Geek Articles
I’ve had a Fujifilm 30mm GF f/5.6 tilt/shift lens on loan from Lensrentals for about three weeks, and I’ve done the basic testing. I had hoped to get some time using the lens the way it was intended, but testing this complex lens turned out to take all the time I’d allotted to the task. […]
Resolution Tests
This post is of interest to any user of a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC). I’ve illustrated it with images from the Fujifilm GFX 100. Here’s the Cliff Notes version: Use as much magnification as you can subject to 2, below Use a low peaking sensitivity to produce visible peaking at the chosen magnification. The […]
Equipment
I’ve been a fan of digital medium format for a long time. 10 years in fact, first shooting with a Hasselblad H4-D50C, and then with the PhaseOne IQ250, only to be using my current camera with the Fuji GFX 100S. But my love for medium format has always been with the resolution available in medium […]
Equipment
The Hasselblad XCD 135/2.8 is one of the first batch of lenses for the Hasselblad X1D and X2D (X mount) cameras. It is usually sold bundled with a matched 1.7x teleconverter (TC) and a tripod collar that attaches to the TC. Except for the focusing ring, the lens is completely devoid of controls – the […]
Equipment
If you’ve been in the photography world for any amount of time over the last 15 years, you’ve probably heard the term ‘megapixel race’. Starting back in the early 2000s with the dawn of digital photography, the megapixel race was the race in which each manufacturer of cameras, from point-and-shoots, to DSLRs, to smartphones, competed […]
