW & Resolution Control ON and Pro Default > HEIF MAX (up to 48 MP). Do this and even 48 MP images are saved in the efficient HEIC format, and effortlessly transfer or save as JPGs when you select Most Compatible options.
7.) Cool thing about using these settings is that it shoots by default at the lower resolutions and shows "HEIC PRO" crossed-out on the camera screen, but tap HEIC PRO and it now saves at the highest resolution. Better yet is that it resets back to normal until you need higher resolution again.
8.) While my iPhone 15 Pro Max often got stuck trying to AirDrop more than 90 shots at a time, I have no problem at all on my iPhone 16 Pro Max with 130 shots at a time.
9.) Old-style widgets from several years ago like Google Traffic, Travel Times and CHP events are now gone in iOS 18. These are the widgets that got bumped-down to the bottom of our widget screen when we swipe to the right a few iOS verisons ago.
Double Rainbow over the Aviara Golf Course, 7:08 AM, Thursday, 24 January 2008. Nikon 13mm f/5.6 AI-s at f/11 at 1/60 on a D3 at ISO 200, old version of Radiant Photo software used to bring up shadow detail. What you can't see is how much time it took me to Photoshop-off the dark blobs caused by raindrops on the front element, which were very obvious in the original shot. bigger.
NEW: Nikon 13mm f/5.6 offered for $78,508 at eBay.
Sales and resales are easy to track because there are so few of these and they all have serial numbers.
This is serial number 175,960, which I reported was offered by Houston Camera Exchange over eBay last December and sold for $50,000.
Today it's offered by vintage-cameras-by-boris over eBay who seems to be in Austria.
This was the world's widest non-fisheye 35mm camera lens for decades, but today is simply a collectors' item for people old enough to remember when Nikon ruled the world of 35mm cameras. Today I prefer shooting with the Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 which is much more practical on Nikon Z.
For ultra-ultra wides, I just got my Canon 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM, which is quite literally 50 years newer and far superior optically. When I started this website almost 25 years ago in 1997 the Nikon 13mm was hot stuff and was still sold brand new, but today it's simply a collectors item with little practical photographic value, as wider lenses are available today with much better optics in much more practical packages.
19 Sep 2024, Thursday
New: DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro, as well as its accessories. Also at Adorama.
New: HASSELBLAD X2D 100MP Earth Explora Limited Edition.
Nikon Sale Ends Sunday, September 22
$1,005 Off: Z7 II & goodies: $1,997.
$505 Off: Z6 II & goodies: $1,497.
$305 Off: Z8 & goodies: $3,697.
$800 Off: D850: $2,197.
$700 Off: D780: $1,597.
16 September 2024, Monday
iPhones
Yes, of course I have my 16 Pro Max on order. I've always wanted the biggest screen I can get so I can see what I'm doing, and of course I love the 5× optical camera. Everyone has different preferences, which is why Apple makes so many different models.
You might not have noticed, but the camera system in the 16 Pro Max is hugely upgraded because the 0.5x camera is now 48 MP rather than just 12 MP.
While 12 MP is all we need when we actually have 12 MP, we do need this extra resolution when the iPhone crops from the 0.5× camera, which it does very often when shooting macro or at zoom settings from 0.51× to 0.99×.
Any time we're closer than about 6½ inches (165mm), the only camera that can focus this close is the 0.5×, and then the iPhone crops and digitally zooms-in from the 0.5× camera to get to the other settings like 1× , 2× and 5× at very close distances. The 48 MP camera is going to be great for giving us a huge sharpness boost in macro shots, as well as anything shot wider than 1x.
As my reviews explain, the iPhone is very clever in how it interpolates from a portion of the wider camera every time you zoom out to anything even slightly wider than the 5× or 1× cameras. In other words, everything between 0.51× and 0.99× is cropped and interpolated (digitally zoomed) from the 0.5× camera, everything from 1.01× to 4.99× is cropped and interpolated (digitally zoomed) from the 1× camera, and everything from 5.01× to 25× is cropped and interpolated (digitally zoomed) from the 5× camera.
Apple does a very clever job of interpolating as it digitally zooms. It does an excellent job of vectorizing images so that sharp lines stay sharp, and a great job at faking textures so textures seem to be there as interpolated. I've never heard anyone complain, but I prefer real resolution over interpolated (synthetic) resolution.
I’m also intrigued by the new camera control bar. I've been whining for years about how the various zoom options cover my images as I'm trying to compose, so these going away when using the touch bar should be a big help in shooting.
How much storage do you need? I use a lot because I have a huge legacy movie and music library I've collected before streaming and unlimited data plans were common, and I've never bothered to delete all this or at least prune this from my phone. Normal people today stream everything and thus don't need much, especially if you know how to use cloud services to store everything. The only reason to keep the libraries I have is that I have plenty to watch if I'm out of range of cellular data, which almost never happens today.
Likewise, I pull most of the video I shoot from my iPhone and store it on my Mac. If you like to shoot a lot of video and keep it on your phone, I can see how you could fill up your storage, especially if you insist on shooting at 4K. Again, storing this in the cloud will save you from needing more storage.
Storage is a luxury; look at how much storage you have and how much you have free (Settings > General > About > Capacity and Available), and if you subtract the one from the other that will tell you how much you're using.
People less adept at using cloud services or people who spend more time away from cellular data need more storage, while people who are better at using the cloud and streaming rather than on-phone storage need much less. I have 110,000 photos, 24,000 songs, which consumes a few hundred GB since I don't have them in the cloud.
14 September 2024, Saturday
NEW: EOS R5 Mark II High ISO Sample Image Files.
As you see below I'm having a blast with my R5 Mark II , and will be writing much more as I get more stick time with it.
Friday the 13th of September, 2024
Snaps all made within nine minutes of each other closing my rings with a walk at the beach at dusk two nights ago.
Cameras, both film and digital, don't lose any of their sensitivity to color with long exposures or at night.
Our eyes are much less sensitive to color in dim and dark light (rods versus cones), but we don't realize it because that's how we've all seen the world forever.
Therefore colors pop at dusk and night because cameras are much more sensitive to color than our eyes in these conditions. Shooting at night and dusk has been a trick I've used for wild colors ever since I was a little kid 50 years ago.
Dusk, Pacific Beach, California, 7:27 PM, Wednesday, 11 September 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM wide-open at f/1.4 hand-held at 1/10 of a second at Auto ISO 320 (LV 2.7), Skylum Luminar Neo software to pump it up. bigger.
