Samyang is one of the lens manufacturers that offers affordable lenses with top notch quality. I have personally owned 3 Samyang lenses and I never regret it, in fact I recommend them. So far, they have never let me down. The Samyang 14mm is an ultra wide angle lens, if you haven’t tried an such focal length, it can be overwhelming to use. This super wide angle can easily introduce distortions, but once you get the hang of it, you […]
It’s been a while since I tested a camera from Sony. The last professional, mirrorless Sony camera I tested was the A7RII, which is a really good camera that can do it all, except maybe fast action stuff. Then recently the Sony A9 was released and I was really eager to check it out, because this is like a wish list camera, it just ticks all the boxes of what you would want from a camera and more, a lot […]
The kind folks from Nikon Middle East let me borrow the infamous Nikon D810 with some lenses, namely the 14-24mm f2.8, the 24-70mm f2.8, 85mm f1.4 and the 16mm fisheye lens. I have been a Canon user since the beginning of my photography journey and in 2011, I became also a Fujifilm user. As a Canon user, I always wondered how it is to be on the other side of the fence. There has always been a Nikon-versus-Canon debate and […]
So, Fujifilm Middle East here in Dubai sent me a pre-production unit of X-T1 Graphite Silver Edition and I have playing with it for more than a week now. What’s the difference between the older X-T1? Is it better? So let’s get started… Looks and other physical differences The main difference with this camera is the color, in Fujfilm film terms, it is graphite silver. To me it looks a bit like that gun metal finish which is very popular in […]
I haven’t updated my blog in a while because I was out of the country. Now I’m back I’ll try to get this blog up and running…. Updates coming up: Posting of latest pics and finishing the 365 Project Review of the 5D Mark III, I have been using this cam for a month Review of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 and some mu4/3 lenses (45mm f1.8, 20mm f1.7, 9-18mm) Gear reviews Hopefully post some tutorials and tips and some other […]