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A Useful Metabones EF to Black Magic Pocket Camera Article

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Way back in the old days, before everything was plug and play, you could buy a computer and accessories from one manufacturer and be certain it would all work together. The cool kids, though, would mix-and-match different pieces and end up with a better system that could do more things than any one manufacturer’s system […]

Equipment

Of Course We Took One Apart

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A Look Inside the Canon 16-35 f/4 IS This is a Geek Article. Many of you don’t understand the term ‘Geek’ properly, so perhaps this will help. As the graph shows, if you aren’t both intelligent and obsessed with photo gear, you won’t enjoy this article.  I’ve tried hard to find whom to credit for […]

Resolution Tests

Canon Wide-Angle Zoom Comparison

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  Left to right: Canon 16-35 f/2.8 II, 16-35 f/4 IS, 17-40 f/4. Can you spot the one with the wrong hood? The intern obviously couldn’t.    As is so often the case, I bit off more than I wanted to chew when I came back from vacation. The Canon 16-35mm f/4 IS lens had […]

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Save 15% This Summer

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  Get 15% off this summer when you reserve your order a week in advance. Just place your order at least 7 days in advance of the arrival date and save! Enter the code SUMMER15 during checkout and get 15% off on your order. Order must be placed 7 days in advance Eligible arrival dates: 7/28/14 – […]

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A New Old Lens

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Like a lot of photo history buffs, I’ve been quite excited about Lomography’s new iteration of the Petzval lens in 85mm focal length. For those of you who don’t know about the Petzval lens, I wrote about it a few years ago. It really has a rather a fascinating story. Since writing that article, I’ve […]

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