Geek Articles
The Fuji GFX 100RF arrived from Lensrentals.com looking brand new. The first surprise was how compact it felt compared to the other GFX cameras. For a medium-format camera, it is downright svelte, close in heft to a Nikon Z7 with a small 35mm lens. The design evokes a modern digital version of the Plaubel Makina […]
Geek Articles
A Birthday Teardown Let’s talk about the Pink Elephant in the room and get that out of the way. I ghosted you, I know. It wasn’t my plan, but sometimes shirt happens. Kind of a perfect storm of shirts, actually. There was Covid when everything came to a halt, and we wondered for most of […]
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. […]
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
The Hasselblad XCD 55V is a 55mm f/2.5 lens for the X1D and X2D (X-mount) cameras. It is one of the V-series X-mount lenses. The line currently consists of 25mm, 38mm, 55mm, and 90mm lenses. All have f/2.5 as their widest aperture. All have high-speed leaf shutters, which are great for outdoor flash synchronization but […]
