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Olympus 75mm f/1.8 Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 11 August, 2023

This is one of those GOAT lenses. You’d be hard pressed to find a lens like this on another system.

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Novelty and creativity: are they beyond the Artificial Intelligence capability?

danielm posted a topic in Off Topic, 10 August, 2023

Can we be against progress? And what we are meaning by progress? Are our human goal of better life is synonymous of progress? Is materialism and technical evolution the only progress we are renowning as legitimate?

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Olympus 12-100mm f/4 PRO Dual IS Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 7 August, 2023

This lens was one of those that was always in the back of my mind to get one day. Not going to lie, I was partially being cheap about it.

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Nikon 28-75mm f/2.8 Z Mount Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in Nikon, 4 August, 2023

While I love the prime lenses Nikon has put out in the S line for the Z mount, I wanted to have a fast prime for the times when swapping lenses was impractical.

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Nikon 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6 VR Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in Nikon, 31 July, 2023

I opted to see if the AF-P 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6 VR lens on the FTZ adapter was worth it.

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Nikon Z 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 VR DX Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in Nikon, 18 July, 2023

Background
This is by no means a first wide angle lens for the Nikon Z system, as there was already a 14-30mm released. That one is not optimized for video shooting as it lacks a power zoom and lens stabilization (only relevant to cameras without IBIS).

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Fujifilm Finepix S3 Pro Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in Fujifilm, 10 July, 2023

Back in early days of my photography career (that was around 2005), there was always talk about the special nature of what Fuji was doing with the Super CCD sensor enabled cameras.

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What is compactness?

danielm posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 5 July, 2023

When we speak about the science or the art of creating a compact device of any kind (phone, camera, bag, tent, car), you can be sure to ignite a debate about the criteria to select and use to do so.

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Zhong Yi Mitakon 28mm f/5.6 M-Mount Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 26 June, 2023

In the world of m mount lenses there are a lot of very good options for the 28mm field of view.

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Leica Wetzlar Elmar C 90mm f/4 M-Mount Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 19 June, 2023

Getting into the Leica world, one of my first concerns was the lack of long telephotos or at a minimum how well they would work with the rangefinder or by using live view.

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Zeiss Planar 50mm f/2 ZM M-Mount Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 12 June, 2023

Truth be told, I was a little confused on the various 50mm lenses for Leica m mount. Not from a perspective of what was good, as there are many good options.

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Comrades Marathon 2023

Dallas posted a topic in People, 11 June, 2023

The Comrades Marathon is an ultra marathon that is approximately 89km total distance, run from the City of Pietermaritzburg to Durban, or vice versa. Normally the race alternates between the "up run" (ending in PMB) and the "down run" (ending in Durban) but we have had 2 down runs in succession this year.

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Zeiss C-Biogon 35mm f/2.8 M-Mount Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 5 June, 2023

At the recommendation of a friend, I got a line on this Zeiss 35mm lens. His terminology is that the lens is “small and bitingly sharp”.

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Leica M Typ 240 Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 22 May, 2023

Never, up until a few weeks ago would I have thought that I would be an inductee into the “Cult of Leica”.

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Ricoh GW-4 - 21mm Wide Angle Adapter for the GR III

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 22 May, 2023

Everyone should have at least one wide angle option for those times when you are in close or you want to get a massive vista without stitching.

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Ricoh GR III Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 15 May, 2023

I always want to have a camera with me. I’ve tried several different iterations of compact cameras and interchangeable lens cameras that had smaller lens footprints.

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Forward to the past: the Olympus Pen-F keeps coming back again!

danielm posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 9 May, 2023

It is one of a kind never preceded, never replaced (by Olympus) after all those years of love and discussions about its possible future. But, in one way, the Olympus Pen-F digital camera was already at its evolutive pinnacle right from its introduction.

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Tamron 200-400mm f/5.6 (A-Mount) Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 8 May, 2023

Digging into the longer telephoto world for Minolta A Mount, we found this $50 lens – yes – you read that right…a 200-400mm f/5.6 telephoto for $50 used.

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Minolta AF 500mm f/8 Reflex A-mount Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 1 May, 2023

One could think this a bit of a novelty lens. When was the last time you heard that a mirror lens was top quality in image quality? On top of that, if you did want to use one, you were relegated to manual focusing.

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Birds of prey

Anthony posted a topic in Birds, 29 April, 2023

Last month I went to a Birds of Prey workshop. Here are some of my photos, all with Z7II and 100-400 S.

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Minolta 135mm f/2.8 AF Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 24 April, 2023

I’ve really been enjoying this Minolta Maxxum 7D camera, especially when using these vintage lenses.Having used the Minolta 20mm, 50mm, 70-210/4, the next lens that I think would be great along with this trio is the 135mm f/2.8.

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Paint It Black

Dallas posted an entry in General, 25 April, 2023

Last year I decided to try my hand at making some furniture to store my growing studio kit and other gear. The cabinet has been very useful and functional, but ...

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An African Palace Of Art

Dallas posted an entry in General, 22 April, 2023

"We're going to visit that African Palace place on Monday with Lynn," she tells me, in between bites of dinner.
"Eh?" I muster, after spearing a potato.
"Some place in Kloof that Lynn says is worth a visit on the holiday."
"Never heard of a palace in Kloof. Are you sure she said Kloof?"

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Minolta AF 28-135mm f/4-4.5 A-mount Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 17 April, 2023

Based off some recommendations from friends on a forum, and research into various a-mount lenses, I found a great deal online for this 28-135mm f/4-4.5 Minolta AF.

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Minolta 70-210mm f/4 AF Lens Review

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 10 April, 2023

Also known as “The Beer Can”, the Minolta 70-210mm f/4 zoom lens is a tank like telephoto for Minolta/Sony a-mount. Added to an APS-C camera and this becomes roughly a 105mm to 315mm field of view lens.