Pacific Beach by Moonlight, Pacific Beach, California, 7:28 PM, Wednesday, 11 September 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM wide-open at f/1.4 hand-held at 1/8 of a second at Auto ISO 640 (LV 1⅓), pumped-up in Skylum Luminar Neo software. bigger or camera-original 45 MP © 3 MB JPG quality 1 file.
Vertical crop from the same image. bigger or camera-original 45 MP © 3 MB JPG quality 1 file.
Ahh, perfect sharpness and no coma right to the edges wide-open at f/1.4. The RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM is an ultrasharp lens!
You can see some tiling in the subtle washes of color in the sky because I shot it at the lowest JPG quality setting of 1 and then mucked around amping-up colors and contrasts which highlight JPG artifacts. Serves me right! I was wondering when I was going to be able to see a reason to shoot at anything other than JPG quality 1.
You can't see anything wrong in the original image, and only see it above because I screwed with this image to make it look as I envisioned it before I shot it. In the future maybe I'll use a higher-quality JPG setting with my R5 II — but I doubt it 😇. One of the many clever ways JPG lowers file size without causing any visible degradation is using quantization matrices to limit color precision where it's not needed — but with all the screwing around I did, I made it visible.
Pacific Terrace Hotel at Dusk, Pacific Beach, California, 7:34 PM, Wednesday, 11 September 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM wide-open at f/1.4 hand-held at 1/10 of a second at Auto ISO 1,600 (LV ⅓), pumped-up in Skylum Luminar Neo software, perspective correction in Photoshop CC. bigger or camera-original 45 MP © 10.4 MB JPG quality 1 file.
Pacific Terrace Hotel and Ghost Girl on Her iPhone, Pacific Beach, California, 7:34 PM, Wednesday, 11 September 2024. Canon EOS R5 II, RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM wide-open at f/1.4 hand-held at 1/8 of a second at Auto ISO 640 (LV 1⅓), pumped in Radiant Photo software, perspective correction in Photoshop CC. bigger or camera-original 45 MP © 3.9 MB JPG quality 1 file.
Ghost Girl, Palms, Sea and Clouds at Dusk, Pacific Beach, California, 7:36 PM, Wednesday, 11 September 2024. Vertical crop from the right side of a horizontal Canon EOS R5 II image, RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM at f/2.8 hand-held at one-half of a second at Auto ISO 1,250 (LV ⅓), pumped in Radiant Photo software. bigger.
Yes, my steady hands and the built-in stabilization of my R5 Mk II give me sharp shots hand-held at a half of a second. Tripods are for wimps! What's unsharp is simply out-of-focus at f/1.4; focus is on the left-most palm tree trunk and that's about it.
I shot this last photo when I was 11 years old at my grandma's house at Thanksgiving in 1973. Note how the colors pop compared to how night looks to our naked eyes:
Boathouse and Lake, Brookville Park, Rosedale, Queens, New York, 7:45 PM. Thanksgiving, Thursday, 22 November 1973. Shot with Minolta SR-1 with 53mm f/2 Minolta AUTO ROKKOR-PF at f/5.6 for 30 seconds on Kodachrome, perked up in Radiant Photo software. enlarge.
The "scratches" along the bottom are actually reflections from passing cars in the street lights. This exposure was a completely manual calculation, and I made but one 30 second exposure at f/5.6. As a kid, film was expensive, so I had no budget for bracketing. I had to learn to get it right the first time — and this was my first roll of film I shot in my newly purchased first (used) camera.
The six-bladed conventional diaphragm gave me these nice 6-pointed sunstars at f/5.6. Of course I had to use a tripod back in 1973!
$148 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G: $400.
$118 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony ECM-B10 Digital Shotgun Microphone: $130.
12 September 2024, Thursday
NEW: Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8 IS STM, also at Adorama. Just $1,099!
15 elements in 12 groups, 2 of which are of UD glass and 2 are aspherical, 67mm filters, 17.5 oz./495g, 10.8'/9½"/0.24m close focus, 0.24× macro ratio, should ship this month.
An amazing collapsible, lightweight, inexpensive and fast lens, and even has optical stabilization unlike most Sony and Nikon f/2.8 lenses!
While I usually prefer longer-range, slower lenses like the RF 24-105mm IS STM and especially the RF 24-240mm IS USM, this faster lens with a more limited zoom range is perfect for pub crawlers and others who want a compact lens to carry around all night. I can't recall ever seeing another lightweight 28-70mm f/2.8 at both a low price and with stabilization. Bravo!
NEW: LEICA M11 D, also at Adorama.
The latest in LEICA's Instruments of the Immortals, it does away with the bothersome rear LCD so true masters can concentrate on their image, rather than on their cameras.
$1,000 off: Canon EOS R5.
The original R5 is now $1,000 off:
Body-only: $2,899 at B&H, at Adorama, at Crutchfield and at Amazon, or about $2,150 used if you know How to Win at eBay.
R5 & RF 24-105mm f/4L kit: $3,899 at B&H, at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H and at Crutchfield.
11 September 2024, Wednesday
$55 off (open box with full new warranty): Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G: $493.
10 September 2024, Tuesday
NEW: Nikon Z 50mm f/1.4.
10 elements in 7 groups, 62mm filters, 14.9 oz./422g, 1.2'/0.4m close focus, 0.17× macro ratio, ships at the end of this month.
Very similar to the Z 35mm f/1.4, it's a lightweight, inexpensive, close-focusing and I'll assume also optically magnificent lens from Nikon, who invented the world's first 50mm f/1.4 back in 1950, eleven years before LEICA introduced theirs.
While I'm sure it will be ultra sharp at f/1.4, bokeh oddly looks poor: blur circles are slightly weird and more organic, like traditional 50mm f/1.4 lenses had decades ago. The background blur circles aren't simply circles; they're weird-shaped blobs that are lighter around their outer edges, which adds details that call attention to the background — exactly the opposite of the smooth, undistracting backgrounds rendered by a lens with good bokeh. I'll have to compare it to my classic AI 50mm f/1.4s from 1981.
NEW: Professional Sony ECM-L1 Lavaliere Mic.
NEW: AirPods Max headphones.
NEW: AirPods 4.
NEW: AirPods 4 w/noise cancelation.
09 September 2024, Monday
NEW: Canon C80 Cine camera, also at B&H.
The EOS C80 has Cinema RAW Light and 4K/120p internal recording and a 12G-SDI interface.
6K Full-frame Back-illuminated stacked CMOS sensor
Triple-base ISO (800, 3200, 12,800)
Internal recording: 6K 30P Cinema RAW Light, XF-AVC, XF-HEVC S and XF-AVC S
Built-in ND filters.
