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The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #25 – New Gear Rodeo: Summer 2020

By Lensrentals

These past few months have been strange, to say the least. With a global pandemic affecting millions of people around the world, each industry has raced to close down their events and schedule to keep themselves, their staff, and their community safe. Among these cancellations was the NAB show in 2020, which is one of the largest events of the year for video and broadcasting. The result of this cancellation, left a lot of people not hearing of the latest announcements of new cameras, lenses and other tools coming to the video world. So we decided to talk about it in this episode of the podcast, but let’s take a moment and talk about a few of the more interesting products in this post as well. Starting with the…

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MTF Tests of the Tamron 17-28mm and 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD Lenses

By Roger Cicala

Tamron has a nice set of three f/2.8 zooms for Sony E mount cameras. Today I’m putting out MTF results for the 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD and the 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD. They offer a reasonably priced alternative to Sony-branded lenses, and Tamron has been making good products lately. I’ll admit to a […]

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Photography Fundamentals – How Shutter Speed Changes Your Photos

By Zach Sutton

Last week, I spoke to you about aperture, and how it correlated with the exposure triangle, and how aperture changes your images’ depth of field. That article was just part one of a three-part series that goes over the fundamentals of the exposure triangle, and how each of these settings changes different aspects of your […]

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Photography Fundamentals – How Aperture Changes Photos

By Zach Sutton

We cover a lot of things over here on the Lensrentals blog, and most of them teeter on the technically advanced edge of the scale. From measuring the flange distance on cameras down to the fraction of a millimeter to performing light tests to check the accuracy of color shift throughout power ranges, we’ve done […]

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Photographers Discuss Precautions to Take When Returning to Work Post COVID-19 Restrictions

By Zach Sutton

Covid-19 has been a big talking point on this blog lately, and with good reason. Being a company that ships thousands of products all across the United States each week, we must maintain a precautionary approach to how we manage the business. In the past, we’ve talked about cleaning procedures for your gear and shooting […]