Zoetrope Optika from August Bradley on Vimeo. No sooner do I finish my story about the new Sony Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar, then out pops this fine example of creative filmmaking using it's sister lens, the Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus. Without question, the Otus is one...
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Fujifilm has announced another lens for their X series mirrorless digital cameras. The Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R lens is the twelfth lens made for the X-mount cameras and is an impressive portrait-length lens with a very fast maximum aperture, ideal for shallow depth-of-field control and excellent...
Fujifilm has announced another...
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Rumors have been flying around the internet "buzz" sites for several months about Sony being in development on the A7R, a full frame interchangeable lens NEX size camera body. The rumors, as is often the case, were wrong. Sony was in development on two bodies,...
Rumors have been flying arou...
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From the deepest depths of "In My Fondest Dreams" and from a Bad Kreuznach Division IBC Press Release, 13.09.2013, I bring you the current #1 pick for my "Christmas Video, 2013 Most Wanted Stocking Stuffers." (Saint Nicholas should be this good to all of us...
From the deepest depths of "In...
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Last June, FujiFilm issued their lens development "roadmap" (see chart below) for the two XF mount cameras at the time, the XPro-1 and X-E1. I purchased my X-E1 with the highly regarded and most excellent 35mm f/1.4, deciding to place my bet on Fuji evolving this camera...
Last June, FujiFilm issued the...
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