$200 Off: Canon EOS R7 with RF-S 18-150mm IS STM: $1,699.
$200 Off: Canon R7: $1,299.
$500 Off: Canon R5: $2,899.
$300 Off: Canon 5D Mk IV w/EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM: $3,099.
$300 Off: Canon 5D Mark IV: $1,999.
$150 Off: Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM: 1,249.
$100 Off: Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8: $527.
$800 Off: Nikon D850: $2,197.
Almost Free ($440 or 73% Off): SanDisk 512 GB 1,400~1,700 MB/s CFexpress Type B: $159.99!
$200 Off: 13" MacBook Air M3: $1,299.
08 September 2024, Sunday
$150 off (open box with full new warranty): Canon RF 24-105mm F2.8 L IS USM Z: $2,849.
07 September 2024, Saturday
Dawn, Summer Heat, San Diego, California, 7:33 AM, Friday, 06 September 2024. Canon EOS R5 II and RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM at 10mm at f/22 (for the sunstar) at 1/60 at Auto ISO 100 (LV 15.0), color, highlights and shadows optimized with Skylum Luminar Neo software, cropped to taste in Photoshop CC. bigger.
$699 off (open box with full new warranty): Canon RF 100-500mm L IS USM: $2,000!!!
$39 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Canon R100 w/RF-s 18-45mm IS STM: $360.
$98 off (open box with full new warranty): Sony A7 III w/FE 28-70mm: $1,600.
$619 off (scratch & dent with full new warranty): Sony A7 IV: $1,879.
06 September, 2024, Friday
I just got my EOS R5 II and RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM:
Under the Pacific Beach Pier, San Diego, California, 6:45 PM, Tuesday, 03 September 2024. Canon EOS R5 II and RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM at 10mm wide-open at f/4 hand-held at 1/10 of a second at Auto ISO 320 (LV 5.7), highlights and shadows optimized with Skylum Luminar Neo software, perspective correction in Photoshop CC. bigger or camera-original (unprocessed) 45 MP © 8 MB JPG Quality 1 file.
Yes, I shoot at the lowest JPG quality setting of 1 out of 10, and at 45 MP resolution, it looks great on my EOS R5 II. Back at the dawn of digital photography I did (and reported right here on) the results I got at various quality settings, and I discovered that no camera let you set them down too far to make a bad image — even the crummiest settings looked great. I also discovered in other research that one can use mush stronger compression at higher resolution because the artifacts are much smaller for any given print size, so at 45 MP, JPG Quality 1 is it. A nice thing about the EOS R5 II is that you can set different quality settings for each resolution.
I love Skylum Luminar Neo software because I can shoot basic (quality 1 out of 10) JPGs in harsh light, and it lets me put detail back into the shadows and recover highlights. Just look at how dull is the camera-original (unprocessed) 45 MP © 8 MB JPG Quality 1 file compared to what came out of Neo after just a few clicks:
As shot. bigger or camera-original (unprocessed) 45 MP © 8 MB JPG Quality 1 file.
Swank Bar, Pacific Beach, California, 7:29 PM, Tuesday, 03 September 2024. Canon EOS R5 II and RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM at 20mm wide-open at f/4 hand-held at 1/8 of a second at Auto ISO 500, -0.7 stops exposure compensation (LV 4.7), details put back into the shadows without losing the highlights with Radiant Photo software, Photoshop CC. bigger or camera-original (unprocessed) 45 MP © 6.5 MB JPG Quality 1 file.
This new RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM rocks. It's decades away from what we used to have to deal with for ultra-ultrawide lenses. As used on my EOS R5 II it has no distortion, no falloff, and no color shifts in the corners, all of which used to be common with lenses this wide.
In the shot of the bar, the right-side part of the tree seems softer, but it's simply close to the camera and out of focus. Look at the things behind it and you'll see they're sharp. In actual use, the RF 10-20mm f/4 L IS STM is ultrasharp, even at f/4, all the way out to the corners of my EOS R5 II. Bravo!
$74 off (open box with full new warranty): Canon RF 1.4× Extender: $425.
Canon Sale at Crutchfield: Up to $700 off.
New: LEICA 70-200mm f/2.8 VARIO ELMARIT SL (L Mount). also at Adorama.
New: LEICA 2× Extender L für SL 70-200 f/2.8 ASPH und SL 100-400mm. also at Adorama.
New: DJI Neo Tiny Camera Drone: $199~289 complete kits! also at Adorama.
New: Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8 for Sony & Leica L. also at Adorama.
New: Sigma APS-C 10-18mm f/2.8 for Canon RF-s.
$98 off (open box with full new warranty): Sony A7 III w/FE 28-70mm: $1,600.
05 September, 2024, Thursday
Almost Free($330 Off): Canon R100, RF-s 18-45mm IS STM & RF-s 55-210mm IS STM: $499!!!
New: Ultralight DJI 75mm f/1.8 for certain drones.
04 September 2024, Wednesday
$700 Off: Canon EOS R6 w/RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM: $2,699.
Oooooh, nice camera with the L lens at a fat discount!
$500 Off: Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR: $5,997.
$500 Off: Sony A7R V: $3,398.
What Was New in:
July & August 2024: Canon R5 Mk II, Canon EOS R1, Nikon Z6 III Review & Sample Images, My Nikon Z6 III Plain-English User's Guide, Nikon Z 35mm f/1.4 Review & Sample Images, Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM II, AstrHori AF 85mm f/1.8 Review & Sample Images, Oben GH3W-15 Geared Head Review, Oben CQL-13 Magic Disappearing Tripod Review, Godox SK400II V Studio Strobe Review & Sample Images, LEICA D-Lux 8, Tamron Full-Frame 50-400mm VR for Nikon Z, Benro Theta Self-Leveling Tripod, Benro Theta Max Self-Leveling Tripod.
May & June 2024: What is Atmospheric Heat Shimmer, Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM Review, Canon RF-S 3.9mm f/3.5 DUAL FISHEYE, Canon RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM, Canon EL-10 Flash, Canon EOS C400 Cine Camera, Canon 17-120mm T2.95 for Canon RF, Canon 17-120mm T2.95 for ARRI PL, Canon Laser Rangefinder, Nikon Z6 III Review, Viltrox Z 16mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Z 28-400mm VR Review, Nikon Z 35mm f/1.4, Nikon Z 180-600mm VR Review, Sony Full-Frame 16-25mm f/2.8G, Fuji GFX 100S II, Fuji GF 500mm f/5.6, Fuji X-T50, Fuji XF 16-50mm f/2.8-4.8, LEICA D-Lux 8, ZEISS PLANAR 80mm f/2.8 C for HASSELBLAD Review, HASSELBLAD 25mm f/2.5, Pentax 17 half-frame 35mm camera, Lumix S9, Lumix GH-7, Lumix S 18-40mm, Lumix S 26mm f/8 in L mount, Sigma APS-C 18-50mm f/2.8 for Canon RF, Sigma 28-45mm f/1.8 Full Frame for Sony & LEICA L, Tamron 50-300mm for Sony.
