Gear

    New Mitakon 85mm f/2.8 is a super macro lens with 1-5x magnification and long working distance
    Nov 28, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Zhongyi Optics has released Mitakon 85mm f/2.8 1-5x, a new super macro Lens for full frame cameras. It features a wide magnification range for photographing…

    HyperDisk wants to bring super-fast SSDs down to wallet-friendly prices
    Nov 21, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Portable storage is a must for all us photographers and filmmakers if we want to store all those huge RAW photos and 4K (or even…

    What are parfocal lenses? Are they important? And why do filmmakers want them?
    Nov 18, 2019 John Aldred

    The term “parfocal lens” has only really come into common usage amongst the general population over the last decade or so as our DSLRs and…

    ND filters: What are they, why you need them, and how to choose them
    Nov 18, 2019 Paul Monaghan

    Lately I have had the opportunity to travel around Scotland, capturing some of the wonderful landscape around me. Like this shot at Cashmore beach where…

    Stop hurting yourself: These are the best and the worst ways to carry your camera
    Nov 6, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    There are plenty of straps for carrying our camera around. However, many of those can cause pain in our neck, shoulders, arms, and back after…

    This pancake lens is so slim that it looks like a lens cap
    Oct 28, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Scrolling through my Facebook feed, I stumbled upon a sponsored post for an interesting Kickstarter campaign promoting Funleader Cap Lens 18mm f/8.0. It’s a very…

    Samyang’s 14mm f/2.8 autofocus lens is now available for the Canon RF mount
    Oct 25, 2019 John Aldred

    Samyang has today announced the new Samyang 14mm f/2.8 RF Autofocus lens. Designed specifically for mirrorless cameras, it’s technically the same Samyang 14mm f/2.8 autofocus…

    When is it a bad idea to use lens adapters?
    Oct 22, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Lens adapters sure are super-handy and they allow you to combine lenses with one mount to a camera with another. This sure has a lot…

    Lomomod No.1 lets you build your own camera from scratch without screws or glue
    Oct 21, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Lomography has come up with some very interesting concepts in the past few years. The company’s latest product combines a DIY approach with film photography…

    What it’s like to shoot portraits with Canon 50mm f/0.95 dream lens from 1960’s
    Oct 18, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Remember the beautiful weird lens paradise that Mathieu Stern recently visited? During this visit to Camera Rescue in Tampere, Finland, he got to test out…