Equipment

Disassembling the Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM

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When we optically tested the Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM we were mighty impressed. Then I threw up in my mouth a little when I read a couple of reviewers comment on the build quality. Because holding a lens gives you not the slightest idea about the build quality. So I was excited when a 135mm […]

Cine MTF Charts

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Just the Cinema MTF Charts: Tokina and Veydra Primes

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The Zeiss post was really long, this one is pretty short. I will mention again, these are less than 10 copy averages; we don’t carry a lot of these lenses. But there’s no MTF data elsewhere for them, so I will put out what we have. A Quick How to on Reading MTF Charts If […]

Zeiss Cine MTF Tests

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Just the Cinema MTF Charts: Zeiss Cine Lenses

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Zeiss makes a lot of cinema lenses, there are a lot of graphs in this post. Please remember for some, like the Supreme Primes and some of the CP.3 lenses we didn’t get much access to, the MTF graph is the average of just a few copies (the number of copies is identified on the […]

Strobe Photography Rentals

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Wireless Trigger Options Available for Strobe Photography

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When you first get into photography, one of the first tools your peers will tell you to buy is a flash. When you first buy your flash, one of the first things your peers will tell you to buy is a trigger system to get that flash off the camera. This endless cycle will continue […]

Canon Cine Lenses MTF Charts

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Just the Cinema Lens MTF Charts: Canon and Sigma

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We’re going to continue the Cinema prime MTFs with the Canon and Sigma lenses. Again, we’re not going in any particular order, other than what we have handy and what fits reasonably into a single post. Since these are among our most popular cinema lenses, we do generally have at least a 10-copy set for each. […]

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