March & April 2024: What's an Infinity Focus Stop?, Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L IS USM Z Review, Nikon Z 12-28mm DX VR PZ Review, Nikon Z 28-400mm VR Review, Sony FE 16-25mm f/2.8G, Sony FE 20-70mm f/4 G Review, Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 Macro OSS G II Review, HASSELBLAD Date Codes, iPhone 15 Pro Max Review & Sample Images, Ken Rockwell's iPhone 15 Pro Max User's Guide, Apple Watch ULTRA 2 Review & User's Guide, LEICA SL3, OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II, Ken Rockwell's OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II Plain-English User's Guide, Sigma 50mm f/1.2 for Sony or LEICA L, Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 G2 for Nikon Z.
January & February 2024: Photographs from California's Route 66, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM Review, Nikon Zf Review, Ken Rockwell's Nikon Zf User's Guide, Nikon Z 70-180mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 Review, Sony FE 24-50mm f/2.8 G, Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS, Fuji X100VI Review, HASSELBLAD 907X body & CFV 100C Back, HASSELBLAD Slip-on Albada Bright-Line FInder for 28mm, 38m & 55mm lenses, OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II review, Ken Rockwell's OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II plain-English user's guide, OM SYSTEM 9-18mm (18-36mm eq), OM SYSTEM 150-600mm IS, Laowa AF 10mm f/2.8 130º Ultra-Ultrawide Full-Frame Review, Sigma 15mm f/1.4 Fisheye for Sony & LEICA L, Sigma 500mm f/5.6 for Sony & LEICA L, Lumix G100D, Lumix 28-200mm Macro OIS for LEICA L, Tozo HT2 Headphones Review, Petino Samba Pad Pro 3-Way Wireless Charging Station Review.
October, November & December 2023: Canon EOS R6 Mark II Review, Canon EOS R6 Mark II Plain-English User's Guide, Canon RF 10-20mm f/4L IS STM, Canon RF-S 10-18mm IS STM, Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM, Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8 L IS USM Z, Canon RF 200-800mm IS USM, Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 VR, Nikon Z8 Recall, Sony A9 Mk III Review, Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM OSS, LEICA M11-P, LEICA SUMMICRON-M 28mm f/2 ASPH Edition 2023, LEICA SUPER-VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 14-24mm f/2.8 ASPH für L mount, LEICA SUPER-APO-SUMMICRON-SL 21mm f/2 ASPH für L mount, LEICA SUPER-APO-SUMMICRON-SL 21mm f/2 ASPH, LEICA SUPER-VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 14-24mm f/2.8 ASPH, Pergear 14mm f/2.8 II Review, Sigma 10-18mm f/2.8 for Sony APS-C, 7artisans 9mm f/5.6 Full-Frame 135º Ultra-Ultra Wide, Venus Optics Laowa 8-16mm APS-C Ultra-Ultra Wide, Audeze MM-100 Planar Magnetic Headphones Review, Bluetti AC70 1 kW Power Station Review, Bluetti AC2A 300W Power Station Review.
August & September 2023: Canon EOS R8 Review, Plain-English R8 User's Guide, R100 Review, Plain-English R100 User's Guide, RF 24-50mm IS STM Review, RF-S 55-210mm IS STM Review, RF 135mm f/1.8 L IS USM Review, EL-5 Flash Review, Nikon Zf Review, Z 135mm f/1.8, MH-34 Charger, Sony A7CR, Sony A7C II, FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II, Fuji GFX 100 II, GF 30mm f/5.6 Tilt & Shift, GF 55mm f/1.7R WR, GF 110mm f/5.6 Tilt & Shift Macro, OM SYSTEM Tough TG-7 Underwater Camera, Panasonic G9 II, Panasonic "Leica" 35-100mm f/2.8, Panasonic "Leica" 100-400mm f/4-6.3 II, HASSELBLAD XCD 28mm f/4 P, Angeniéux EZ-3 45-165mm T2.3 S35 & 68-250mm T3.5 Cinema Zoom Kit, Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 for Fuji, Sigma 23mm f/1.4 for Fuji, Tamron 17-50mm f/4 for Sony, Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 OSS for Sony, Apple Watch ULTRA Review & Tutorial, AirPods Pro 2nd Gen w/USB-C, Think Tank Retrospective EDC Backpack Review, Think Tank "Press Pass" Shoulder/Sling/Belt Bags, Nitecore BB2 Electronic Blower Review, Bluetti PV200 200W Solar Panel Review, Bluetti AC180 1.8 kW Power Station Review.
June & July 2023: Photographs from California's Central Coast, How to Create Images with AI, Nikon Z8 Review & Sample Images, Z8 Plain-English User's Guide, Z 24mm f/1.7 DX Review & Sample Images, Z 26mm f/2.8 Review & Sample Images, Z 70-180mm f/2.8, Z 85mm f/1.2 Review & Sample Images, Z 180-600mm f/5.6~6.3 VR, Sony A6700, Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS MACRO II, Sony ECM-M1 On-Camera Mic, LEICA SL2 Edition Silver, Sigma 14mm f/1.4 Full-Frame, Tamron 35-150mm f/2~2.8 for Nikon Z and for Sony, TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 Review & Sample Images, Xcellon PDG-5200L 200W 5-Port GaN USB Charger Review and Tozo Golden X1 Earbuds Review.
March, April & May 2023: Previsualization versus Presets, Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji & OM SYSTEM Menu Systems Compared, Canon EOS R50 Review, EOS R100, EOS R vs EOS R8 vs RP, Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM, RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon V10 VLogCam, Nikon Z8, Z 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR DX, Sony ZV-E1, Sony ZV1 II, Sony SRG-A12, LEICA Q3, LEICA M11 Monochrom, SUMMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH (Edition 2023), SUMMICRON-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH, SUMMICRON-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH, Fuji X-S20, Fuji XF 8mm f/3.5 R WR, OM SYSTEM OM-1 Review & Sample Image Files, OM SYSTEM OM-1 Complete Plain-English User's Guide, OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko ED 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO Review & Sample Images, Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome, Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 & FA 50mm f/1.4 Classic, Pentax SD 10x42 ED, SD 7x42 ED & AD 10x32 ED, Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Review, iPhone 14 Pro Max Tutorial & User's Guide, Apple Music Review.
