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Viltrox Announces The AF 35mm F1.4 Pro FE/Z Lens
Professional grade 35mm 1.4 lenses have historically been double the price of this lens, so it's safe to say that it's going to be giving native Sony and Nikon lenses some serious competition.
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Thypoch Announces The Simera-C 100mm T1.9 Cine Prime Lens
This looks to be an incredible lens for filmmakers and still photographers (like myself) who appreciate an all manual focus experience, complete with a long focus throw of 210° for precise focusing and a physical aperture ring.
photography
A Review Of The Zhiyun Fiveray M60 Ultra RGB Light
For having such a small footprint, I found the M60 Ultra to be surprisingly powerful, and I honestly can't imagine a better light output in such a compact form factor.
photography
A Review Of The Zhiyun Molus X100 RGB Light
I freely admit that I'm normally quite methodical and formulaic with my lighting setups. I like what I like, and tend to stick with what works. But using this light has been incredibly freeing and encouraged me to push well past my comfort zone.
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A Review Of The Viltrox Vintage Z1 Pro On-Camera Flash
Those other flashes are certainly going to be more powerful, but the actual look of the image they produce is arguably inferior to the Vintage Z1 Pro.
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A Review Of The Kodak Snapic A1 35mm Film Camera
The creative advantage of these mechanical constraints however, is that you're left with a shooting experience completely free from the distractions of technological paralysis.
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A Review of the Viltrox TCL-X100VI Tele-conversion Lens
Shooting this Viltrox lens on the Fujifilm X100 bodies was nothing less than a pleasure, so much so I started looking up X100V prices on the couch earlier and wished I hadn’t. Nothing good comes cheap, you say. To which I reply, Wrong. Have you seen how much these Viltrox conversion lenses are?
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A Review Of Kodak T-Max 400 Film
For example, if I were to shoot a commercial job on film (as rare as that might be these days), I would choose T-Max 400 almost every time because it offers a distinctly cleaner aesthetic while still maintaining the highly sought after film look.
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A Review Of Color Precision Film Styles For Capture One
I'd long convinced myself that film presets just weren't comparable to real analog film and that there wasn't anymore innovation in this space, but Color Precision has proven me wrong on both fronts.
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A Review Of The TTArtisan 100mm f/2.8 Macro 2X Lens
Those inconveniences are well worth the trade-off as its performance from a purely optical perspective is nothing short of outstanding. If you have the luxury to be able to take your time, using a slower methodical approach with a tripod, then this lens will consistently reward you for your efforts.
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A Review Of Skylum Luminar Neo Photo Editing Software
Even upon close inspection, the GenErase tool did an outstanding job of keeping the image looking clean and without any unwanted artifacts after the objects have been removed. Color me impressed.
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An Interview With Kynan Tait: Skateboarding’s Covert Tastemaker
"I take pictures and video to inform my memories, but that doesn’t mean I want to remember everything exactly as it was. I don’t want the cold hard digital truth, I want my memories to be romantic, and dream-like and surreal."