January & February 2023: How to Learn Photography, Canon EOS R8, Canon EOS R50, Canon RF 24-50mm IS STM, Canon RF-S 55-210mm IS STM, Canon EOS Rebel SL3 Review, Canon EOS Rebel T7 Review, Nikon Z 26mm f/2.8, Nikon Z 85mm f/1.2, Sony Full-Frame FE 20-70mm f/4 G, Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II Review & Sample Images, Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM, Olympus 90mm f/3.5 IS Macro, Think Tank Retrospective Everyday Backpack.
December 2022: Nikon Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z Full-Frame Ultrawides Compared, Canon Rebel T100 Review, Canon EF-s 18-55mm III Review, Sony A7R V Review, 2022 version of the LEICA M6, ThinkTank SpeedTop Bag Review.
October & November 2022: Canon EOS R6 Mark II, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM Review, Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM Review, Canon RF 135mm f/1.8L IS USM, Canon EL-5 Flash, Nikon Z 40mm f/2 Special Edition Review, Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 Review, Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR, Nikon Z 1.4× Teleconverter Review, Nikon Z 2× Teleconverter Review, Nikon MC-N10 Remote Grip, Sony A7R V, Sony ZV-1F, Fuji X-T5, Fuji XF 30mm f/2.8 R LM WR Macro, LEICA M6, Edition 2022, Venus Laowa 25mm f/0.95 Review, beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO Review.
July, August & September 2022: Photographs from California's Central Coast, Canon EOS R7 Review, Canon EOS R10 Review, Canon EOS R7 vs. EOS R10, Canon RF 15-30mm IS STM Review, Canon RF-s 18-45mm IS STM Review, Canon RF-s 18-150mm IS STM Review, Canon RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM, Canon EL-100 Flash Review, Nikon Z30 Review, Nikon Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 VR, All Nikon 105mm Macro Lenses Compared, Sony FX30 E-Mount Cine Camera, Fuji X-H2, Fuji GF 20-35mm f/4 R WR, Fuji XF 56mm f/1.2 R WR, Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 for Fuji, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH (2022), NiteCore NB20000 Ultralight Power Bank Review, Oben CT-2491 Carbon-Fibre Tripod Review, SmallRig AD-01 Fluid-Head Video Tripod Review, Venus Laowa 10mm f/4 Review & Sample Images, beyerdynamic DT 900 PRO X Review, beyerdynamic DT 1990 PRO Review.
May & June 2022: Canon EOS R7, Canon EOS R10, Canon RF-S 18-45mm IS STM, Canon RF-S 18-150mm IS STM, Nikon Z30 Review, Nikon Z 24-120mm f/4 Review, Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z 100-400mm VR Review, Nikon Full-Frame Z Midrange Zooms Compared, Sony ZV-E10 Review, Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 G PZ Review, Sony E 10-20mm f/4G PZ Review, Sony E 11mm f/1.8 Review, Sony E 15mm f/1.4G Review, Fuji X-H2s, Fuji XF 18-120mm f/4 R LM WR Power Zoom, Fuji XF 150-600mm f/5.6-8 R LM WR OIS, Fujifilm's 2022-2023 Lens Roadmap, HASSELBLAD PME Prism Meter Finder Review.
January ~ April 2022: Photographs from Yosemite & the Eastern Sierra, The Effect of Scale, Canon EOS R3 Full Review & Sample Image Files, Canon EOS R5C, Canon RF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM, Canon RF 1,200mm f/8L IS USM, Canon PowerShot ZOOM Review, Nikon Z9 Review & Sample Images, Nikon Z9 User's Guide & Tutorial, Nikon Z 18-140mm VR DX Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8 Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8 SE Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 40mm f/2 Review & Sample Image Files, Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 VR, Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR, Sony A7 IV Full Review & Sample Image Files, Sony A7 IV Tutorial & User's Guide, Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 G PZ Power Zoom, Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II, Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II Review & Sample Images, Sony HVL-F60RM2 Flash Review & Sample Images, Sony HVL-F46RM Flash Review & Sample Images, Sony SD Card Reader, LEICA M11, Apple Mac Studio, Apple 27" 5K Studio Display, 5th generation 10.9" iPad Air, Cooke S8/i 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm and 135mm T1.4 Lenses in PL mount, Huion Kamvas Pro 13 (2.5K) drawing tablet review, Kodak GOLD 200 in 120 format, OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock Review, OWC ATLAS S PRO SDXC Card Review, OWC ENVOY PRO ELEKTRON SSD Review, OWC USB-C TRAVEL DOCK E Review, Oben CFT-6194L Lateral Carbon-Fibre Tripod Review, Oben CFT-6394 "Big & Tall" Carbon-Fibre Tripod Review, Oben BC-139 Review, Olympus OM-1, M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO II, M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/4 PRO, Panasonic Lumix GH6, Sigma 16mm f/1.4 for Fuji, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for Fuji, Sigma 56mm f/1.4 for Fuji, Sigma 20mm f/2 full-frame for Sony E, Sigma 20mm f/2 full-frame for LEICA L, SmallRig 3457 Compact Fluid Head Review, ThinkTank Retrospective 75 Duffel, ZEISS Supreme Prime 15mm T1.8, Feet, PL Mount, Jackery Explorer 1000 Power Station & Solar Generator Review, Jackery Explorer 300 Review, Jackery SolarSaga 100W Panel Review, Nitecore BlowerBaby Review, B&W 702 S2 Speakers, beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X headphones review.
November ~ December 2021: Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM Review, Canon RF 100-400mm IS USM Review, Canon EF 28-80mm f/2.8-4 L ULTRASONIC Review, Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8, Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8, Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3, Leica Q2 Reporter Edition, Best USB-C Card Readers, Docks & Hubs Compared, Mitakon 90mm f/1.5 Review, McIntosh MQ 107 Environmental Equalizer Review.
October 2021: Nikon Z9, Nikon Z 18-140mm VR DX, Nikon Z 24-120mm f/4, Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR, Nikon FTZ II, Canon STEREOSCOPIC RF 5.2mm f/2.8L 190º Fisheye, Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM Review, Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 Soft Focus Review, Sony A7 IV, Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II, Apple Watch Series 7.
July ~ September 2021: Nikon Z fc Review, Nikon Z7 II User's Guide, Nikon Z FX 28mm f/2.8 Special Edition, Nikon Z 40mm f/2, Nikon Z 50mm f/2.8 Macro Review, Nikon Z 105mm f/2.8 VR Macro Review, Canon EOS R3, Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM, Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Review, Canon RF 100~400mm IS USM, Canon DM-E1D Stereo Mic, Canon ST-E10 Speedlite Transmitter, Canon AD-P1 Android Data Transmitter Adapter, Canon AD-E1 Normal to Multi-Function Shoe Adapter, Sony ZV-E10, Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Review, Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 Review, Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 Review, Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 Review, Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Review, Fuji GFX 50S II, Fuji GF 35-70mm, Fuji GFX 50S II w/35-70mm, Fuji X-T30 II, Fuji XF 23mm f/1.4, Fuji XF 33mm f/1.4, Sigma 24mm f/2 DG DN, Sigma 90mm f/2.8 DG DN full-frame für LEICA L, Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 for Sony and for LEICA L, Tamron 18-300mm for Sony APS-C and for Fuji, Tamron 35~150mm f/2~2.8 for Sony, Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 Review, Godox Ving V860III TTL Li-Ion Flash, Megadap Sony to Nikon Z Lens Adapter, TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 ASPH Review, Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50mm f/1.5, Audeze LCD-XC Planar Magnetic Headphones full review.
April ~ June 2021: Photographs from California's Central Coast, Canon EOS R3, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM III Review, Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro Review, All Canon 100mm Lenses Compared, Canon RF 400mm f/2.8L IS, Canon RF 600mm f/4L IS, Nikon Z7 II Review, Nikon Z fc, Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z FX 28mm f/2.8 Special Edition, Nikon Z 50mm f/2.8 Macro, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 Review, Nikon Z 58mm f/0.95 Noct Review, Nikon Z 105mm f/2.8 VR Macro, Sony A1 Review, Sony A6100 Review, Sony E 16-55mm f/2.8 G Review, Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Review, Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM Review, Sony E 70-350mm G OSS Review, Fujifilm X-E4 Review, Fuji X-S10 Review, Fuji XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR Review, Fuji XF 18mm f/1.4R LM WR, Fuji XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR Review, Fuji XF 70-300mm R LM OIS WR Review, LEICA M10-R in black paint, Pentax K-3 Mk III, iRig Pre 2 XLR Mic to Mirrorless, DSLR, iOS, Phone or Computer Preamplifier, Robus RTH-1050 55-lb Capacity Ball Head Review, Ritz Gear 256 GB CFexpress card, Turboant Thunder T1 Electric Bike Review.
January ~ March 2021: Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM review, Canon RF 70-200mm f/4L IS review, Canon RF 85mm f/2 MACRO IS STM review, Canon EL-1 Flash review, Nikon Z9 review, SONY A1 review, Sony A7C review, Sony FE 28-60mm review, Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G, Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G and Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G, Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM, Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM review, iPhone 12 Pro Max review & guide, Apple Watch Series 6 review & guide, LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-M 35mm f/2 ASPH, LEICA 50mm f/1.2 NOCTILUX-M ASPH, Fuji GFX 100S, Fuji GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR, Fuji X-E4, Fuji XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR, Fuji 70-300mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR, Ritz 256GB 265/120 MB/s V60 SD card, Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 review, 7Artisans 50mm f/1.05 review, Polsen MVP-3 Micro Shotgun Microphone, Polsen MVP-6 Shotgun Microphone, Polsen MO-CPL2 USB-C Lavalier Microphone, Polsen SCL-1080 Dual-Pattern Shotgun Microphone
October ~ December 2020: Canon 1DX Mark III Review, Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Review, Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM Review, Canon EOS M50 Mk II, Big EL-1 flash and odd compact PowerShot Zoom 100-400mm P&S, Canon PIXMA Pro-200, Nikon Z5 Review, Nikon Z6 II Review, Nikon Z7 II Review, Nikon Z 20mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Z 24-50mm Review, Nikon Z 24-200mm Review, Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 Review, Fuji 50mm f/1.0 Review, Fuji X-S10, Fuji 10-24mm f/4 OIS WR R, LEICA Q2 Monochrom, LEICA SL-2 S, ZEISS ZX1, Audeze LCD-X Headphones Review, TTArtisan 50mm f/1.4 ASPH Review, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro for Sony E or LEICA, Megadap Any Lens to Nikon Z Autofocusing Adapter Review, Oben CTT-1000L Compact Tripod Review, MacCase iPad Pro Case Review.
May ~ September 2020: Canon EOS R5, Canon EOS R6, Canon EOS R, RP, R5 & R6 Compared, Canon RF 15~35mm f/2.8L, Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS, Canon RF 24-105mm IS STM, Canon RF 24-240mm, Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L DS USM, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L versus f/1.2L DS, Canon RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM, Canon RF 100-500mm, Canon RF 600mm IS STM, Canon RF 800mm IS STM, Canon RF 1.4× extender, Canon RF 2× extender, Canon 90D, Canon Rebel T8i (EOS 850D), Nikon Z5, Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon Z 24-50mm, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2, Nikon Z TC-1.4× teleconverter, Nikon Z TC-2× teleconverter, Sony A7c, Sony A9 II, Sony A7S III, Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM, Sony LA-EA5 Adapter, Apple Watch Series 6, Fuji X-T4, Fuji X-T200, Fuji XC 35mm f/2, Fuji XF 50mm f/1.0, LEICA M10-R, LEICA Q2, LEICA Q2 User's Guide, LEICA Q2 vs Fuji X100F vs iPhone 11 Pro Max vs Canon 90D, LEICA vs iPhone vs Fuji vs Canon, LEICA SF-24D, Hasselblad 907X 50C, ZEISS SONNAR 50mm f/1.5, Tokina Opera 50mm f/1.4, Luxli Timpani, Cello and Viola2, Audeze LCD-1 Headphones.
April 2020: Fuji XF 16-80mm f/4 Review, Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 STM, Canon C300 Mk III, Canon 25-250mm T2.95 Cine, Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk III, Irix Full-Frame, Manual Focus 45mm f/1.4, Laowa 210º 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye, Lensbaby Velvet 28mm f/2.5, Rokinon AF 75mm f/1.8, Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 for Sony, DJI Mavic Air 2 , DJI Mavic 2 Pro 4K , BlackMagic Pocket Cinema 6K, Zoom H6 Recorder Review.
January ~ March 2020: Photo Products of the Decade 1820~2020, Nikon D6, Nikon D780, Nikon D780 Plain-English User's Guide, Nikon 120-300mm f/2.8 FL VR, Nikon Z 20mm f/1.8, Nikon Z 24-200mm, Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR, Nikon Coolpix P950, Canon 1DX Mark III, Canon Rebel T8i, Canon EOS-R5, Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM, Canon RF 24-105 f/4~7.1 IS STM, Canon QX10 Pocket Portable Printer, Sony A7R IV Review & User's Guide, Sony FE 20mm f/1.8, Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS, Sony E 55-210mm OSS, Fuji X100V, Fuji X100V Plain-English User's Guide, Fuji X-T4, Fuji X-T200, Fuji XC 35mm f/2, Fuji GF 45-100mm f/4 OIS, LEICA M10 Monochrom, LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH Edition "LEITZ Wetzlar, LEICA S3, Tokina 85mm f/1.8 for Sony full-frame, Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2× Ultra-Macro, Think Tank Retrospective Backpack 15, Fringer Canon EF -> Fuji X Adapter, Fringer Canon EF -> Nikon Z Adapter, DJI Mavic 2 Zoom with Smart Controller, Senal SMH-1200 Review.
November & December 2019: Fall Color from Yosemite and California's Eastern Sierra, Nikon Z50 Full Review, Nikon Z50 Plain-English User's Guide, Nikon Z DX 16-50mm VR Review, Nikon Z DX 50-250mm VR Review, Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Z 24mm f/1.8 Review, Sony A6600 Review, Sony A6600 User's Guide, Canon EOS Ra Astro Mirrorless, Fujifilm X-Pro3 Review, Fuji GFX 100 Review, Fuji GF 50mm f/3.5 Review, Apple Watch Series 5 Review, Apple 32" Pro 6K Display, Apple 32" Pro 6K Display w/nano textured glass, Photo Mechanic Software Review, Tokina 100mm f/2.8 Full Frame for Canon EF, LEICA SL2, Sigma 24-70/2.8 for Sony, Sigma 24-70/2.8 für LEICA L, Turboant X7 Review.
August ~ October 2019: iPhone 11 Pro Max, Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8, Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM DS, Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM, Canon EOS 1DX Mark III, Canon 90D, Canon EOS-M200, Canon M6 Mk II, Fuji X-Pro3, Fuji X-E3 Review, Fuji X-A7, Fuji XC 15-45mm PZ OIS Review, Fuji XC 50-230mm OIS Review, Fuji Touch Screen Settings, Nikon D3500 review, Nikon Z 24mm f/1.8 S Review, Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Noct-NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95, Nikon Z50, Nikon Z 16-50mm DX VR, Nikon Z 50-250mm DX VR, Nikon 200mm f/2 VR II Review, Panasonic S1H, Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8, Pansonic LEICA DG 25mm f/1.4 II, Rokinon AF 18mm f/2.8, Sigma fp w/45mm lens, Sony A9 II, Tamron 20mm f/2.8, Tamron 24mm f/2.8, Tamron 35mm f/2.8, Voigtländer Nokton 75mm f/1.5, Auray TT-6220 Telescoping Tabletop Mic Stand Review, Auray PFNY-6 Mic Pop Filter Review, Senal SCM-660 Microphone Review, XUMA MTA-300B iPhone/Smartphone Tripod Adapter Review.
July 2019: Rockwell.TV on YouTube, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8 Review, Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8 Review, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 Review, Canon RF 24~240mm IS, Sony A7R Mark IV, Sony RX100 Mark VII, Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 review, LEICA M-E typ 240, Hasselblad 907X Special Edition, Fujifilm XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR, Fujifilm GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR, ROBUS RC-5570 Tripod Review, Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 for Sony E und für LEICA L, Sigma 35mm f/1.2 for Sony E und für LEICA L, Sigma 45mm f/2.8 for Sony Eund für LEICA L, Sigma fp mirrorless camera.
April ~ June 2019: Nikon Z6 Review, Nikon Z6 User's Guide, Nikon Z7 User's Guide, Nikon Z 14-30mm Review, Nikon NIKKOR 135mm f/2 AI-s Review, Nikon NIKKOR 180mm f/2.8 AI Review, Nikon NIKKOR✱ED 180mm f/2.8 AI-s Review, Nikon NIKKOR✱ED 200mm f/2 AI-s Review, Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 Review, Sony E 20mm f/2.8 Review, Sony E 30mm f/3.5 Macro Review, Sony E 35mm f/1.8 OSS Review, Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM Review, Sony 200-600mm G OSS Review, Sony 600mm f/4 GM OSS Review, Tokina FiRIN 100mm f/2.8 Macro for Sony E, Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 for Sony Full-Frame, Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 full-frame ultrawide for Sony E, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM, Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 for Canon RF, Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 for Canon RF, Canon SL3 (EOS 250D), Fujifilm X-H1 Review, Fujifilm X-T30 Review, Fujifilm X-T20 Review, Fujifilm 8-16mm f/2.8 Review, Fujifilm 16mm f/2.8 Review, Fujifilm GFX 100 Review, Fujifilm GF 32~64mm f/4 R LM WR Review, Fujifilm GF 100~200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR Review, Medium-Format vs. Full-Frame Image-Quality Comparison, Apple iPhone Xs Max Review & User's Guide, Apple Watch Series 4 Review, All Apple Watches Compared, new 13" MacBook Pro, new 15" MacBook Pro, Olympus TG-6 Underwater Camera, Panasonic LEICA VARIO-SUMMILUX 10-25mm f/1.7, Panasonic DMW-STC14 1.4× teleconverter, Panasonic DMW-STC20 2× teleconverter, Think Tank "Digital Holster 150" for ultrateles, Oben CTT-1000 Mini Tripod Review.
March 2019: Nikon Z7 Review, Nikon Coolpix A1000, Nikon Coolpix B600, Sony E 16mm f/2.8 Review, Sony E 18-200mm OSS PZ Review, Sony E 18-200mm OSS LE Review, Sony RX0 II, Canon IVY CLIQ Instant Camera, Canon IVY CLIQ+ Instant Camera, Fujinon XF 80mm f/2.8 Macro OIS Review, LEICA Q2, LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH, Pixel X900 Flash Review, Rokinon Full-Frame ultra-ultra-wide 10mm f/3.5 for Canon EF, Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 Ultra-Ultrawide for Canon RF, Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 for Canon RF.
February 2019: Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S, Canon EOS RP Hands-On Review, Canon EOS RP User's Guide, Canon EOS RP vs EOS R, Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM Review, Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM Review, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM DS, Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM, Canon RF 24-240mm IS USM, Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM, Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM, Fujifilm X-T3 Review, Fujifilm 23mm f/2 Review, Fujifilm 200mm f/2 Review, Fujifilm 50mm f/2 Review, Fujifilm XF 16mm f/2.8 WR, Fujifilm X-T30, Panasonic S1 Full-Frame System, Polaroid POP cameras, Ricoh GR III, Ricoh WG-6 underwater, Ricoh WG-6 in Orange, Ricoh G-900, Tokina Opera 16-28mm f/2.8, Tamron 35-150mm, Tamron 35mm f/1.4.
January 2019: LEICA M10-P Safari Edition, LEICA SUMMICRON-M 50mm f/2 Safari Edition, Verum 1 Planar Magnetic Headphones review, Olympus OM-D E-M1 X, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/4 S review, Sony 10-18mm Review, Sony A6400 Review, Sony 18-135mm Review, Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART, Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S and Irix 150mm f/2.8 Macro Review.
November & December 2018: Moment 18mm review, Photos from Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra, Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF Review, Adapted Rangefinder Lenses on Nikon Mirrorless, AlienBoard Hoverboard review, LEICA D-Lux 7, Why You Need an Apple Watch, Sigma 60-600mm Review.
October 2018: Loads of Canon and Nikon mirrorless revelations, First Chinese Nikon Z adapters, Canon EOS R Review, Canon EOS R User's Guide, Wimberley Gimbal Tripod Head Review, Sony 400mm f/2.8 Review, How to Photograph Air Shows, LEICA M10-D.
August & September 2018: Nikon vs Canon vs Sony Full Frame, Mirrorless vs DSLR, Do You Really Need Two Card Slots, Canon EOS-R Review, Canon EF to RF Lens Adapters, Canon RF 24-105mm Review, Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L, Canon RF 50mm f/1.2 Review, Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 MACRO IS STM, Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS II Review, Canon EF400mm f/2.8L IS III, Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM, Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM, Canon 580EX II Review, Canon 580EX II User's Guide, Sony 24mm f/1.4, Sony RX100 Mark 6 Review, Sony RX100 Mk VI User's Guide, Nikon's full-frame mirrorless system, Nikon Z7, Nikon Z6, Nikon Z6 vs. Z7, Nikon FTZ Lens Adapter, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/4, Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8, Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8, Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF, Nikon D3500, LEICA M10-P, iPhone Xs Max Bokeh vs Full-Frame Professional Cameras, Tokina "Opera" 50mm f/1.4, Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 G2, Fuji XT-3.
June & July 2018: Nikon Mirrorless hinted at, Fuji 8-16mm f/2.8, Fuji 200mm f/2, Fuji XF10, Sony RX100VA, Nikon P1000, Tamron 100‑400mm Review, best 80-400 and 100-400mm zooms compared, How to Win Photo Contests, Tamron 18-400mm review, Sony 400mm f/2.8, Images of Yosemite in Springtime, Kodak Medalist II Review, Canon 70‑200mm f/4L IS II, Canon 70‑200mm f/2.8 L IS III and my Sony RX100 Mark VI review.
May 2018: Marc Silber's Secrets to Creating Amazing Photos, Sigma 105mm f/1.4, Fuji X-T100, Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 IS/VR Review, beyerdynamic Amiron Home Review, Sigma 70mm Full-Frame Macro Art Lens, Nikon D1 High ISO Samples, Vello MB-D18 (BG-N19) Grip Review, Sunpak RD2000 Review, Small Flashes Compared.
April 2018: Irix 11mm f/4 Review,Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, Canon 85mm f/1.4 L IS Review,Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 VR/IS Review, Best 70-200mm f/2.8 Lenses Compared, Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 VR/IS Review, Best 24-105mm Lenses Compared, MindShift 18L Backpack, Fuji GF 250mm f/4, Fuji GF 1.4X TC WR Teleconverter, Fuji MCEX-45G WR Macro Extension Tube, Fuji MCEX-18G WR Macro Extension Tube, Sony RX10 Mk IV Review, Sony RX10 Mk IV User's Guide, beyerdynamic Aventho Wireless Review.
March 2018: Nikon 70-300mm AFP E FX Review, Nikon 28mm f/1.4 E FX Review, Nikon 10-20mm Review, Nikon D7500 Review.
February 2018: Sony A7 III, Yosemite Photos, Nikon 50mm f/1.8 Pancake-NIKKOR review, beyerdynamic DT1350 review, beyerdynamic DT240 review, Canon SL2 review.
Janaury 2018: Nikon 180-400mm, Canon 6D Mk II review, Canon 18-135mm USM review, Fuji X-A5, Sony 18-135mm.
December 2017: Canon 35mm f/2.8 Macro review, Sony A7R III review, Sony A7R III user's guide, Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS review, Sony FE 100mm STF G OSS review.
November 2017: Sony 50/2.8 Macro Review, Sony 90/2.8 Macro Review, LEICA CL, Sony 70-300mm G Review, Panasonic G9, iPhone X Review, How to Make Time Exposures with iPhone, 1X Photo Contest, Tamron 100-400mm.
October 2017: Nikon D850 review, Nikon D850 user's guide, Sony A7R III, Sony 24-105mm G, Sony 85/1.8 review, Canon G1X Mk III.
June, July, August and September 2017: Canon 6D Mk II, Canon SL-2, Canon 85/1.4L, Canon TS-E 50/2.8, 90/2.8 & 135/4, Nikon D850, Nikon 70-300 VR DX AF-P, Nikon 28/1.4E, Metabones Mk V Canon EF -> Sony E-mount adapter.
May 2017: Nikon 10-20mm DX VR, Nikon 8-15mm FX Fisheye, Canon 77D Review, Canon Rebel T7i Review, Canon 18-55mm IS STM Review, Springtime in Yosemite, Irix 15mm f/2.4 Review, Sony 16-35/2.8 GM, Sony 12-24/4 G, Fuji X100F Review, Laowa 12mm Review, Olympus TG-5.
March & April 2017: Nikon D7500, Nikon 19mm PC-E review, Nikon D3400 review, Sony A7 Mk II review, Nikon D5600 review.
February 2017: Canon 77D, Canon Rebel T7i, Canon EOS M6, Sony 24-70/2.8 GM, Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM , Sony 70-200mm f/4 G OSS, Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS, Sony FE 85mm f/1.8.
January 2017: LEICA M10, Fujifilm GFX 50S, Fujifilm X100F, Nikon D5600.
November & December 2016: Fuji X-A10.
September & October 2016: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL, Nikon 19mm PC-E, Sony A6500, Sony RX100 Mk V, Sony Alpha 99 II, Canon EOS M5, Canon EF 70-300 IS II USM, Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro.
July & August 2016: Canon 5D Mk IV, 16-35 IS II, 24-105 IS II, Nikon D3400, Nikon 105mm f/1.4, Fuji XT-2.
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